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Pampa EP

by Silvio Astier

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Silvio Astier - Pampa EP (English)

Pampa is a Quechua word (the language of the Incas) which refers to the fertile plains and lowlands of the Río de la Plata, which extend through the central zone of Argentina and Uruguay.
The arrival of slaves in the 1500’s transformed the Pampa into a sonorous territory of rhythms mixed between African percussion and the native song of the Gauchos. However, in the mid-nineteenth century, revolution and war silenced the Pampa.
A silence which led Silvio Astier to look deeply into his own Argentinian roots.

With the Pampa EP, Silvio Astier presents a musical exploration of the ancestral Latin American landscape of the Pampa.
The journey is led by Slivio’s own Pampean style guitar playing, flutes and hand percussion, set beautifully against the warmth of sub bass, mystical dub FX, vocals, and soundscapes.

Silvio Astier is a multi instrumentalist musician and producer based in Buenos Aires. Mixing the rhythms and ancestral musical landscapes of Latin America with textures and beats of organic electronics. This sound is the product of the search for ancient Latin American music and its African influence, the constant dialogue between reminiscences of the past and the electronic sound of the present.

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Silvio Astier - Pampa EP (Spanish)

Pampa es una palabra quechua, el idioma de los incas, que significa llanura. Esta planicie dividida por el Río de la Plata se extiende por la zona central de Argentina y Uruguay. La llegada de esclavos transformó las praderas en un territorio sonoro de ritmos mixturados entre la percusión africana y el canto nativo de los gauchos. Sin embargo, a mediados del siglo XIX, la revolución y la guerra silenció el desierto. Silvio Astier ha podido escuchar esta tradición desaparecida. En “Pampa” se inscriben el ancestral paisaje sonoro latinoamericano con beats de electrónica orgánica y el estilo de la guitarra pampeana en cuya raíz esta el sonido contemporáneo de Buenos Aires.

Silvio Astier es un productor y músico multi instrumental con base en Buenos Aires. Mezcla los ritmos y paisajes musicales ancestrales de Latinoamérica con texturas y beats de la electrónica orgánica. Su sonido es el producto de la búsqueda de músicas arcaicas americanas y su influencia africana, el diálogo constante entre reminiscencias del pasado y el sonido electrónico presente

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For the one who looks without seeing
By: Atahualpa Yupanqui

For the one who looks without seeing
The earth is just land
Nothing tells you the pampas
Neither the stream nor the sauzal

But the pampa is guitar
That has a deep sing
You have to listen to it from the inside
Where the spring is born

In the whistle of the mountains
Lessons take the thrush
The thistle is like a handkerchief
Say goodbye and do not leave

Field in and clean sky
Cha 'it's nice to gallop
And feel that inside one
The immensity is enlarged

A world in each grass
Goodbye in the cardal
And to think that for many
The earth is just land

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Para el que mira sin ver
By: Atahualpa Yupanqui

Para el que mira sin ver
La tierra es tierra nomás
Nada le dice la pampa
Ni el arroyo, ni el sauzal

Pero la pampa es guitarra
Que tiene un hondo cantar
Hay que escucharla de adentro
Donde nace el manantial

En el silbo de los montes
Lecciones toma el zorzal
El cardo es como un pañuelo
Dice adiós y no se va

Campo adentro y cielo limpio
Cha’ que es lindo galopear
Y sentir que adentro de uno
Se agranda la inmensidad

Un mundo en cada gramilla
Adioses en el cardal
Y pensar que para muchos
La tierra es tierra nomás

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released October 26, 2018

Credits:
Music / production / Instruments: Silvio Astier
Cover Artwork: @birdofnothing - Zohar Doron
Mastering: JMJ for Boomarm Nation
*Track1 - Mixed by JMJ in the Boomarm DOJO
Video by: Tropikal Camel

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