Ronroco (CD - 1998)

Personnel: Gustavo Santaolalla (vocals, guitar, guitarron, charango, pipe, harmonica, ron roco); Jaime Torres (charango); Anibal Kerpel (vibraphone).

Audio Mixers: Gustavo Santaolalla; Anibal Kerpel .

Recording information: Casa, LA, CA.

Photographer: Chris Cuffaro.

On Ronroco, Gustavo Santaolalla creates a song cycle of original songs in the vein of traditional Argentinian music. Santaolalla infuses Argentinian music with jazz and prog-rock influences, creating a unique hybrid layered with harmonic overtones and complex polyrhythms. He augments his guitar with indigenous instruments, and often trades melodic lines with vibraphonist Anibal Kerpel, resulting in a hypnotic record that sounds like nothing else in worldbeat. ~ Leo Stanley minimize