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01. Fruko Y Sus Tesos - Tronco Seco
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02. Fruko Y Sus Tesos - El Violento
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03. Fruko Y Sus Tesos - Nadando
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04. Fruko Y Sus Tesos - La Nueva Bamba
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05. Fruko Y Sus Tesos - Tú, Solo Tú
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06. Fruko Y Sus Tesos - Salsa Na' Ma
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ARTIST
FRUKO Y SUS TESOS
TITLE
El Violento
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
VAMPISOUL
CATALOG #
VAMPI 287LP
VAMPI 287LP
GENRE
WORLD
RELEASE DATE
10/27/2023
2024 restock. The 1973 album
El Violento
was the fifth full-length salsa LP led by
Julio Ernesto Estrada Rincón
, aka
Fruko
, and the second credited to
Fruko Y Sus Tesos
. It features Fruko's two main vocalists that took over from the first pair of
Humberto "Huango" Muriel
and
"Píper Pimienta" Díaz
, namely the beloved duo of
Álvaro "Joe" Arroyo
and
Wilson "Saoko" Manyoma
. Los Tesos were a talented "wild bunch," with Fruko holding down the bottom end on electric bass,
Hernán Gutiérrez
in the piano chair, the
Villegas
brothers on hand percussion (
Jesús
tickling the bongos and
Fernando
slapping the congas), augmented by
Rafael Benítez
on timbales and an ace horn section of
Freddy Ferrer
and
Gonzálo Gómez
(trombones) and
Jorge Gaviria
and
Salvador Pasos
(trumpets). The super aggressive sound comes directly from the South Bronx playbook of
Willie Colón
. Sonically lightening the mood somewhat, "Nadando" ("Swimming") is a bouncy tune in the "Mercy" genre (basically a hybrid of pop, funky soul, cumbia and salsa, in the style of
Nelson y Sus Estrellas
), gleefully sung by
Joe Arroyo
. The beats are complex and ever changing, with a little bit of mozambique, conga, bomba, jala jala and of course salsa thrown in for good measure. The side closes out with a brilliant, up-tempo salsa reworking of the venerable ranchera chestnut, "Tú, sólo tú." Side two explodes with the frenetic descarga jam session "Salsa na' ma," which is exactly that: nothing more than the hottest "sauce" to make the dancers go crazy. Fruko's tune is dedicated to the Latin community in New York that listens to salsa from everywhere and dances to it so fervently on the weekend. The relentless percussion propels the listener along at breakneck speed as if hurtling down the Bronx Expressway, demonstrating that Fruko y Sus Tesos have mastered the "violent" form of urban salsa that was having its transnational moment in the early 1970s. While
El Violento
may not be as well-known as some Fruko records, it certainly deserves a new look and should be assessed on its own merits as a very powerful, confident entry in the historical evolution of Colombian salsa dura.
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