Luces en tu Piel • Aparato Raro (2015)

Back in 2014 I was commissioned to compose and produce this EP by Aparato Raro, a chilean electropop band that had some success during the late ’80, with whom I worked several times before, making arrangements for their gigs, or even sometimes playing keyboards. This time they wanted to reborn from the ashes by releasing a new EP with a modern sound, but following the same genre they worked with in their best years (maybe in order not to disappoint nostalgic fans). So I composed four song, then we recorded them, and made a release concert. We didn’t get too far, though. We needed even more will that we had, more time availability and resources. Anyway, listening to this work now, my opinion about it has not changed at all: I feel satisfied. So much that I decided to upload it to digital platforms and now the whole EP is available for listening.

“Desiertos y Mar”

I would like to recommend my favourite track, because it was for me the most honest. Composing this song I forgot everything about commercial recipes for success, and I just focused myself in making something I consider worthy, especially about the lyrics, which was based on a documentary, “Nostalgias de la Luz” by Patricio Guzmán, and talks about the story of a group of old ladies scratching the sand in the desert everyday, for any hope of finding the bone of their relatives. It happens that some years ago, it was a military dictatorship in Chile, that tortured and murdered thousands in order to fight against socialismus. However, most of these murdered were just idealist and unarmed teenagers, all of whom had mothers that are still asking for their remaining, getting no answer from the current government, and disdain instead. World is unfair, we all know that, but I think that the only way to overcome that unfortunate fact is facing it. Truth is a bitter relieve, while Lie is a very sweet poison. Second best way to overcome unfairness in the world: composing music.

Documentary trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6VDlxFYmKg