Well-crafted collection
Punk Rock lovers and those with a taste for all things Latino will savour the edgy, smartly-crafted tracks that comprise Karamelo Santo's Haciendo Bulla (Making Racket) CD (with “Tu Pa Mi” also in a video format—adding even more impact to the rapid fire declamations of Goy and Martino Gesualdi's stellar trombone interventions). “Tu Quieres Matarme, (Your Questions Kill Me)” with its deliciously eerie intro, Hammond fill and whispering voices floods the speakers with much
raucous and roll. Goy's howling guitar solo goes through a metamorphosis of its own, leaving the track's final moments with an ethereal Gershwin riff that's the musical icing to this richly-hued cake. (The bonus remix a darker chocolate still! It's "Fantasma" plus.) The three-way Chipmunk-close-harmony vocals found in “Mamina” (a Paso Doblo for the 21st Century) compels from the driving opening to the vocal backbeat "hus" in the coda. Hey! Indeed. The full-blooded chorus of Los Cangrejos (The Crabs) produces a Latin "sing, sing, sing" whose cantus firmus is an intriguing first cousin of "Oh Come All Ye Faithful." Even more fun is the sliding modulation—who needs horns with voices like these? Lucas Villafane's accordion is always welcome (sets the easy feel of El Garron from the git go) as is Pablo Clavijo's reedy sax (showed off to advantage in El Duende Loco). The rhythmic engine is kept on fire (Haciendo Bulla) or cooled as required by Piro Rosafa and Mariano Ponce de Leon (with a little help from their friends on selected songs). While a few moments of waning energy slip in occasionally, the overwhelming majority of the band's charts whet the appetite for further servings. 
1. FRUTA AMARGA
2. RECUERDO TU FUTURO HOY
3. TU PA MI
4. TU QUIERES MATARME
5. SANTA MARIA
6. VIVO EN UNA ISLA
7. LOS CANGREJOS
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8. HACIENDO BULLA
9. MAMINA
10. EL GARRON
11. EL DUENDO LOCO
12. SACRIFICIO
13. LOS CANGREJOS MURGA
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Bonus Tracks: TU QUIERES MATARME (Remix)
Enhanced Video: TU PA MI |
More information is available through www.karamelosanto.com.
