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Somos Cordero
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Cordero went back into the studio to record their sophomore album, this time with a major producer! The band was ready to try new directions in the studio and recruited respected NY-based Grammy-nominated engineer/producer Charlie Dos Santos to help them. Charlie's diverse background was just what the band was looking for. He has worked on Cuban and salsa albums for renowned artists Los Van Van, Marc Anthony, and recent Grammy-nominee Barbarito Torres (Buena Vista Social Club). He's worked with R&B and hip-hop artists such as Heavy D & the Boyz and Sista Soulja (Public Enemy), and with alternative rock and punk artists Carnival Art and They Might Be Giants. We were looking for a producer with experience recording Latin percussion and indie-rock guitars and that shared our aesthetic. Charlie had all those things, says Ani.The new album, recorded and mixed in New York, is titled Somos Cordero, meaning, We Are Cordero, because it presents a state of the union of the criss-crossing of the band's musical influences and ethnicities. The assorted talents and ethnic backgrounds (Puerto Rican, French/Spanish, and American) of the five band members make a new statement about what rock and roll is today. The 13-track bilingual album carries six songs in English, six in Spanish and one split into both languages for good measure. It's an introspective, exciting, and personal album written by Ani Cordero with four songs co-written by the other Cordero members.The CD is a journey opening with Had You Fallen Away, a song that shows off the band's rock chops, with sweet vocals and harmonies reminiscent of Lush. The English/Spanish indie-rock stomp Traveler, with cool distorted guitars and smooth vocals, has been made into Cordero's debut music video to be released mid-spring 2004. Emiliano y Jovita is a standout dance track at the beginning of a song trilogy (in order, tracks 13, 7 and 11) dedicated to the love saga between Ani's great-grandparents. Somos Cordero is tied together by real life experiences and stories of happiness, depression, abuse, love, death, suicide, friendship, loneliness and compassion. There are a couple of guest artists to listen out for, such as the Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra's horn section, and the lead singer and other members of Palm Records' band Radio Mundial. Only $11.98 - Click here to buy now! |