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Samuel Leví, Premio Nacional del Instituto de la Juventud '09, acompañado por “Los niños perdidos” nos presenta su nuevo disco; “Y tú más”. Un trabajo con mayúsculas. Casi 80 minutos de música en una obra heterogénea de marcado carácter universal, que recoge seis años de composición. La Habana, Madrid, y Vigo como escenarios. La incertidumbre, el miedo, el egocentrismo, el Che, la soledad, la nostalgia, Bob Dylan, la noche, la vida en pareja, la pérdida de memoria histórica, Blade Runner, el franquismo, el caos, el inconformismo, C3P0, la competencia, la envidia, el Barça, la adolescencia, la inocencia, el sexo con amor, el sexo sin amor, el sexo casual, la belleza, Dalí, Eddie Sendwigck, la desconfianza, el orgullo, el dejarse llevar, la calle Camelias, el parque de la alameda, el patriotismo, el qué dirán, el anti-americanismo, Bin Laden, la dulzura, los ex-novios, Natalia; como temáticas.
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En “Filias y Fobias” hay noches que duran días enteros, promesas incumplidas, sueños rotos, reyes del barrio, daños colaterales, partidas de billar, semáforos en rojo, rojo de labios, cuerpos desnudos, chicas del Amor de Dios, Willy Fog, rebeldes con causa hacia rutas salvajes, psicoanalistas, cabeceadoras de ombligo, waka-waka, sexo oral, una última cena, una película de Bertolucci, el Test de Rorschach, ojos de gata, ideas para pasar el fin del mundo, Dylan, botellas de ron, un whisky y un tequila, invitados y efectos especiales, Louis Vuitton, billetes de ida, Dior, fuegos artificiales, zonas húmedas, trenes que pasan, amigos con derechos, segundas citas en Villa Cariño, vencedores y vencidos, nocturnidad y alevosía, Dieguitos y Mafaldas, puertas que se abren y puertas que se cierran, estudiantes de idiomas, escenas del crimen, hambrientos, sedientos, lunáticos, buffet libres de hotel, persecuciones policiales, atardeceres fríos y mañanas soleadas, contrabando de besos de tornillo, máquinas de dulces, duermevelas, sex-appeal, dobles parejas y tríos, dulces y amargos, enfermeras del Xeral, la Gran Vía, Audrey Hepburn y piscinas vacías...
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In “Filias y Fobias” there are everlasting nights, broken promises, shattered dreams, neighbourhoods' kings, collateral damages, pool games, red lights, red lips, naked bodies, school girls, Willy Fog, rebels with a cause heading to wild routes, psychoanalysts, oral sex, waka-waka, a last supper, a Bertolucci film, the Rorschach test, bedroom eyes, sensual looks, plans for the end of the world, Dylan, rum bottles, whisky and tequila, guests and special effects, Louis Vuitton, one way tickets, Dior, fireworks, wet areas, passing trains, friends with benefits, second dates in passion Ville, winners and losers, premeditated malice, Dieguitos and Mafaldas, open doors, closed gates, language students, crime scenes, hungry people, thirsty people, lunatics, free buffet hotels, police car chase, cold twilights and sunny sunrises, smuggled kisses, candy machines, light sleep, sex appeal, double dates, ménage à trois, sweetness and bitterness, nurses from Xeral Hospital, The Gran Vía, Audrey Hepburn and empty swimming pools.
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A few lines about the album... - “Filias y Fobias”
Samuel Leví shows us his “Filias y Fobias” in his new album, recorded in the prestigious Forward Studios in Rome (Italy), where renowned italian voices such as Andrea Bocelli, Lucio Dalla, Francesco di Gregori, or Humberto Gattica have recorded there as well. Produced by Danilo Pao (Nelly Furtado) and Stefano Quarta, this work has received the MAEC-AECID award from the Real Academia de España en Roma (only musician selected for the 2014/15 course), where he has been preparing what will be his 3rd studio album.
This young Galician singer-songwriter is accompanied, once again, by his band Los Niños Perdidos, a selection of professional musicians from the most respected Schools of Music and Conservatories from Spain (Conservatorio del Liceu and Taller de Música de Barcelona, Ateneo Jazz and Escuela de Música Creativa de Madrid), as well as from foreign countries (Escuela Nacional de Arte de La Habana in Cuba, Escuela de Música de Buenos Aires in Argentina, Escola Superior de Música de Porto y Lisboa in Portugal).
Madrid, La Habana, Buenos Aires, Roma, and his dear city Vigo are just a few of the cities where this singer-songwriter has lived through out his entire career. With more than 400 concerts in his curriculum, which are reflected in his latest album, the most passionate and accurate so far, Samuel captivates us with thirty minutes of pure pop-rock from the west coast.
Segundo Grandío (former Siniestro Total) collaborates in this album with his music production company Casa de Tolos, with the recording of a documentary film which gathers the experience in the eternal city of Rome of Leví and Los Niños Perdidos. A true reflection of his art and the intensity with which he lives music. A fervor which led him to receive the award INJUVE as best new songwriter in 2009.
In his new work, we can find two bonus tracks which emphasize the cosmopolitan nature of the album; the first one is entirely recorded in Galician, while the other one is in collaboration with the Italian singer Erika Savastani from the band Deserto Rosso. Both of these songs reinforce the clear purpose of the artist to expand his art wherever he may go. To end on a high note, the album counts with the special collaboration of Luis Eduardo Aute, one of the top iconic figures of Spanish singer-songwriters.
His songs sparkle as flares in the dark. Enjoy his philias and phobias.
