"Mosaico" is Debajo del Agua's 4th studio album released in 2020 to celebrate their 15th year anniversary as a collective. Debajo del Agua’s new album was born out of a necessity for art to give life to difficult truth at this moment in time of tremendous transformation, growth, and difficulty. From his home studio in Oakland, California, Dani Cornejo led efforts to produce Mosaico to maintain connection, find a creative outlet, and manifest healing while sheltering in place during quarantine. In collaboration with Pavlo Kee, the two brothers sent tracks back and forth to set the foundation for other members of the Debajo del Agua collective (Yucasoul, Ric Urrutia, Pepe Cornejo, Jordan Wilson, and others) to add remote recording of vocals, percussion, zamponas, and basslines from disparate parts of the world.
The album features Debajo del Agua’s unique blend of music that draws inspiration from it’s mosaic of members that over the years have hailed from all over the world (Chile, Mexico, Peru, El Salvador, Colombia, Puerto Rico, France, Morocco, and the States). Rooted in Hip Hop, this album seeks to honor various musical styles including: Afro-Peruvian music, Banda, Rumba, Musica Andina, Reggaeton, Cumbia Amazonica, and Ska.
Seeped in energetic and danceable songs written in multiple languages, Mosaico speaks truth to power by tackling relevant themes of our times including migration under the Trump administration, global protests against systemic racism, facism and oppression, and the search for love, peace, and healing through ancestral wisdom in the time of coronavirus. Mosaico is our humble attempt to honor the shape, story and integrity of each fragment of our collective identities, in solidarity with efforts to build the world we would like to see for ourselves, our children, and the future generations. We hope that this album will provide you with a vibration of connection, healing, solidarity, and joy.
credits
released October 30, 2020
All songs written and produced by members of Debajo del Agua (except Rumbero co-produced by Jordan Wilson, Origen co-written by Koichi Ninomiya, Dale Duro co-produced by DMD The Producer)
Mixed by Dani Cornejo (except Dale Duro mixed by Owen Trujillo and Rumbero co-mixed by Jordan Wilson)
Mastered by Owen Trujillo and FTM Studios
Artwork by Liudmila Baginska
Specific contributions on instrumentation, production, and writing specified below.
1. Desahogo
Produced by Dani Cornejo and Pablo Cornejo
Written by Dani Cornejo and Pablo Cornejo
Guitar, Zampoña - Dani Cornejo
Percussion - Stephen Smith-Contreras
Bass - Ricardo Urrutia
2. Mariposa
Produced by Dani Cornejo and Pablo Cornejo
Written by Dani Cornejo and Pablo Cornejo
Guitar, Trumpet - Dani Cornejo
Bass - Maria Lorenzi
3. Rumbero
Produced by Pablo Cornejo, Dani Cornejo, and Jordan Wilson
Written by Pablo Cornejo, Dani Cornejo, and Stephen Smith-Contreras
Guitar - Pablo Cornejo
Percussion - Stephen Smith-Contreras
Bass, Tres Cubano - Jordan Wilson
4. Wayñumi Aswan Allin
Produced by Dani Cornejo
Written by Dani Cornejo and Pablo Cornejo
Guitar, Zampoña, Trompe - Dan Cornejo
Percussion - Stephen Smith-Contreras
Bass - Ricardo Urrutia
5. Origen
Produced by Dani Cornejo and Pablo Cornejo
Written by Pablo Cornejo, Dani Cornejo, Pepe Cornejo, and Koichi Ninomiya
Guitar - Dani Cornejo
Bass - Ricardo Urrutia
6. Madrugada
Produced by Dani Cornejo
Written by Dani Cornejo and Pablo Cornejo
Guitar, Trumpet - Dani Cornejo
Percussion - Stephen Smith-Contreras
Bass - Dani Cornejo
7. Dale Duro
Produced by David McCoy aka DMD The Producer, Pablo Cornejo, Stephen Smith-Contreras, and Dani Cornejo
Written by Pablo Cornejo
Guitar, Tiple - Pepe Cornejo
8. Olla de Barro
Produced by Dani Cornejo
Written by Dani Cornejo
Guitar, Zampoña - Dani Cornejo
Percussion - Stephen Smith-Contreras
Bass - Ricardo Urrutia
9. SkAndina
Produced by Dani Cornejo and Pablo Cornejo
Written by Dani Cornejo and Pablo Cornejo
Guitar, Zampoña, Bass - Dani Cornejo
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