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WHAT THE PRESS HAS TO SAY… HIGHLIGHTS
Martha Pinzon VOCES LATINAS
“Diego Marulanda, an artist that had persevered on his music and his career for many years. Rueda La Bolita an expectacular hot hydrid CD …”
Errol Nazareth CBC Radio One/Big City Small World
“Rueda La Bolita It’s an enchanting trip”
MOVIMIENTO MATIZ
‘’An extraordinary fusion of worlds … Diego Marulanda’s new album has the firepower to spread its musical net wide.’’
Julian Mark ROCK SIN BANDREAS
“A very interesting new project”
Angela Zuleta HONDAS HISPANAS
“Diego Marulanda‘s Rueda La Bolita it’s driving us cracy”
Errol Nazareth THE TORONTO SUN
“Por El Sol solidifies Pacandé’s position as one of this country’s most accomplished Latin music groups.”
Geoff Chapman THE TORONTO STAR
“Zestful music ripe for dancing and employing influences from elsewhere ever so subtly.”
Matt Galloway NOW MAGAZINE
“Por El Sol – 10 original tracks without a wasted note, making what is ostensibly a music best suited to a steamy dance floor.”
Tony Montague THE VANCOUVER COURRIER
“Por El Sol an album with which to dance away the winter blues in grand style.”
Liz Mendez-Berry EYE MAGAZINE
“Pacandé’s CDs 1996 “La Verraquera” and current “Por el Sol” have enough pulsating rhythm to hustle any sworn gringo onto the dance floor.”
Tony Montague THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT – VANCOUVER
“Irresistible danceable rhythms” voted one of 1996 Top 10 albums.”
David Palmer EL EXPRESO
“Diego Marulanda y Pacandé recogen el aroma fresco y añejo de la gran riqueza musical de Colombia.”
Barley Kives WINNIPEG SUN
“Pacande’s mission is to preserve traditional Colombian music without having it dry up in a museum.”
Hugo Vera Méndez EL POPULAR
“Diego Marulanda uno de nuestros mejores valores artísticos.”
Onyango Oloo WORD MAGAZINE
“(La Verraquera) That tantalizing hit of Spanish flamenco, now and again complemented by throaty horns, places this album alongside some of the best ever to come from Latin America.”
ROOTS MAGAZINE
“La Verraquera – “Absolutely amazing”, and apt tag for this warmly accessible disc.”
Billy Bryans STORE FRONT PAPER
“The idea of a hot 10 pieces band playing compositions with a lyrical and poetic sensibility is new. It’s kind of like dancing to Leonard Cohen.”
Nadine Pederson WHITE HORSE DAILY STAR
“Diego Marulanda and Pacandé heated up the main stage… with their unique brand of flaming Colombian music.”
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Discography
Rueda La Bolita
Ke'Ma
El Otro Lado
Por El Sol
La Verrquera
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Bio
Diego Marulanda is a well establish dance, theater, film and television scoring composer. Born in Bogota Colombia. He has developed himself into a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, performing as a vocalist, playing guitar, cuatro, tiple as well as numerous traditional Latin American instruments that make up his extensive collection
From his childhood in Colombia to his youth and adulthood in Canada, his development as a creative artist has led him to explore Colombian and Latin American music as a performer, composer, songwriter and producer, considering both a comprehensive search for the political and social identity of music.
The musical traditions acknowledgements as well as the use of contemporary music technologies facilitate him to work in a wide range of musical genres, with diverse interdisciplinary approaches through Colombia’s music history and sociology, thus allowing him to work with other forms including dance, theatre, film and in television as a scoring composer, drawing upon his vast experience in contemporary and world music.
Diego lives in Toronto, ON where he has had an active music careers since 1988; he has been active as a composer, performer, music director, music arranger and producer. This diverse background has led him to a variety of interesting projects as a freelance musician. Especially well known for his work in the area of World Music, Diego’s talent as a composer, bandleader and musician and his CDs “Ke’Ma”, “Por El Sol”, “El Otro Lado” and “La Verraquera” have garnered acclaim nationally and abroad. He was nominated for the Juno Awards in 1999 and Canadian Music Week in 2001.
Diego Marulanda’s fifth album “Rueda La Bolita” is the result of a diverse set of fruitful changes experienced in recent years. Integrating his passion with Latin American folklore rhythms with an ongoing fascination with contemporary rhythms such as reggae, hip hop, rap and electronica, this album blends these elements in creative and original ways.
AWARDS/ NOMINATIONS
JUNO Award Nominee - Best Global Album - ‘Por El Sol’ 1999
Canadian Music Week Award Nominee - Best Global Album – ‘El Otro Lado’ 2001
Latin American Achievements Awards - Winner ‘Musician of The Year’ 2004
ALBUMS
RUEDA LA BOLITA (2011) / KE’MA (2006) / EL OTRO LADO (2001 solo) / POR EL SOL (1998) / LA VERRAQUERA (1996) with Grupo Pacandé
FILM/TV
Between Midnight and The Rooster’s Crow
Original score. Documentary. Dir. by Nadja Drost. Prod. Rocinarte Productions with the assistance of the National Film Board of Canada 2005 Winner Best Canadian Documentary – Short to Mid-Length, Hot Docs Festival, Toronto ; 2005 Winner Best Documentary, Festival de Cine de Bogotá, Colombia
Sanctuary
Original score. Documentary short. Dir. Jamie Escallon. Produced by the NFB. CBC Newsworld.
Original Score for documentary film “Killer’s Paradise”. Directed by Giselle Portonier. Produced by BBC and NFB
Original Score for documentary film “Dance of My Heart”. Directed by Ricardo Acosta. Produced by The Santa Fe Community College, USA
Licesed Music for documentary film “La Dany”. Directed by Rim Giles Produced by Brother & Sister Productions
Nunavut Elders (working title)
Original music for 6-part television series. Inuit Communications Systems.
LICENSED MUSIC
TV series (Warner Brothes) - La Femme Nikita
TV series (Alliance-Atlantis/International) - Peter Benchley’s Amazon
TV series (CTV) - These Arms of Mine
TV series (W Network/ Dance with Sarina Inc) - The Barefoot Dancer
Air Canada - in-flight Star Alliance radio channel.
THEATRE/DANCE
Nuliajuk: Legends of the Sea Goddess. Original music for multi-media theatre performance. Qaggiq Theatre Company. Performed in Iqaluit, Nunavut.
Agua - dance performance. Original music. Choreographer Alejandro Ronceria. Produced by Earth In Motion and World Indigenous Dance. Perfomed at Harbourfront Centre, Toronto. Extended version performed at Universidad National Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City.
Rodeo del Sol, composer/ arranger/ musical director. One hour rodeo performance. Cozumel, Mexico. Indefinite run. Global Destinations Development.
Native Earth Choreographers Workshop. Worked and created music for Choreographer Tanya Linklater
Native Earth Choreographers Workshop. Worked and created music for Choreographer Santee Smith
Toonik Tyme. Original music for dance performance. Choreographer: Alejandro Ronceria. Quggiq Theatre Production. Iqaluit, Nunavut.
LIVE BAND PERFORMANCE
Montreal International Jazz Fest; Toronto International Jazz Fest; Winnipeg Folk Fest, Winnipeg; Pan American Games, Winnipeg; Northern Lights Fest, Sudbury; Atlantic Jazz Fest; Islands Folk Fest, Vancouver Island; Ritmo y Calor, Harbourfront; Toronto Winterfest; Toronto Street Fest; Dawson City Music Fest; Museum of Civilization; Royal Ontario Museum; Art Galley of Ontario; Lula Lounge; Toronto Yonge Street Fest; Aboriginal Voices Fest; Waterloo Park Music F
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