VIAJE SIDERAL

It's hard to imagine El Le n Pardo, a loyal advocate of some of the most advanced
projects in which folklore is the road map and the destination itself, without his kuisi. It's
hard to see him with his hands free. Always holding on to that ancestral instru
ment, that
pre-Colombian flute that survived the conquest and has become a symbol of resistance,
overcoming the ravages of time, the imposition of ideologies, dogmas and religions.
Despite all that, the kuisi continues with its liberating sound, the power
of its cry, its
invitation to dance, its sound a cure and a blessing. That's why it leads the way in this
Viaje Sideral ("Space Voyage"), an astral journey in which the kuisi is the vehicle and
the life force of the rhythm.
Viaje Sideral feels like float
ing eternally in the infinite cosmos. This second long player
from El Le n Pardo is inspired by humanity's relationship with the stars, escaping to
mythical planes and led into a trance by Caribbean percussions, analog synths, deep bass,
electric guitars a
nd the hypnotic vibrations of the kuisis and trumpets that complete the
soundtrack of this voyage.
Through these nine songs, El Le n Pardo continues to create a sound of his own,
evolving in his intention to pay tribute to the psychedelia of the tropical
world of the
Caribbean in the 1970s and 80s, but this time also taking as reference artists like Terry
Riley, Kraftwerk and Mad Professor, including the roots of ambient and electronic music
with the characteristic sound of the kuisi, an encounter of drea
mlike and astral sounds,
with the music of the bandas pelayeras of the tropics and figures like Pedro Laza and
Juan Lara