Flamenco Electrico

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Arash

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From: Iran (living in Germany)

Flamenco Electrico

There are couple of E-guitarists out there on youtube who play some spanish sounding chords and call it flamenco.

But this guy (Jaco Abel) does a good job imo.

Everything is in place (compas, feeling, etc.).

I admit that one has to get used to the sound of the E-guitar but i enjoyed it.
Just like when someone plays flamenco with Piano.

This one is nice...Granaina and Bulerias

Interview (spanish, i dont understand what he says)

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MarcChrys

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From: England (West Yorkshire/Lancashire)

RE: Flamenco Electrico (in reply to Arash)

I enjoyed it also - as you say, very much rooted in the flamenco tradition. I must say, before I watched it, the label 'flamenco electrico' conjured up an image in my mind of something more fiery weird and wild :) Jaco fits in nicely alongside guitarists I have in my collection like Antonio Forcione and Javier Ruibal. Maybe the next generation of electric guitarists will do to flamenco what the likes of Richie Blackmore, Yngwie Malsteem, Steve Vai et al did to classical music?

Anyone for Paco - Hendrix-style on his knees - setting fire to his Conde:)

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 10 2009 11:14:42

Munin

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From: Hong Kong

RE: Flamenco Electrico (in reply to Arash)

Can someone give this guy a real flamenco guitar? Amazing playing but I really hate the sound.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 10 2009 14:53:38

Estevan

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From: Torontolucía

RE: Flamenco Electrico (in reply to Arash)

Nice find Arash...I was going to introduce Jaco Abel here one of these days but you beat me to it.

As you say, you have to get used to the sound which is strange at first, but when you do, you just recognize that it's really good music, and it's flamenco.

It's an interesting story.
He's not just messing around - he comes from a flamenco background, switched to electric guitar as a teenager and got involved in many kinds of music. His first album, Gitano Cromático, is mostly jazz-oriented and is very good. After years of touring playing jazz etc. he decided to get back to his roots but by then the electric guitar was his instrument so he used it to play flamenco - it was the natural thing for him to do. Then Tomatito introduced him to Pepe Habichuela, who was interested in what he heard, and told him "this is good, but we can make it better!", and for several years they have been meeting regularly so that Jaco can learn from that 'encyclopedia of toque'.

You can hear some of the tracks from the album "Flamenco Eléctrico" on Jaco's MySpace site; there's a better version of that bulería, with Ramón el Portugués singing. The singers on other tracks are Ana Salazar, Pepe Luis Carmona, and Paquete. Guest guitarists on various tracks are Manuel Parrilla, Pepe Habichuela, and Josemi Carmona, then there's Jorge Pardo, Bernardo Parrilla, etc., not a bad team!

The album is available for sale/download here:

Jaco - discos

(Yes, he's a friend; no, I don't get commission!)

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 13 2009 15:09:31

rombsix

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From: Beirut, Lebanon

RE: Flamenco Electrico (in reply to Arash)

And look here for more videos...

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22jaco+abel%22&aq=f

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 11 2011 12:52:27

xirdneH_imiJ

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From: Budapest, now in Southampton

RE: Flamenco Electrico (in reply to Arash)

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Rmn

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RE: Flamenco Electrico (in reply to Arash)

cool, he is playing one of my fav faslettas por buleria of Sabicas on his myspace at the beginning of his buleria

the sound is just too thin, I think eq would help no

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 11 2011 13:33:36

Julian

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From: Aachen, very western Germany

RE: Flamenco Electrico (in reply to Arash)

Why?????
Nice playing, but the sound is so soft and boring... I don't like it

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 11 2011 14:09:13

El Kiko

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RE: Flamenco Electrico (in reply to Arash)

this is not for me , it's not that there's anything wrong with his playing or the idea he has , it's just when I listen to it I cant help thinking it would sound so much better if he got a nice blanca instead, and also with fingers and a pleck on a steel string electric ,,... no I just cant go there....

I'll listen to his interview now ......

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 11 2011 14:44:56

Ricardo

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RE: Flamenco Electrico (in reply to Arash)

After I transcribed Jucal and some Vicente Amigo bulerias many years ago, I had my electric guitar lying around and for fun did my best playing along. But with Distortion and palm muting (rock/metal right hand techniques more then what this guy is doing) it sounded pretty cool. See, with distortion you get a more throaty sound and with palm muting you get percussion...then I added in some pinch harmonics (those little screams and squeals to emphasize treble notes off of muted basses).

What this guy is doing with the clean tone for me doesn't work as well because it is not anywhere near percussive enough. It is really hard to do a chord with down and up strokes on electric or even just steel string acoustic with pick, and achieve the same type of dynamics you can get with index finger mixed with golpes on nylon.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 11 2011 15:14:41

changue

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From: London

RE: Flamenco Electrico (in reply to Arash)

Thanks for putting this up. Very interesting and there's no way I would have come across it outside of the foro. He seems like a good guy. It reminded me that Morente performed once with Sonic Youth...

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 11 2011 16:33:52

ToddK

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RE: Flamenco Electrico (in reply to Arash)

I actually laughed out loud about 30 seconds in.

Totally embarrassing.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 11 2011 18:48:41

mezzo

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RE: Flamenco Electrico (in reply to Arash)

part 1/4 of a live performence

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