I find it fascinating that a fairly new band like Tromboranga has been able to release their 2nd Salsa album “Al Mal Tiempo Buena Salsa” in 2 years despite the economic crisis in their native Spain.<\/p>\n
Based in Barcelona, Tromboranga is led by Venezuelan percussionist Joaquin Arteaga, with whom I did an interview which you can listen below.<\/p>\n
Tromboranga doesn’t have the financial backing of a record label. So when they entered the recording studio on their 2nd day of sessions, their recording engineer tried to cheer them up despite the local financial situation by saying…”hey, al mal tiempo, buena Salsa” (for bad times, good Salsa).<\/p>\n
Joaquin immediately recognized that as the title of their 2nd “Salsa dura” recording. The Salsa dura album “Al Mal Tiempo Buena Salsa” showcases Salsa music<\/a> the way it was meant to be played. The maturity Tromboranga has acquired during this past year is evident. They added more solos to the songs and added more musicality to the trombones. With the trombones, they used two or even three lines. Additionally, they kept their Salsa recipe kind of a loose “planned improvisation”, which keeps songs fresh and flowing naturally.<\/p>\n I talked about the Salsa musicality evolution of Tromboranga with Joaquin Arteaga in an exclusive interview for Latino Music Caf\u00e9. Here is an audio clip of that interview, where Joaquin explains why the Tromboranga sound is more mature in\u00a0“Al Mal Tiempo Buena Salsa”\u00a0vs.\u00a0in their 1st album self-titled “Tromboranga”<\/a> :<\/p>\n