The race of Madueño Hair It has been characterized by exploring different musical sounds, from its beginnings in punk to the radio hits that constituted its stage in pop-rock. Today he presents us with his sixth solo album, Apocalypsewhich has a new musical proposal.
Apocalypse is the product of six years of work based on the acoustic or Creole guitar, an album that subtly shows Latin American rhythms such as the waltz, Andean music, country, folk, songwriting and other roots in a novel aesthetic proposal, with a vocal performance that surprises and where the author seems to show a new artistic personality that knows no boundaries.
The music of his childhood, the musical world of his father, singer-songwriters, Peruvian and Brazilian music, poets, the music of Chabuca Granda, etc. It has manifested itself in Pelo’s adulthood after having traveled a long path from punk to pop rock.
“The way music is in the world, making an acoustic album today is almost an act of rebellion, I felt that it was a perfect moment to go in the opposite direction and get into the soul, in the lyrics and songs from the primary, the guitar. acoustics and interpretation, looking for something more significant for me on an artistic level,” the singer-songwriter tells us about this new production.
Apocalypse brings 14 new songs and 2 remixes as bonus tracks. The album includes ‘Via Appia Antica’, a musicalization of the poem of the same name by the Peruvian poet and plastic artist. Jorge Eduardo Eielson, coinciding with the international commemoration of its 100 years. The album has been recorded and produced between Lima, Madrid and Mexico City, with collaborations from musicians such as the Peruvian saxophonist Jean Pierre Magnetthe artist and singer-songwriter Danitse (charango) or Ramón Arroyo (Spanish guitarist of the legendary band Los Secretos) and the contribution of various recording and mixing engineers between Lima, Madrid, Los Angeles and Mexico City.
This new sound brings a new band of musicians and a new show that Pelo is preparing for Saturday, August 17 at the Sala Osma (Av. Pedro de Osma 203, Barranco). Limited capacity. Tickets are now on sale at Joinnus.
Currently, Pelo is spending a season in Mexico, where he has performed in important venues such as the legendary Foro del Tejedor (Cdmx) or in Festivals such as Vive Latino 2022 or the Quimera International Festival 2023. After a long and successful career that spanned from punk to rock-pop (Narcosis, La Liga del Sueño, Soloista), with this new album Madueño Hair It continues in constant evolution and maturity with much to offer, leaving us wanting to discover the musical journey that it brings us with this new work. Apocalipsex can now be heard on Spotify and all digital platforms.
In the world of music, there are artists whose roots are nourished by family legacies; and that is the case of ‘Pelo’ Madueño, Whoever knew from a young age that his life would be marked by chords, lyrics and emotions. Not for nothing did he start his career at the age of 16 with the underground rock band Narcosis, composed of Wicho García and Fernando ‘Cachorro’ Vial. The Fronterizo interpreter is the son of Jorge Madueño, a renowned Peruvian composer who died in 2023.
“I learned about music through boleros, waltzes, Chabuca Granda and, above all, through the works of my parents, songs worked with poetry. Of everything that surrounded a little of the childhood of my brothers, of my family. We grew up with that vibration of my father’s musical life, and that is something that has always been present in me,” said Madueño in an interview with Infobae Peru.
The admiration was, is and will continue to be great. This was demonstrated by the singer when he said goodbye to his father after his sensitive death.
“Sudden trips, unscheduled trips. Travels for destiny, for love, for duels, for honor. Trips and songs, lesson trips. Trips to the Lima of Chabuca and also to that of my father Jorge. Teacher of many, friend of so many, father of some… like me. Thank you for every father, for the love, the passion, the integrity of this job, the talent and genius that remains in your children. And also in your students who take you to a very special place. You were unique and we honor you. I stay here dreaming of you,” the artist wrote on his social network.
