| The Brillantinas |
| When The Brillantina’s (a band from Pamplona,
the city whose San Fermines attracted Ernest Hemingway so much) released
their debut cd “Twilight dingos” in 1997 in a very small
label, today dissapeared, nobody nowhere seemed to notice it. Even
though, and besides its production and sound problems, that record
is today a small classic in the world of spanish instrumental rock.
We expect that now, after this second CD, it may be re-appreciated
and, why not, maybe reissued. During that days, Jaime Cristóbal
(today front man and composer for pop group Souvenir) and Roberto
C. Meyer (former glam-rock band Glittersouls member) leaded the band.
Today’s Brillantina’s, with a renewed line-up, execute
the personal musical universe of Roberto C. Meyer, full-filled with
almost any musical genre developed during the sixties golden era.
The one and only thing you can say about this “Pulp-a-mandrilla”
CD without fearing a mistake is that it is purely instrumental. The
instro spirit defines perfectly Roberto’s tastes, something
rare when you notice his particular way of associating words to the
sounds, as seen in the song’s titles. From that definition on,
lots of things can be found inside: some instro-surf, some frat-rock,
a bit of biker-fuzz-rock, an obvious rendition to the great classic
composers of cinema scores and, the best of it, a shocking and solid
rock spirit and attittude. Rock instrumentals, not as the electronic ones, are not a well developed or trendie style in Spain. But we do have great bands. Probably because their members use to be musicians with a great knowledge and culture about popular music. That’s the Brillantina’s, one of this solid bands that may found a consolidation with this second cd. A record that can even be considered the first of a second coming. Their wide musical influences are easily appreciated in the covers: “Nous ne sommes pas des anges” (We are not angels) from sixties French pop-master Serge Gainsbourg and “Nessuno me puó giudicare” (No-one can judge me), an italian classic that Caterina Casselli and Gene Pitney sung in San Remo’s Festival back in 1966. They did not win, needless to say... Also “Klezmer queen of swamp” shows the savoir faire of the band. A klezmer is an hebraic ritual dance. A klezmer was also the original melody Dick Dale arranged, turned into “Misirlou” and so many people got to enjoy as the opener for Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp fiction” original soundtrack. Instrumental rock seems to begin a still shy rebirth in Spain, as it has done in some parts of Europe, with a bunch of new bands and the re-joining of some of the pioneering ones, such as Los Coronas. From El Toro’s Reverb Series we are strongly decided to effort ourselves to give the genre a way to reach the rock audience. |
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ETCD 5020 - The Brillantinas
- Pulp-A-Mandrilla
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| Tracking Lists: 01 Hold On 02 Gardens of Atakama 03 Noire Parranda 04 Magnolia Ice 05 Nessuno Me Puo Giudicare |
06 El Perro Vicio 07 Lindo Pulgoso 08 Burlesque de Rhumba 09 Klezmer Queen Of swamp 10 Nous Ne Sommes Pas Des Anges 11 Da Cruella Sun |
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