Ronroco

1. Way Up

2. Gaucho

3. Atacama

4. Coyita

5. Jardin

6. De Ushuaia la Quiaca

7. Zenda

8. Lela

9. Iguazu

10. Pampa

11. Del Pago

12. Vuelta

Tracks:

Way Up
Gaucho
Atacama
Coyita
Jardin
De Ushuaia A La Quiaca
Zenda
Lela
Iguazu
Pampa
Del Pago
La Vuelta

Amazon.com

Gustavo Santaolalla is a talented multi-instrumentalist from Argentina who has been extremely involved in bringing new sounds to an age-old culture. Playing a variety of stringed instruments including the guitar, the guitarron, the charango, and the ronroco, Santaolalla bridges the gap between traditional musics and forward-thinking compositions. He reveals an unusually progressive vision filled with cascades of chiming sounds and the understated influences of Japan, Africa, and Eastern Europe, as well as Latin America. Accompanied by his associate Anibal Kerpel on vibraphone and melodia, Santaolalla has made an instrumental album of intense passion and evocative songwriting. Gustavo's rapid picking and constant strumming of strings provide a solid foundation for his melodic innovations as clusters of notes rise majestically and then quietly fall away. --Mitch Myers

Customer Reviews:

magical south american guitar .......2007-01-10

This heavenly music is subtle and powerful at the same time. It makes you feel light and and slightly melancholic. It evokes the high land of South America.
This musician composed this type of music also for the movie 'motorcycle diaries'. The music has firm roots in the South-American Indian folkmusic.

IF THERE'S AN ALBUM MADE IN HEAVEN, IT'S SURELY RONROCO.......2006-08-29

The title of this review says it all. This album is absolute heaven for one's mind, body and, most importantly soul. It is a heavenly melem for all of your heartaches, soothing your wounds and renewing you from the inside. Gustavo's music is like nothing's Ive ever heard before! Every time I listen to his albums, I listen to them from a new perspective and cannot get bored with one song or the other. It is inspiring in so many ways. I recommend it to everyone who is experiencing life from the inside, inspired by it in its every aspect. THIS ALBUM CHANGES LIVES.

Excellent work.......2006-03-20

I would recommend this CD even if you have gotten the Motorcycle Diaries soundtrack. It contains the tracks that make this work complete, wholesome.

Spread the word........2006-03-10

Like several reviewers, I first heard of Gustavo Santaolalla via Michael Mann's film 'The Outsider' which made expressive use of the track `Iguazu'. This album (from which 'Iguazu' is taken) is an work of stunning beauty. All the tracks are slow, haunting guitar-driven mood pieces composed almost totally in minor keys. I was expecting `Iguazu' to be the highlight but there are many tracks that are equally exquisite. I recommend this album unreservedly to anyone with an ear for a beautiful melody and a romantic soul - believe me, you will not stop playing this. Quite outstanding.

A taste of the Andes.......2006-02-28

I originally bought this CD when it first came out as a result of a review I heard on NPR. Loved it first time but lost it in a move. I was reminded of it when I watched 'The Motorcycle Diaries' a wonderfully evocative memory to Che Guevara's early life before he joined Castro in the Cuban revolution. Santaolalla wrote the soundtrack to the movie, which perfectly matched it, but I wanted to get the original CD once again. Haven't regretted it for a minute. Living in Texas it's good to hear that Armadillos are used for something more useful than just roadkill. That's what Santaolalla uses as the body of his guitar/mandoline type stringed instrument throughout the CD. The whole CD gives a feeling of space, size and airyness. Go buy it. PS he's been nominated for an Oscar for the music for 'Brokeback Mountain' this March. Let's hope that he still manages to produce CDs in their own right in the future.

Average customer rating:

Ronroco, a master plays this instrument infusively

Ronroco
Gustavo Santaolalla
Manufacturer: Soluna/Island Independent
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000003RCR
Release Date: 1996-08-06

Tracks:

Way Up
Gaucho
Atacama
Coyita
Jardin
De Ushuaia la Quiaca
Zenda
Lela
Iguazu
Pampa
Del Pago
Vuelta

Customer Reviews:

Ronroco, a master plays this instrument infusively.......2002-03-05

The music of Gustavo Santaolalla as played on the ronroco, a five dougle-stringed instrument of his Argentinian homeland is the most haunting, romantically sensuous creation I have listened to since I heard the soundtrack whilst viewing the movie "Phaedra" the music of which was composed by Mika Theodokorapolis (sp) and played by the lovely couple Ida Presti and Alexandre Lagoya. If you have a special someone in your life and wish to enjoy music during a quiet time together, this CD is a must. I bought eight of them to give to others.

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