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| Birth: 1992 |
"I come from France and I know the different folk traditions in Europe, and Spain, alongside Ireland, are the two countries in Western Europe that have maintained the folk traditions that have the most vitality, intensity and variety. And Spanish folklore is possibly much more varied than Irish folklore, because it has a greater number of different approaches". Vicent Molino, Radio Tarifa.
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Rafael Sánchez Dueñas-Faín. 1951. Valladolid. Percussion and string section
Vicent Molino Diculefit. 1958. France. Wind section
Benjamín Escoriza Molina. 1953. Colomera (Granada).
Radio Tarifa represents crossbreeding in its maximum expression and, most of all, Mediterranean crossbreeding, popular and Spanish; of flamenco, Arabic-andalusí music, Sephardite music, medieval music, Castillian music, music from Maghreb countries, African music..., all of them drawn from original popular styles. They have also ventured into other musical styles, like Japanese or German (Cruzando el río, 1997) popular music. What is genuinely innovative about Radio Tarifa is that they tackle these different kinds of music from their own modal approach, rather than doing so from a harmonic perspective, and this allows them to discover important affinities between all these different genres. As far as flamenco is concerned, they have expressed a clear preference for the more rhythmic forms (bulerías and tangos), although they have approached all the palos (forms).
The band´s members, Faín, Molino and Escoriza have already spent a long time researching ancient styles of music; particularly the first two of them, who worked together on a project for the retrieval of medieval and Renaissance music, called Ars Antiqua Musicalis. One of the fruits of this research is the use of instruments that are closely related to it, like the lute, the harmonium or the wooden oboe. They have also introduced other instruments like the ney, a cane flute that the Egyptians once used, the derbuka, a drum made of ceramics with a leather drumhead, and the bansuri, a transverse flute with Indian origins, without forgetting about the electric bass, guitar and organ.
The musicians who accompany them in their records and concerts also come from very different musical backgrounds: Ramiro Amusategui (lutist), Gerardo Nuñez (guitarist), Javier Paixariño (wind section), Javier Ruibal (voice), Wafir Sh. Gibril (Sudanese accordion player), the cantaor Falo, Jaime Muela (saxophonist)... They often also use the zapateado (a rhythmic combination of sounds made by stepping with the toe, sole and heel of the foot) of the flamenco bailaor Joaquín Ruiz as a form of percussion. The music that Radio Tarifa offered was well received, and became an immediate success. The band is considered the best Spanish representative in "World Music" festivals. |
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