The rapper Wos surprised by the premiere of MeloncholyHe third and final preview of the new album what it will be called Single use and will see the light in March.
With a cross between cumbia and Andean folklorethe 26-year-old musician proposes a new twist in his musical palette to renew the soundscape of his social criticism and accompanies it with an official video directed by Andrés Capasso.
The main guest is Gustavo Santaolallathe legendary Argentine rock pioneer, founder of the group Arco Iris and top producer during the Latin rock boom in the 90s, with albums made with Divididos, Café Tacvba, Maldita Vecindad, Molotov, Bersuit Vergarabat, Julieta Venegas and many others.
Wos, Santaolalla and Evlay in the recording studio. Press photo courtesy of DoguitoThe sound of the theme
The predominant sound in the song is snorestringed instrument of Bolivian origin which is a distinctive feature of Santaolalla’s music, to the point of having won Oscar awards for film soundtracks made with that same instrument.
Furthermore, Gustavo Santaolalla – 72 years old – appears together with one of the song’s producers Evlay and Fran Azorai.
Evlay was the first producer of his generation to win the Gardel Awards as “Producer of the Year” in 2022 for Wos’ second album titled Dark ecstasy.
Wos. Press photo courtesy of DoguitoAs he anticipated, Wos’ new album is “something somehow incredible and new”, driven by a new “approach to sounds”.
It is in a scene of the video “Melancoía”. Press photo courtesy of DoguitoThe first signs of that aesthetic direction came with the first two previews, Morpheus AND Single usethe first with more essential instrumentation and subtle arrangements to enhance the flight of emotions, and the second with sharp guitars and synthesized arpeggios that harken back to the 1980s sound of artists like Billy Idol.
Source: Clarin
