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Area 52 (album)

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Length
  
53:57

Release date
  
20 January 2012

Area 52 (2012)
  
9 Dead Alive (2014)

Label
  
Rubyworks Records

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Released
  
23 January 2012 (Ireland) 24 January 2012 (United States)

Artists
  
Rodrigo y Gabriela, C.U.B.A.

Genres
  
Acoustic music, Folk music

Producers
  
Rodrigo Sanchez, Peter Asher

Similar
  
11:11, 9 Dead Alive, Live in France, Live in Japan, Rodrigo y Gabriela

Rodrigo y gabriela c u b a santo domingo feat samuel formell alfonso on drums


Area 52 is a 2012 album by acoustic duo Rodrigo y Gabriela and the Cuban orchestra known as C.U.B.A. It is Rodrigo y Gabriela's fifth album overall, and their first collaboration with another group. Their aim was to 'do our music with a Cuban orchestra that plays in a very traditional way, a fusion'. All the songs on this album are re-recordings of songs previously released in their previous two studio albums. The duo spent 20 days recording in Cuba where 'the pianist also made the arrangements for the orchestra. We’d play along with the musicians so they could hear our energy'. Afterwards, the band overdubbed solo parts at their own studio.

Contents

Rodrigo y gabriela and c u b a area 52 album trailer


Track listing

All music composed by Rodrigo y Gabriela.

Personnel

Rodrigo y Gabriela
  • Rodrigo Sánchez - acoustic guitar
  • Gabriela Quintero - acoustic guitar
  • C.U.B.A.
  • Lazaro A. Oviedo Dilou - trumpet
  • Edouardo J. Sandoval Ferrer - trombone
  • Cesar Alejandro Lopez Martinez - saxophone
  • Ariel Sarduy Mena - violin
  • Anolan Gonzalez Morejon - viola
  • Feliciano Arango Noa - bass
  • Irving Roberto Frontelo Rico - violin
  • Alex Wilson piano, musical director
  • Otto Santana Selis - cajón, drums, percussion
  • Jorge Leliebre Sorzano- flute
  • Juan Kemell Barrera Toledo - trumpet
  • Rene Suarez Zapata - percussion
  • Featured Artists
  • Samuel Folmell Alfonso - drums
  • John Tempesta - drums
  • Anoushka Shankar - sitar
  • Carles Benavent - bass
  • Carlota Teresa Polledo Noriega - vocals
  • Le Trio Joubran - oud
  • Production
  • Rodrigo Sánchez - production
  • Peter Asher - production
  • Rafa Sardina - mixing
  • Robyn Robins - masterring
  • Jorge Gabriel "Benny" Benitez Herrera - engineering
  • Nathaniel Kunkel - engineering
  • Nicolas Rosemond - engineering
  • Neil Williams - engineering
  • Alex Wilson - arrangements
  • Samantha Lopez - photography
  • Niall Muckian - photography
  • Christina Angelina - cover art
  • Songs

    1Santo Domingo6:31
    2Hanuman5:33
    3Ixtapa8:11

    References

    Area 52 (album) Wikipedia