Vivir es hoy is a studio album by the Argentine singer Soledad Pastorutti, released by Sony Music on 10 March 2015. The album is a fusion of Latin pop and Latin folk, produced by Gian Marco and Matías Zapata, and recorded in Buenos Aires and Los Angeles.[1]
| Vivir es hoy | |
|---|---|
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | 10 March 2015 |
| Genre | Latin folk, Latin pop |
| Length | 57:31 |
| Label | Sony Music |
| Producer | Gian Marco, Matías Zapata |
Background
editIt took a little more than two years to create the album,[2] and Soledad has spoken on occasions to the press about the creation of the album.
Taking as a reference the work embodied in Raíz, a collaborative album released the previous year that united her with Lila Downs and Niña Pastori, Soledad confided during an interview with Télam, "I needed people to know where I wanted to go and could go. In Raíz we found this fusion thing that sounds like a hybrid to no one, it's like natural and it's what I expected. So now I decided to move forward with the idea of being able to mix pop with folk music of Argentine and of all of Latin America. With this album I was discovering what things are better. Instead of taking songs from here to there, I looked for songs from everywhere to take them to another place".[3]
In that same Télam interview, speaking about "Aleluya", Soledad said, "Matías told me about this song, I did the translation of the lyrics and we turned it into the style of folk music from the north of Argentina, and only later Matías let me listen to the versions of Cohen and Jeff Buckley that are so moving they make your blood run cold."[3]
Speaking to the press at a reception in a mansion in the Núñez neighborhood, in the north of Buenos Aires, Soledad revealed how she invited Carlos Santana to perform on the album: "What I did was send him an email, telling him a little about the aim of the song because for us the guitar is fundamental and I always had the fantasy that he would record on some album. Maybe it was crazy, but I didn't want to miss the opportunity."[4]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Vivir es hoy" (feat. Carlos Santana) | Soledad Pastorutti • Pablo Santos | Matías Zapata | 4:26 |
| 2. | "Dame una sonrisa" (feat. Carlos Vives) | Gian Marco • Cheche Alara • Carlos Vives | Gian Marco | 3:39 |
| 3. | "Todos somos pueblo" | Gian Marco | Gian Marco | 3:47 |
| 4. | "Cielo de Mantilla" | Teresa Parodi • Mateo Villalba | Matías Zapata | 3:47 |
| 5. | "Como te voy a olvidar" (feat. Spanish: Natalia Pastorutti) | Jorge Mejía Avante | Matías Zapata | 3:37 |
| 6. | "Cielo de rosas" | Soledad Pastorutti • Pablo Santos • Matías Zapata | Matías Zapata | 3:19 |
| 7. | "Nadie que te quiera como yo" | Edgardo Marcelo Germano • Carlos Roberto Rivero • Norberto Claudio Kirovsky | Matías Zapata | 3:13 |
| 8. | "Eres" | Soledad Pastorutti • Pablo Santos | Matías Zapata | 4:14 |
| 9. | "Mal paso" | Spanish: Luis Abelardo Nuñez | Matías Zapata | 3:22 |
| 10. | "Una mañana nueva sin ti" | Claudia Brant • Gian Marco | Gian Marco | 3:53 |
| 11. | "Estrella fugaz" (feat. Zezé Di Camargo) | Matías Zapata • Pablo Cordero | Matías Zapata | 3:01 |
| 12. | "Cuando me abandone mi alma" | Pablo Raúl Trullenque • Spanish: Cuti Carabajal | Matías Zapata | 3:10 |
| 13. | "Imagina" | Gian Marco | Gian Marco | 3:38 |
| 14. | "Todo lo que quiero eres tú" (feat. Gian Marco) | Gian Marco | Gian Marco | 3:50 |
| 15. | "Cantante" | Pablo Cordero | Matías Zapata | 2:32 |
| 16. | "Aleluya" (Hallelujah) | Leonard Cohen | Matías Zapata | 4:15 |
Production
editTracks produced by Gian Marco[5]
- recorded in Enjoy Music Studios, Los Angeles; recording engineer: Gian Marco
- drums, bass, and piano recorded in The Sound Factory, Los Angeles; recording engineer: Adrian Bernabé Trujillo
- accordion in "Dame Una Sonrisa": On The Groove Studio, Miami; recording engineers: Andrés Castro and Luis Barrera
- charangos and quenas: Cabina Libre Studio, Lima, Peru; recording engineer: Alfredo Quequezana
- cello: Xtrings Studio, Miami; recording engineer: Pedro Alfonso
- mixing: David Santos, Digisound Mastering, Los Angeles
Tracks produced by Matías Zapata[6]
- recorded in Estudio Bulo and Cuartito Estudio, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- voices recorded by Daniel Ianniruberto in Estudio El Charquito, Buenos Aires
- horn section recorded in Estudio Sudestadahorns, Buenos Aires
- recording engineers: Nacho De La Riega and Matías Zapata
- mixed in Estudio El Charquito, Buenos Aires, by Daniel Ianniruberto and Matías Zapata
- music production of "Estrella Fugaz":
- Spanish voice direction of Zezé Di Camargo: Lucas Robles
- production assistant: Helio Bernal[7]
- recording technician: Paulo Penov[8]
- editing and tuning: Enrico Nunes[8]
- recorded by Silas Godoy[9] in Mosh Studios, São Paulo
Mastering: Nicolás Kalwill[5]
References
edit- ^ "Soledad Pastorutti editó su nuevo disco 'Vivir es hoy'". Cadena 3. 16 March 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ "Entre el tifón y la brisa". El Litoral. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Soledad Pastorutti: 'La fusión es donde me siento más cómoda'". Télam. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ José Heinz (25 March 2015). "Soledad Pastorutti: 'Me costó mucho sentirme libre con la música'". Los Andes. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ a b credited in liner notes and on Soledad's official website
- ^ credited in liner notes and on Soledad's official website, excepted as noted.
- ^ credit in liner notes: Asistente de Producción: Helio Bernal; credit on Soledad's official website: Producción Musical: Helio Bernal Jr
- ^ a b credited only on Soledad's official website
- ^ credited only in liner notes