Vicente Amigo
City Of Ideas
The Story
"City Of Ideas" is an album which gives us an insight into Vicente Amigo's personality. This album, in which we can sense the loneliness of the creative process, captures Vicente's search for spontaneity - he doesn't want his listeners to guess the intricate musical processes behind his sound; instead, he renders his musical web invisible and invites us to immerse ourselves in pure feeling. His music is truly for everyone - inebriated with melody and rhythm, seeming to flow with the forces of nature. Vicente invites us to enter his "City Of Ideas", where there are "Three Notes To Say I Love You", where "The Afternoon Is Like Candy", and where "the eyes of the Alhambra never cease to watch..." where Manuel, the gypsy, sits down to enjoy a love song, a bolero; and where children sing out words like "Tata". which someday we might understand the meaning of.
The Music
| 04:49 | Three Notes To Say I Love You | Vocal |
| 07:07 | The Afternoon Is Sweetness | Vocal |
| 06:30 | Eyes Of The Alhambra | Vocal |
| 05:18 | Manuel, My Friend | Vocal |
| 06:09 | Cordoba | Instrumental |
| 08:25 | City Of Ideas | Vocal |
| 04:26 | Tata | Vocal |
| 05:59 | Vicente's Bolero | Instrumental |
The Artists
| Vicente Amigo | Guitar, Backing Vocals, Production, Direction |
| Pedro Aznar | Vocals |
| Mino Cinelu | Drums, Percussion |
| Alfredo Paixao | Bass |
| Rafael Gonzalez | Keyboards |
| Dieguito "El Cigala" | Vocals |
| Todd Gerard | Mastering |
| Juan Carrasco | Jaleos (Other Vocals) |
| Nigel Walker | Mixing |
| Boris Alarcon | Mixing |
| Oscar Clavel | Mixing |
| Josie Di Chiara | U.S. Release Direction |
| "El Bo" | Jaleos (Other Vocals) |
| Antonio Serrano | Harmonica |
| Tino Di Geraldo | Cajon (Flamenco Percussion) |
| Domingo Patricio | Flute |
| Angela Bautista | Backing Vocals |
| Tere Bautista | Backing Vocals |
| Chaboli | Percussion |
| Lin Cortes | Backing Vocals |
| Felpu | Palmas (Hand-Clapping) |
| Botas | Palmas (Hand-Clapping) |
| Alfredo Golino | Drums |
| Echegarary Street | Percussion |
| Lulo Perez | Trumpet, Flugel Horn |
| Candido Mijares | Saxophone |
| Joan Albert Amargos | Orchestration |
| Alfonso Ordieres | Violin |
| Antonio Esmeralda | Violin |
| David La Fuente | Violin |
| Elisabeth Rosales | Violin |
| Michael Pearson | Violin |
| Natalia Ruiz | Violin |
| Sergio Franco | Violin |
| Stefania Pina | Violin |
| Carlos Berriga | Viola |
| Lorena Vidal | Viola |
| Roberto Alonso | Viola |
| Sergio Fernandez | Viola |
| Adam Hunter | Violincello |
| Rafael Dominguez | Violincello |
| Raul Pinillos | Violincello |
| Francisco Ibanez | Trumpet |
| Norman Hogue | Trombone |
| Jose Rossell | French Horn |
| Salvador Navarro | French Horn |
| Manuel Ruiz | Coordination, Production Assistance, Backing Vocals |
| Antonio Algarrada | Engineering |
| Mario Karpinski | Engineering Assistance |
| David De La Heras | Engineering Assistance |
| Javier Salas | Photography |
| Recorded in Estudios Filigrana (Cordoba) and mixed in Estudios Eurosonic (Madrid).
Mastered at Gerald Sound Lab, New York, June, 2000. Graphic design and image treatment by JARA. |
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