Various Artists - MACONDO REVISITADO

MACONDO REVISITADO (2X12 INCH LP)

2x12 Inch

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An in-depth look at the 1970s catalogue of the Uruguayan label Macondo and the roots of Subtropical music: bomba, cumbia, guaracha, merengue, porro, plena featuring 21 tracks by essential names such as Sonora Borinquen, Conjunto Casino, Combo Camagüey, Sonora Cienfuegos, Grupo Maracaibo, Grupo Antillano. Set up in the port area of Montevideo, Macondo Discos was founded by the Chilean entrepreneur Luis Onel and named after the town from García Márquez’s fictional universe. In its early days the label produced a catalogue comprising folk, tango, murga and rock. 1975 onwards, after the release of the LPs Tropical caliente by Cienfuegos and Exclusivo! by Borinquen, marks the Golden Age of tropical music in our country according to Carlos Goberna, founder of Sonora Borinquen. Macondo became a veritable tropical music factory in Uruguay, amassing together with Guacamayo (a sublabel dedicated to new artists) nearly 200 records in its ten years of existence.

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One of the most important figures from this era is the arranger, composer and trumpeter Mario Maldonado. He started his career in the mid-60s in Sonora Veracruz, a legendary outfit where he met vocalist Chico Ferry. Then both coincided again in the Conjunto Casino, led by the trumpeter Ernesto Negrín. Maldonado would then go on to join Grupo Cubano, Borinquen and direct the musical production of records by Antillano, Maracaibo and others. Half of the compositions on the album “Las estrellas de Macondo” (“The Stars Of Macondo”), created under his musical direction and arrangements, were written by him. He was one of the outstanding performers and musicians on the label, collaborating on an album where the search for a more sophisticated sound is clear, with more meticulous and orchestrated arrangements, presenting a more challenging repertoire in pursuit of a more contemporary and electric sound. The artists who took part in the project include Dardo Martínez on guitar and bass (Borinquen), Yeneca Natal on the piano (Maracaibo), and on tumbadoras Jorge Magariños (Magú) from Grupo Cubano, Walter Aguirre (Campeón) and Benjamín Arrascaeta, leader and founder of Conjunto Cienfuegos
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