All the tracks from the new album La Niña Junco (released on the label 12k) by Federico Durand are real lullabies
reminding us of the beautiful and tranquil time of our childhood. You won’t
find any radically innovative musical moves here; instead you’ll see how using
just sincere ingenuity and sound a musician can create a musical piece with
ease and simplicity.
reminding us of the beautiful and tranquil time of our childhood. You won’t
find any radically innovative musical moves here; instead you’ll see how using
just sincere ingenuity and sound a musician can create a musical piece with
ease and simplicity.
The first track La historia de la niña junco is a tender
beginning to Federico‘s story. Just a few minutes in
we can already feel the
forest and the sound of the wind, listening to his track with a title that
speaks for itself: Navidad en el Bosque. I’m also impressed by the harmony of the
background noises and the lead melodies of the tracks. Far-away rustles,
micro-sounds and keys of the track Rondel also perfectly fit the overall theme
of the album. The mood of this work is pensive and melancholic.
forest and the sound of the wind, listening to his track with a title that
speaks for itself: Navidad en el Bosque. I’m also impressed by the harmony of the
background noises and the lead melodies of the tracks. Far-away rustles,
micro-sounds and keys of the track Rondel also perfectly fit the overall theme
of the album. The mood of this work is pensive and melancholic.
In my opinion, the main «talking» piece of La Niña Junco is the track called Una plaza junto a las vias del tren; its light and
marvellous melody sticks in your memory. It should be noted that the original
cover for this release was created by Lola Goldstein, a famous artist from
Argentina, the home country of the musican himself.
As listen to it again and again, I like to imagine how
multiple generations of young people grow up listening to the sounds of
Federico Durand‘s music; and let us not forget about the adults, they can be
dreamers as well!
Author: Ilya Kudrin
