Monocordio

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Artist / Band / Musician
Genre:
Experimental / Psychedelic / Folk Rock
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Label:
Antídoto Records/EMI
Type:
Indie
Para algunos sabios de la antig�edad el Monocordio era el instrumento de Dios, quien tensaba o destensaba su �nica cuerda para armonizar al Universo, volvero agudo o grave, o cambiarlo de tono.
Tal vez cada uno de nosotros es una especie de monocordio; cuando nos conocemos unos con otros a veces hacemos acordes y a veces simplemente desafinamos. �Qu� es eso que nos hace vibrar? No lo s�, pero supongo que toda la humanidad produce sin saberlo un gran acorde que se incorpora a la Sinfon�a Universal.
Monocordio es un proyecto musical en el que trato de plasmar esta idea sobre la m�sica y la existencia. Es una especie de diario �ntimo hecho a base de sonidos en el que voy cantando lo que siento y la manera en la que percibo el mundo.
Las primeras canciones de Monocordio las compuse en el 2001 luego de hacer un largo recorrido por el sureste mexicano y recibir la noticia de que iba a convertirme en padre. Entonces decid� romper con todo lo que sab�a sobre hacer canciones y comenzar de nuevo.
Un fin de semana me aisl� del mundo para componer y grabar una maqueta de lo que ser�a mi primer disco: m0n0c0rd10, editado por Ant�doto en el 2002. m0n0c0rd10 fue un disco m�gico, abri� puertas y sus canciones sonaron en varias estaciones como Radiactivo, Imagen e Ibero Radio, donde fue el disco de la semana, e incluso lleg� al cine: "Amar es Combatir" aparece en "As� del Precipicio" (Tere Su�rez/2006) y fue nominada a las Diosas de Plata como mejor canci�n para pel�cula.
Tres a�os despu�s me dispuse a grabar mi segundo material titulado: "La Hora del Tiempo", una fotograf�a emocional producida por el Sr. Gonz�lez para la que invit� a varios amigos a colaborar haciendo del Monocordio un ensamble polif�nico (Luis Alberto Ledezma, Jos� Manuel Aguilera, Mart�n Dur�n, Rafael Herrera, Laura V�zquez, Lino Nava y Alex Otaola, entro otros). Este disco hizo que Monocordio saltara del estudio de grabaci�n a los escenarios y que volviera a la radio con m�s fuerza, ahora en Reactor 105.7, y tambi�n a la televisi�n ya que en Once TV me pidieron los tracks de "La Hora del Tiempo" para utilizarlos como tema principal de la serie "Fonda Susilla".
En el 2006 fui invitado para participar en la serie de Eps "�Cu�l es tu Rock?", de EMI Music, as� que produje junto con el Sr.Gonz�lez "El Primer Rayo de Sol", un EP de siete canciones donde le canto a esas emociones primarias que le dan sentido al resto de nuestras vidas. De ese disco se desprende la canci�n "Siempre te Busqu�".
Actualmente existe un Monocordio �ntimo y un Monocordio Polif�nico integrado por Laura V�zquez, Mart�n Dur�n, el Sr.Gonz�lez, Santiago Ortiz, Adri�n L�pez, Mar�a Emilia Mart�nez y yo, un ensamble con el que nos hemos presentado en varios foros nacionales como el Vicio, el Hard Rock, la Expo Sound Check 2006, la Feria de San Marcos en Aguascalientes y el Vive Latino 2007 y el 2009 en el Foro Sol. Despu�s de estas presentaciones s�lo puedo decir que tenemos al p�blico m�s hermoso y sensible que jam�s haya existido.
En fin, esto es un poco lo que ha sido la historia. gracias por escuchar a Monocordio.



Fernando Rivera Calder�n.



For some wise people of the antiquity, the monocordio (monochord) was the instrument of God, who tightened and loosened the instruments only string, changing the chords and tones from sharp to low in order to harmonize the Universe.
Underneath this idea, everything which exists around us, including ourselves, is music; music which condenses and dissipates, which floats in the air, invisible, waiting to find a receptor.
Perhaps each one of us is a species of the monocordio; when we meet and come to know each other we sometimes seem to create musical chords, or sometimes we simply become out of tune. What is it that makes us vibrate? I don't know, but I suppose that all of humanity unknowingly produces a grand musical chord which incorporates itself into the Universal Symphony.
Monocordio is a musical project which tries to shape this idea about music and existence. It is an experience of daily intimacy where I sing sounds based on what I feel, and the way in which I perceive the world.
In 2001, after a long journey through south-east Mexico, and after receiving the news that I was going to be a father, I composed Monocordio's first songs. I had decided to breakaway from everything I knew about making songs and began to start again. One weekend I isolated myself from the world in order to compose and record a model of what would be my first album: m0n0c0rd10. The album was edited by Ant�doto in 2002. m0n0c0rd10 was a magical album, it opened many doors and it's songs were heard on various radio stations such as Radiactivo, Imagen, and Ibero Radio, where it was album of the week. The album even reached cinema: "Amar es Combatir" played in the movie "As� del Precipicio" (Tere Su�rez/2006) and was also nominated at the Diosas de Plata for best song for a motion picture.
Three years later I began to record my second album titled "La Hora del Tiempo", an emotional project produced by Se�or Gonz�lez on which I invited various friends who collaborated to make the polyphonic ensemble of Monocordio (Luis Alberto Ledezma, Jos� Manuel Aguilera, Mart�n Dur�n, Rafael Herrera, Laura V�zquez, Lino Nava and Alex Otaola, among others). This album saw Monocordio jump from the recording studio and on to the stage. Now returning to the radio with more force, this time on Reactor 105.7 and also on television, where Once TV requested the tracks from "La Hora del Tiempo" to be used as the theme songs for the series "Fonda Susilla". In 2006 I was invited to take part in the EMI Music series about EP's "�Cu�l es tu Rock?", leading to the production, again with Se�or Gonz�lez, of "El Primer Rayo de Sol", an EP of seven songs about the primary emotions which give feeling to the rest of our lives. From this album came "Siempre te Busque".
There presently exists an intimate and polyphonic Monocordio consisting of Laura V�zquez, Mart�n Dur�n, el Sr.Gonz�lez, Santiago Ortiz, Adri�n L�pez, Mar�a Emilia Mart�nez and myself. The group has played in various national venues including el Vicio, the Hard Rock, the Expo Sound Check 2006, the Feria of San Marcos in Aguascalientes and the Vive Latino 2007 in the Foro Sol. Following these shows I can only say that we have the most beautiful and sensitive audience that has ever existed. Well, this is only a little bit of what has been the story so far…thank you for listening to Monocordio.
Fernando Rivera Calder�n.



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