Tony Gallardo – Tony Gallardo: Selected Works (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 39:15 minutes | 463 MB | Genre: Tropical House, Tribal, Tech House
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Hakuna Kulala
Rigged from Gallardo’s well-loved run of EPs released between 2008 and 2013, “Selected Works” aims the spotlight at an artist who’s almost impossible to pin down. His best-known work is the album’s closer, ‘Club Negro’, a sluggish canned dembow beater that wedges Gallardo’s spooky vocals between awkward detuned synths and a plasticky beatbox rhythm with essential Salem-esque half-speed trickery. But that’s only scratching the surface: Gallardo is just as adept at crafting sparkling, sleazebag electro – think The Knife at a Mexico City fetish party – as he illustrates on the crooning ‘Bruja’ and Justice-adjacent ‘Mi Pesa’.
Past this, we’ve got knackered cumbia with standout track ‘Kibosé’, that devolves from an upbeat tropical floor filler into a DJ Screw-style downtempo crawler spiked with party-ready Latin percussion. Then there’s Gallardo’s fascination with rap, displayed on the bass-heavy trunk rattler ‘Plato O Plomo’ and trappy ‘Ultra’. “Selected Works” is a wild, uneven ride, but you couldn’t ask for a better introduction to one of Mexico’s most uncompromising weirdos – where else are you gonna find a fusion of OutKast, Frank Zappa and Siete Catorce? Exactly.
Tracklist:
1-1. Tony Gallardo – Bruja (04:08)
1-2. Tony Gallardo – Lider Juvenil (04:23)
1-3. Tony Gallardo – Mi Pesa (03:29)
1-4. Tony Gallardo – Tormento (03:35)
1-5. Tony Gallardo – Kibosé (03:57)
1-6. Tony Gallardo – Plata o Plomo (03:51)
1-7. Tony Gallardo – La Conquista (04:10)
1-8. Tony Gallardo – Violentao (05:01)
1-9. Tony Gallardo – Ultra (Hakuna Kulala) (03:13)
1-10. Tony Gallardo – Club Negro (03:25)
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