Track Listing

1. Intro
2. Apnea Obstructiva
3. Paisaje
4. Concreto
5. Mi Hijo
6. Te Amo...Por Que Me Odias
7. Estrella de Dos Caras
8. Olhas
9. El Solitario
10. Faltamos Palabras
11. Era Tu
12. Vidas Animadas
13. Tormenta de la Flor
14. Ya Verdad
15. Tiempo
16. Outro

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #247316 in Music
• Brand: Dig
• Released on: 2007-06-19
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .11 pounds

Amazon.com
Savath & Savalas is just one man, and he may be the States' best answer to Argentina's Juana Molina. Known as Prefuse 73 in his more electronic pursuits, Scott Herren writes, performs, and produces Savath & Savalas, and though the resulting Spanish-language somnambulism owes everything to the strain of South American fringe-folk gaining popularity in the U.S., the dedicated subtlety fueling this music is all his own. Songs cascade along in loping forward motion, as prone to lushly orchestrated decomposition ("Apnea Obstructiva," "Te Amo...Por Que Me Odias") and succulent adagio ("Faltamos Palabras," "Olhas") as they are to the simple, charismatic sense of melody that propelled S&S on 2000's Folk Songs for Trains, Trees and Honey and, even more so, 2004's Apropa't. As usual, Herren invites a few guests who make immediate sense in context. The most immediately successful of Golden Pollen's collaborators is the Swedish José González, whose vocal touches on "Estrella de Dos Caras" ("Star of Two Faces") lends the track the added sonic bloom that raises the best Savath & Savalas songs from mere Latin lullaby to transcendent, cross-cultural devotion. --Jason Kirk

Customer Reviews

good, but not warp good
this is a good album , but it lacks something that the rest of the savath & savalas releases have, maybe because its on anti instead of warp, maybe because Eva Puyuelo Muns isnt on the album. every warp release has had a certain signature sound, this release seems to wander more into Scotts heritage roots sound and has less or no glitch beats. i really like the album, but listeners who lean more towards the apropa't, rolls + waves e.p., and manana e.p., or Scotts prefuse/delarosa + asora sound, might wanna take a listen before purchasing. very nice and relaxing as always though.

Beautiful and Calming
This may sound cheesey, but if you listen to this album with your eyes closed, you're in for a journey. i felt like i was hovering 15 feet above the earth, flying through the trees of a great forest. i was high at the time, but i can't recommend this highly enough. oh wait, i gave it four stars. alright, i lied. there's room for more zeal.

Like the taste of tea.
If you're looking for another Apropa't, then yes, maybe this isn't for you.. yet. When I first got this, I scanned through the songs & left it unplayed on my ipod for months. But some things are acquired &, like the taste of tea, take time to appreciate. If you let the taste of this album slowly develop in your mouth, you'll be left with a gift that you've earned; something that will last. This isn't a pop-hit album, this isn't even an album that you listen to really, this is something you have to feel. & it's so rare to find music like this, music that helps you gently open up, music that leaves you so peacefully vulnerable. Now it's always on rotation, to make up for the many months of collecting dust, when I didn't know what I had.