Biography
The Moreno brothers Santiago and Facundo, who grew up in Buenos Aires, departed Argentina during the first years of the 2000s when the nation’s financial collapse prompted thoughts of relocation abroad. Italy became their destination, a choice whose economic merits remain debatable yet which allowed the siblings to realize substantial musical gains. Both perform classical guitar at a high level, while Facundo also commands the charango, an instrument enthusiasts sometimes label “the South American super ukulele.” Their command of regional traditions encompasses tango, milonga, and cumbia. After settling in Italy they connected with sympathetic musicians on the Genoa circuit, assembled the ensemble Aparecidos, and issued the album Lo Que Hay en el Charco through the Dodicilune imprint in 2009.
Following an alteration in personnel, Aparecidos moved to the Milan-based avant-prog concern AltrOck, which brought out the group’s second recording, Palito Bombón Helado, near the close of 2012. Joining the Moreno brothers on that project were bassist Tommaso Rolando, guitarist Marco Ravera of the AltrOck band Calomito, violinist Mattia Tommasini, drummer Santo Florelli, percussionist Manuel Merialdo, and two one-track guests: diatonic accordionist Filippo Gambetta and singer Tatiana Zakharova. The resulting blend fused buoyant, rhythmically infectious Argentine folk-rock with incursions into Eastern European and Mediterranean folk idioms, the whole accented by understated avant-garde gestures that supplied measured surprise within an otherwise cohesive stylistic mix.
Following an alteration in personnel, Aparecidos moved to the Milan-based avant-prog concern AltrOck, which brought out the group’s second recording, Palito Bombón Helado, near the close of 2012. Joining the Moreno brothers on that project were bassist Tommaso Rolando, guitarist Marco Ravera of the AltrOck band Calomito, violinist Mattia Tommasini, drummer Santo Florelli, percussionist Manuel Merialdo, and two one-track guests: diatonic accordionist Filippo Gambetta and singer Tatiana Zakharova. The resulting blend fused buoyant, rhythmically infectious Argentine folk-rock with incursions into Eastern European and Mediterranean folk idioms, the whole accented by understated avant-garde gestures that supplied measured surprise within an otherwise cohesive stylistic mix.
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