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BlogVallenato se enorgullece en presentarles la nueva versión de la canción LA TIERRA DEL OLVIDO famosa hace ya varios años gracias al samario Carlos Vives. Para este 2010, se hizo una versión especial grabada durante 11 días con 80 músicos invitados desde diferentes partes del país que con la magia de la producción pudieron unirse ya que nunca se conocieron personalmente.
Entre los músicos podemos destacar la presencia de Totó La Momposina, Lili Saumeth (de Bomba Estereo), el acordonero «Roys» Rodríguez de San Jacinto – Bolivar y el protagonista autor de este tema, el señor Carlos Vives.
El video fue producido por ABC (Americas Business Council) para PLAYING FOR CHANGE
«Una canción por Colombia», con el poder de la música y la inspiración hoy todos somos uno…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcRqO-Myvy0]Échale un vistazo a los detrás de cámaras (en inglés y subtitulados en español) y la historia de este proyecto (inglés)
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PLAYING FOR CHANGE IN COLOMBIA
We landed in Colombia about 11 days ago to create a new song involving musicians from different parts of the country. The idea of a song around Colombia came from our friend Fernando Vila who works for the non-profit foundation Americas Business Council (ABC), in order to unite the different cultures of Colombia trough music. The project was a double challenge for us: South America was still a land that we never explored and we had to create a song around Colombia in less than ten days!
We started our journey in Cartagena, on the Caribbean coast. We couldn’t have imagined a better place to start. The song we picked is a well-known Colombian tune called «La Tierra del Olvido» by Carlos Vives. The idea was to create an organic version of the song based on the union of different traditional instruments, rhythms and cultures. We started the process recording percussions, gaitas (traditional Colombian flutes), an accordion, and a guitar. After just one day of intense recordings we all had the strange sensation of feeling as if we had been in Cartagena for a week already.
Our second day in Colombia, we went to Palenque de San Basilio, a village two hours from Cartagena founded by fugitive slaves about three hundred years ago… A unique corner of Africa in South America. The people from Palenque knew how to preserve their roots and their music trough the years. There is also an undeniable and curious Cuban spirit in the music they play. Meeting the people from Palenque was a dream come true for all of us, an unbelievable human and musical experience. In 2005, UNESCO proclaimed Palenque «Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity». In Palenque we recorded two bands at the same time: «Las Alegres Ambulancias» and «Sexteto Tabalá». They layed down a perfect groove to the track and sang the song all together. Four generations of the Batata’s family where playing at the same time. That was just magic! I’ll never forget that handsome little kid playing the «tambora» (traditional bass drum) perfectly with his father, while his mother and grandmother were singing the song.
After only two days in Colombia we already had more than 20 musicians on our version of «La Tierra del olvido»! Then we flew to Bogota to record a symphonic orchestra that consisted of 37 kids. Totó la Momposina then played a version of her song «Los sabores del Porro» and added her spirit to our song around Colombia. Every day was a new experiment of connection and fusion between different musical styles, cultures and situations. Beyond the recording of the new song, trough the amazing work and the love of the people we met there, we had the chance to extend the PFC family in South America. On April 7th, a video of this song around Colombia will be presented in Medellín during the World Economic forum on Latin America to represent the healing power of music. We hope the example of different cultures connected and united together trough music will contribute to convey human values into the world of those that governs us, in order to help change this world for a better place for everybody.
Es realmente conmovedor y hermoso lo que se puede lograr a través de la música y la identidad de la que un pueblo se vale para lograr permanecer en el corazón de los otros por medio del talento. Me identifico totalmente con ese bello trabajo de paciencia y dedicación, ya que a mi me corresponde como colombo venezolano hacer casi lo mismo acá en Caracas con mi agrupación Palenque Son Karibe, integrando las músicas afro de ambos países sin que pierdan su identidad.
Felicito a todos los técnicos y artistas por el amor, que se ve, han puesto en ese documental. Siempore de corazón. Sahú.