A New Disc and a Return to The Source

I wanted to wait to talk about the recording of the new album until after we did the CD release party. This is because we had the party in the same space that we recorded! The place is called La Flama. It is an artists collective funded by the city hall fo Mataró (about 30 min north of Barcelona). They provided audio/video recording classes to young people in the city and we were one of their first full band projects. It was great to play there again as the energy is really positive and because of our participation in the education of their students, they were very appreciative to have us.

Both the audio and video for the two concerts were recorded. I am curious to compare the two and see how we have progressed and also what changes we could make to the live show to make it even more potent. Video reveals a lot of details that you do not capture on the audio and I am excited to see what we can improve on.

The biggest difference for me between the CD recording and the release party was that the recording their was a substitute percussionist, Robin Correa, and this time it was the usual suspect Pol Sabata (Pol was injured when we did the recording and for that reason does not play on the album). Pol and I interact better and I feel more comfortable with him on stage. Robin is a great player, but it is simply not the same.

I have to say that both nights the crowd was exuberant and supportive. We had them clapping, dancing, waving their hands and stomping their feet. Diego also has an incredible way of controling a crowd.

It will be intersting to see how the public react to this disc. Priliminary reviews have been good, but we are hoping that it can take us not only around Spain, but around Europe and hopefully back to Canada and the US!