Brothers Alejandro and Estevan Gutiérrez have released their seventh album, Los Ojos del Cóndor. Like the previous Sonido Cósmico (2024), it was produced by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys. This time they left behind desert and space scenery and drew inspiration from the landscape and spirit of the Andes that cross Ecuador – the country where their mother was born. The condor in the title is the one from the Ecuadorian flag. Rockdelux ↗
The opening track "Canto Andino" evokes a train journey through the Andes, and in it, as well as in three other songs, Alejandro plays the charango. Estevan plays acoustic guitar on every track – the one his father gave him when he was eight years old. According to the Spanish magazine Rockdelux, the title track "Los Ojos del Cóndor" begins like "Hotel California" by Eagles, and the long tones of the lap steel guitar in it recall the soaring flight of a condor. The reviewer calls the album another monument to minimalism: the absence of lyrics and the space between the notes let the listener fill in their own images. Rockdelux ↗
The duo was formed in 2015 in Zurich and plays instrumental music at the crossroads of Latin American and Western traditions. Their first album on the Easy Eye Sound label was El Bueno y el Malo (2022), inspired by Morricone's music for the film The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Wikipedia ↗ They recorded it at Auerbach's studio in Nashville, and it opens with the title track "El Bueno y el Malo." Wikipedia ↗
Alejandro and Estevan Gutiérrez in concert. Photo: Adem / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
Hermanos Gutiérrez return to their mother's Andes on the album Los Ojos del Cóndor
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