Electric
Flute Music for your Mind, Spirit, and Body
MAMBO BALAM is a new collection of music from Roberto
Luz and Friends. This record was written for and played by some of the
finest musicians around the lake. It was published in November of 2001.
Jungle Bop
The music is very eclectic. You will float like a
feather at one moment and find yourself charging across the sand on the
back of a camel the next. The styles vary from trippy World jazz to concert
rock to experimental blends of everything in between.
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You can download "Weed"
versions of some of the tunes. This allows you to listen to the
tune three times for free, and then you can buy it.
1) Fluid Motion
started with a drum track that was turned around backwards
to make the sound like water... The cymbals dont crash, they sizzle.
Then I added the bass, Bruce did some guitar solo's and I finished
it up with the flute lead, and some steel drum and keyboards
to fill it out
2) La Cueva del Jaguar is a piece from
the group that we formed in feb, 2001 It talks about life as
a walk down a jungle glade and the moment of death as the test of the cave
of the jaguar.
3) Volador was put together by
Roberto and Alvaro. Alvaro plays Guitar and bass, Davy is on drums, and
Roberto plays flutes.
4) Mambo Balam (Cumbia Sampuesana)
is a traditional Colombian cumbia, transformed into a cumbia reggae andino
funk.
5) Procession was written during
a trip to Thailand and Bali and begins with a live recording of a procession
in Penastanen, Bali. It is written in Balinese timing and will carry you
off. Lots of surprizes, includes a piece with the flute solo turned backwards
6) Tweedle Dee: A mellow flute tune
done with an acoustic guitar and flute
7) Good Morning features Davy on the
Kalimba and hand drums... A happy tune for the morning.
8) El Viento is another of the "Rock
band" pieces on the CD. It is a chant to the forces of the universe. It
features the Tzam Chicham choir.
9) Salvia Divinorum is a totally psychedelic
piece designed to make your mind crawl.
10) Horizon is another one of the Alvaro
tunes. This one is a sweet Latin jazz piece that floats along.
11) Reunion is a piece written
to play with Cris and Laura. It features solo´s by both of
them and some great wind section action.
12) Todo es Respiracion started with a rythmic section
done with overdubbed nose and mouth sounds. A slick stadium tune
was played with it and some ripping leads finished it off.
13) Donde Esta el Amor? Asks the age old question.
It is a response to the vast quantities of bad rap in spanish. Fiery
and electric.
14) Return to the East is based on the steel drum,
played as a rhythm instrument. The tune is a truly worldwide sound, as
influences from all over seem to leak in.
15) Suspiros is a breath of air at sunset, featuring
Montse on vocals, a short farewell to leave you feeling sweet.
Mambo Balam was recorded and mixed digitally
at Cave Art Studio in Santiago Atitlan
Production, engineering, and graphics by Roberto
All songs written by Roberto except Volador and Horizon,
by Roberto and Alvaro Silva, Good Morning, by David Robinson, and
Cumbia Sampuesana, that comes from a traditional Colombian folk song
