"Luis reflects the transoceanic circulation of Hispanic music with the African and Asian continent" World Music Central
"Luis reflects the transoceanic circulation of Hispanic music with the African and Asian continent" World Music Central
In the 'The unknown Spanish Levant', Luis performs with other multi-instrumentalists known in the World Music industry such as Diego Lopez (L’ham de foc), Mazaher/Abugeit (Egypt), Sol enverano (Mexico), Du Jiazen (China), Shyamee (Malaysia), Eugene Ackerman (South Africa) or even jazz and contemporary artists inspired by the Valencian music of ‘Moros y Cristianos’ (Javier Geras, Manu Ruiz, Fran Ramos, Antonio Prats and Paco Soler).
Trough creative, performative and theoretical studies on ancient Andalusi music, this workshop aims to explore the notion of Convivencia (coexistence) in relation to the inter-cultural rhetoric of ancient Andalusi/Levantine music (since the 9th century) such as the commonalities between the use of frigian and hijaz scale in Spanish music, maqamat in the Middle East, Dastagh in Persia, Hindustani music in India and Ghazal in Malaysia.
In relation to the trilogy album 'Middle Passage' (2019-2021), this creative workshop proposes a musical and imaginary journey from Spain to South Africa passing through different places on the African continent. In this way, students will use musical elements from a certain geographical area in relation to different musical styles from the Spanish-speaking world in Spain, America and Africa. The musical styles explored will be: Gnawa, griot music from Mali, Mauritanian Haul, alian Wassoulou, Tamashek, African fingerpicking guitar, afrobeat, palm wine, Highlife, chimurenga, rumba, maskanda, Malagasy and mbalax.