{"id":15088,"date":"2018-08-25T05:30:49","date_gmt":"2018-08-25T09:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=15088"},"modified":"2018-08-22T12:05:36","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T16:05:36","slug":"album-review-ddlo-suenos-de-luna-y-mar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/25\/album-review-ddlo-suenos-de-luna-y-mar\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: DDLO \u2013 Sue\u00f1os de Luna y Mar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-15089\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ddlo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ddlo.jpg 350w, http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ddlo-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ddlo-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>The title of this EP from DDLO translates as \u201cDreams of Moon and Sea,\u201d and there\u2019s an evocative, windswept feel to the collection&#8217;s four tracks. Subtle, gurgling synthesizers give a modern feel to the more traditional Latin flavors of \u201cEl Mundo Fosforescente\u201d (\u201cThe Phosphorescent World\u201d), and a wonderfully distorted lead guitar figure carries the song to its conclusion. The Cuban textures of \u201cEl D\u00eda que Lleg\u00f3 el Payaso\u201d (\u201cThe Day the Clown Arrived\u201d) are delightfully hypnotic, and the tune\u2019s more acoustic leanings deliver the complex, layered melodies in subtle yet effective fashion.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t know enough Spanish to follow what\u2019s happening in the call-and-response vocals when they shout \u201c\u00a1Payaso! (\u201cclown\u201d), but everyone involved seems to be having fun. You will too. The spooky electric guitar figure that opens \u201cEl Pulpo y la Luna\u201d (\u201cThe Octopus and the Moon\u201d) suggests an effective combination of Latin musical textures with space-rock a la Pink Floyd. The bass clarinet that shows up mid song is unexpected yet welcome. And the slide guitar that follows is mesmerizing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNostalgia Majestuoso\u201d (\u201cMajestic Nostalgia\u201d) closes the EP with some shimmering classical acoustic guitar and faraway wooden flute. I have only one criticism of <i>Sue\u00f1os de Luna y Mar<\/i>: its brevity. This stuff is a delight. More, please.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The title of this EP from DDLO translates as \u201cDreams of Moon and Sea,\u201d and there\u2019s an evocative, windswept feel to the collection&#8217;s four tracks. Subtle, gurgling synthesizers give a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15089,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,51,65,76],"tags":[3547],"class_list":["post-15088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-release","category-pop","category-review","category-world","tag-ddlo","cat-49-id","cat-51-id","cat-65-id","cat-76-id","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15088"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15090,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15088\/revisions\/15090"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}