CHOCOLATA
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Desde Jerez llega una propuesta fresca. Flamenco, sí. Pero en esta ocasión flamenco con otro sabor. Una amalgama de músicas para dar cuerpo a Chocolata. México, Cuba, Colombia, Argentina y Jerez dándose la mano y prestándose la voz. Carmela Páez, cantante de Chocolata, ofrece a LA VOZ sus impresiones antes del concierto de presentación de su nuevo disco, 'De un suspiro', esta noche en la Sala Paúl.
-¿Cómo presentarías Chocolata al público de Jerez?
-Como un paseo musical por todo el mundo hispano sin salir de Jerez.
-¿Qué queréis contar en este 'De un suspiro'?
-Contamos muchas y preciosas historias porque cada canción es una historia particular, todas las bellas canciones cuentan bellas historias, unas veces tristes y otras alegres.
-¿Qué supone para vosotros presentar este disco en Jerez?
-Como jerezanos, siendo Jerez la patria del cante, ¿qué mejor sitio?
-¿Qué músicos y colaboradores aparecen en el nuevo disco?
-Carmela 'la chocolata' al cante, Rubens Silva a la guitarra, Cuni Mantilla al contrabajo. Manuel Iman a la guitarra. Andrea Echevarri con su voz latina, Jimi González con su trompeta. David el Gamba de Jerez con su soniquete y Jesús Santiago con sus percusiones.
-¿Cuánto le debe Chocolata al flamenco jerezano?
-Nosotros como todos los flamencos del mundo y todos los músicos interesados en el flamenco estamos en eterna deuda con Jerez.
-¿Qué artistas, flamencos o no, os han marcado?
-Tío Borrico, Chick Corea, Tl Torta, La Lupe, La Paquera, Tito Alcedo, Terremoto, The Velvet Underground, Agujetas, Camarón.... Somos unos melómanos.
-¿Por qué debería ir el público a ver vuestro concierto esta noche?
-Porque después de haber probado nuestros manjares musicales los asistentes van a tener una digestión estupenda. - www.lavozdigital.es
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DISCOGRAPHY
"DE UN SUSPIRO"
Chocolata is composed by Carmela Páez "La Chocolata" from Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz) as female flamenco singer and dancer, Rubens Silva from Arcos de la Frontera (Cádiz)as flamenco guitar player, y Cuni Mantilla from Granada as double bass player.
This basic formation, quite typical for jazz, is enough to create a hybrid and own style. In these 10 songs you could taste tree main ingredients which are part of this original mixture: flamenco, jazz, and the range of Latin American music from ranchera to danzón. These ingredients are mixed with such a virtuosity that they seem to have been always together. Could this be due to the fact that chocolate came from America?
Moreover, their first studio album, "De un suspiro", contains percussion, flamenco clapping and wind instrumentation, and have luxury collaborations of very respectful musicians such as Manuel Imán on a lively version of "El cordón de mi corpiño".
Andrea Echeverri, leader of the succesful Colombian band Aterciopelados also appears on “Soneto”, a poem of the Argentinian poet Francisco Luis Bernárdez singed to the sound of ranchera.
This album is a good new to those who love real music, to sensitive people, to those who want to fall in love, just because Chocolata makes you feel alive, inspires wishes to dream and feel.
"De un suspiro" has made Chocolata a media phenomenon, especially in Andalusia. Even before the launch of the album, some note radio and tv presenters as Jesús Vigorra or Joaquín petit get captivated by Carmela's grace and natural manner. Since then, Chocolata has appeared in many tv channels (Canal Sur TV, GIralda TV, Onda Jerez TV etc.), radio stations (Onda Jerez Radio, Canal Fiesta, Onda Cero etc.) and press (Diario de Sevilla, Diario de Jerez, Jerez información etc). Their first single, "Tengo", is streaming on some radio stations, especially in Canal sur Radio and Canal Fiesta.
-Band: Chocolata
-Album: De un suspiro
-Track list:
1 Tengo
2 El cordón de mi corpiño
3 De un suspiro
4 Me voy pa´la ciudad
5 Pa´ todo el año
6 Soneto
7 La calidad
8 Puertecita
9 Todavía
10 Te pienso un rato
-Musicians:
Carmela "La Chocolata": Female flamenco singer and dancer
Rubens Silva: Flamenco guitar
Cuni Mantilla: Double bass
Jesús Santiago Rubia: Percussion
David el Gamba de Jerez: Flamenco clapping
Jimmy García: Trumpet
-Discography: BMG
-Producer: Tonio Martínez
-Recorded in Granada: Ekusound y Producciones Peligrosas
-Booking: Música es Amor
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Bio
Carmela “La Chocolata”, from Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz) and Rubens Silva, from Arcos de la Frontera (Cádiz) met in Granada in 2004. They created a well known flamenco group, “Los Buleros” performing in Spain, Italy, Ireland, Germany and Portugal.
In 2007 they create “Chocolata”, composed of Spanish guitar (Rubens), voice and dancing (Carmela) and double bass (Cuni Mantilla, from Granada) and they also began to work for the theater company Búho y Maravillas as composers, musicians, actors and pupeteers.
Chocolata tastes of tree main ingredients which are part of this original mixture: flamenco, jazz, and the range of Latin American music from ranchera to danzón. These ingredients are mixed with such a virtuosity, that they seem to have been always together. Could this be due to the fact that chocolate came from America? Chocolata has achieved a difficult combination wich doesn’t admit to be identified with any genre. This singular musical alchemy grants them a distinct style.
Their influences are Tío Borrico, Chick Corea, Tl Torta, Lola Flores, Chavela Vargas, Ibrahim Ferrer, La Lupe, La Paquera, Tito Alcedo, Terremoto, The Velvet Underground, Agujetas, Camarón, Bambino, Rafael and Raimundo Amador....
Their first album, “De un suspiro”, recently released by BMG, count on collaborations of Aterciopelados or Manuel Imán, being a total success.
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