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o achieve a market crossover conquering different genres and attracting new followers this is wonderful when it happens organically but if the artist themselves isn t satisfied with the success they ve achieved their true spirit can get lost and this can upset their original fanbase ultimately we ll have to wait and see if diana turns up at the grammys again in her in my opinion somewhat unconvincing pop guise or whether we re more likely to see her prancing around the stage like beyoncé in a sold out stadium only time will tell posted by kiko loureiro at 11 12 53 comments 12 november 2012 sounds of innocence release liner notes by kiko loureiro track list 1 awakening prelude 2 gray stone gateway 3 conflicted 4 reflective 5 el guajiro 6 ray of life 7 the hymn 8 mãe d água 9 twisted horizon 10 a perfect rhyme here it is sounds of innocence my fourth solo album sounds of innocence is my inner voice whispering constantly sounds and melodies textures and harmonies life shouldn t feel like a limited state of being but rather be an open horizon to explore and in which to experiment innocence is a place where one can surrender with tranquility a place where everything is possible and nobody is superior over another composing is for me this natural state in which to let out all emotions strengths and weaknesses learning that the more we master our skills the more we realize how deep and wide we can go a constant intermittence between innocence and experience is brought to the surface of our awareness innocence is one of the most important substances to cherish in our hearts and lives innocence means expecting good things to happen or expecting the best from people innocence keeps one open to the world without the need of having to protect or hide oneself negative things may happen everywhere and anytime but innocence is still a choice one can make every day losing innocence results in cynicism not trusting people not trusting in life and in the end not trusting yourself keeping innocence fuels the feeling of being alive and enables evolving as a human being innocence is the essence and foundation for creativity and freedom it allows openness to the simplest of ideas and access to one s innermost feelings and continuous flow of musical images from this derives the ability to play compose improvise constantly discovering the music inside me all the reflective moments during the past year of my life are somehow represented in the ten songs from sounds of innocence these compositions depict my experiences in perfect form they combine my past to what i am now remembering the innocent times of a distant past but simultaneously being humble enough to keep innocence as an important value at present it keeps me learning exploring developing and sharing i love what i do and this involves a unique feeling that music is something that unites us universally music doesn t belong to me nor anyone the more i create the more innocent and free i feel to present and share my music please enjoy my sounds 1 awakening prelude classical guitar is my main companion when writing songs and for this reason it is very natural to have the awakening prelude as an opening track it represents my everyday life a peaceful intro to start the day off with the classical guitar the melody introduced in this prelude anticipates what will happen in the following song 2 gray stone gateway during the period of the composition of sounds of innocence i have been living in finland the landscape the nature the scenery of the capital city has been something completely new for me a feature that really struck me in helsinki are the gray stone buildings walls and churches i pursue the perfect combination of heavy guitars with a syncopated melody which expresses my identity as a brazilian artist it is present in all of my compositions and this song is no different my passion for harmony chords and complex progression derives from listening to brazilian music and it led me to jazz and the fusion which is also presented here the gray stone gateway welcomes the listener to the album with an intricate opening phrase this song is a very direct heavy tune where the main melody is totally based on the latin clave the clave counterpoints with the heavy riff fast guitar phrasing and the fusion progression in the interlude it is the dichotomy of the simple and complex experience and innocence 3 conflicted with the electric guitar in my hands everything i play will have a touch of the 80 s bands and guitar heroes these were very significant in building my identity as a guitar player evidently i am proud to let this flow fluid and natural the atmospheric intro creates an expectation to what is to happen the attitude and energy is enormously intense in this song delivered by the fast picking riffs and drumming as well as odd bars and broken grooves the conflict and the contradictory is musically represented with the interlude s calm clean guitar passage preparing for the collision of heavy sounds and odd time signatures to follow 4 reflective a peaceful contemplative and reflective song to play simple harmonies innocent melodies and spaces while composing and playing this song i am transposed to another dimension experiencing the free fall the no gravity feeling it is the ultimate flow experience of losing awareness of space and time and simultaneously having this sense of being a part of something great and universal 5 el guajiro el guajiro translates into the peasant the country man a name used in cuba to describe the native people of the caribbean since my album universo inverso i have increasingly been experimenting with the cuban music cuba has many historical musical similarities with brazil but the outcome has been surprisingly different in el guajiro i let myself go totally latin without the heavy metal boundaries oppressing me the percussion claves and congas have a very important role in the arrangement of the song which is uncommon in heavy tunes music is normally referred to as a representation of tension and release by the harmony and melody rhythmic patterns can serve this duty as well syncopations can create the momentum of anticipation and tension as well as release during the entire song the main focus is the groove and the superimposed rhythmic patterns 6 ray of life ray of life is a very introspective song where the major key melodies and constant pulse absorb me into an indescribable sense of a heart full of life with a bluesy touch and naïve melodies this song has me looking at the bright side of life composing this song i found myself easily following the three given rules of a good writing process spontaneity the greatest abbreviation of the passage from an idea to its written form fluidity uninterrupted writing and being open unprejudiced maintaining a quality of writing that does not know where it is going the key turns to minor in the interlude and together with the brazilian samba called partido alto brings along a melancholic moment the final culmination in the end of the solo marks the transition back to happiness and enlightened feeling 7 the hymn i believe this song is quite different from all the other songs i have written on my albums i was never a big fan of grunge rock but was always amazed by the interesting yet unpretentious harmonies the intro as well as the chorus follow the concept of being loose bluesy organic and rough to balance this the rest of the song is very hectic and precise i visualize it as the digital against analog or the eletronic counterbalances rock 8 mãe d água mãe d água means in portuguese the mother of water and it symbolizes the amazon river mermaid the natives call her iara and according to the legend she sings an irresistible melody that draws the men into the river and make them blind if they look at her the melody of this song has been beautifully disturbing my mind for days and explains the choice of the song title despite the fact that the legend of iara comes from amazon the musical elements in the song are mixed the berimbau a very characteristic instrument from brazil starts the tune the guitar repeats the notes and the same toque an original african groove called the ijexá all the percussion including the constant mantra like berimbau patterns create the atmosphere of the song until the song reaches the main melody i kept my playing very minimal not exceeding too many notes even with many parts of the song having no guitar solos these spaces create the sonic landscape picture the amazon river with the mermaid iara and on the other side the brazilian berimbau and afro roots 9 twisted horizon this song was the first song composed for the album it was written during my initial moments in finland as i realized i was on the other side of the world not only the horizon was upside down but everything around me was so new the melody of the song is very positive and headstrong looking forward to a beautiful future at the same time over the major key melody the bass and drums create a complex rhythmic pattern depicting a certain instability and uncertainty somewhere deep inside by the time the chorus comes along everything is back to steady and completely positive i believe melodically this is the most uplifting song in the album the melancholic mid section à la piazolla reflects the melancholic side in the heart of every latin person and finn 10 a perfect rhyme the album was completed all demos ready but i knew it would be very important to write a song that would represent the birth of my child and the realization of a family life i sat next to the piano with this thought in mind and the song flowed out in its whole entity i kept the song exactly how it was initially created even though it could have made a nice intro for a heavy song or an idea for a beautiful singing ballad however this would have meant changing the original purpose of the song a perfect rhyme the guitar and piano are complimented with a nice orchestral arrangement to close the journey of the album it s complete in itself every album is the result of hard work and commitment and is therefore a huge achievement however this album was one with more than usual significance and importance to me sounds of innocence represents kiko nowadays all my musical sides wishes and desires thanks a lot always posted by kiko loureiro at 08 57 2 comments 10 november 2011 kiko loureiro in manila by francis brew reyes kiko loureiro of angra recently did a guitar workshop for laney amps and jb music philippines to say that people were blown away is an understatement while he is known for being a metal guitar hero this is a guy who can and did play many styles of music during the two hour showcase sweeped arpeggios two handed playing precision picking hybrid picking you name it he nails it high speed metal runs sure then he launches into long complex jazz lines joe pass style solo chordal guitar and there is a percussiveness to his playing that reveals his brazilian heritage even when he plays legato every note just pops out to be frank i got sick of shred guitar years ago and then this guy comes along and proves that you can shred and be tasteful and really musical he makes everything look easy his playing sure lit a fire that will be good for my own playing scary guitarist and i was to join him and the jb music peeps for dinner i was anxious he looked tired after the workshop he also came from indonesia taiwan and singapore and might not be in the best of moods although he was always congenial he did seem nice enough while answering questions during the workshop but what if he snaps on the way to dinner he asked socio cultural questions he noticed that most of us have spanish surnames he is genuinely curious about cultural stuff and niña and i briefed him on philippine history and how unfortunate that what he was looking for indigenous music was difficult to find at that hour i guess it s the same anywhere in the world he lamented you have to go to a tourist place to experience it not in the major cities he wasn t much interested in hitting the bars or anything of that nature he wanted to experience local culture we ended up watching a midget oil wrestling match in p burgos after dinner albeit reluctantly p we had dinner at casa armas in podium and there was little talk about guitar or music the topics revolved around geography and it s effect on the human psyche i pointed this out and he said ahh talking about guitar so boring he smiled and said it s more interesting talking about other things what s the population in the philippines is it 94 million we talked about the symbolism of the 7 billionth baby niña asked him about a city in finland he is based there and he elaborated on living in europe compared to brazil when he did talk about music he mentioned meeting allan holdsworth and explained my wife she doesn t know much the music of allan so i had her listen to his stuff and she said his harmonies are european you know like ecm but he is based in california you know it s a different environment and allan said that joe zawinul you know from weather report i nod said the same thing after dinner mr joel fernando of jb music took us to martini s for a couple drinks watching joniver robles niña and loureiro talked about photography between songs kris and mj from jb music promised him a tour in intramuros before heading for the airport they also promised to get him a souvenir the man in a barrel with a spring mounted penis he respectfully declined and said no no it s okay we also have that in brazil fortunately within intramuros there is a mindanao styled house and a bahay kubo proper examples of philippine culture and architecture i made some dick jokes during the workshop and between that and the man in the barrel that was culturally redeeming lol between stops he noticed something i like the uniforms of the guards he said referring to the intramuros guards smiling he continued you know brazil was also briefly under the spanish and these uniforms it s strange to know i am in a very different part of the world but i see something familiar similarities the kalesa driver boyet with his horse rambo was our tour guide he pointed out the dole office the door was ajar and we saw a guy taking a nap on a monobloc loureiro commented department of labor that guy is sleeping that is not good we all laughed we also rode a jeepney that took us near lagusnilad and got another one back to intramuros he got a real kick out of that happy to have experienced something truly filipino we were about to enter fort santiago but conscious of the time and hungry we opted to have a late lunch nevertheless he asked about the significance of the place and i briefly told him about jose rizal we had lunch at the aristocrat near malate church a waiter named joel recognized me and after getting our orders asked me if perchance i knew any malmsteen licks he didn t know kiko or angra so i explained who t...