Demasiada agua is new independent production and the consequence
of the composition works from the pianist Marina Ruiz and the bandoneonist
Leandro Ragusa.
We have collaborated on this recording production with
the most prominent musicians of the Buenos Aires musical scene They are coming
from different genres like tango, jazz, folk, classical and latinoamerican
music.
Here some of the first musical press critics:
"There
are references to German cabaret here interwar and central European folklore.
There is an obvious tango climate and lots of melodies with deep roots from Rio
de la Plata. There are pieces that perfectly fit with what the market called
chamber music but, at the same time and in that sense, there instrumentations
that do not match the known. There are urban ballads, songs with text or just
instrumental, blues, soul, chacarera, vidala, malambo, milonga, Brazilian
music. There are pieces that have some incidental sound.
It could be
assumed then that in such a concoction, a proposal would be sloppy, lack of
guidance. However, the opposite is true here. Because of all this, and although
the impossibility of putting labels is evident discomfort to the chronicler,
this album must add consistency, set criteria, identity.
Marina Ruiz
(piano, more akin to "classic") and Leandro Ragusa (bandoneon, more
tango) are the creators of subjects who were arranging for other configurations
as needed in a wide palette that mixes guitar, cello, piano, bandoneon , violin,
percussion, flute, bass, clarinet, drums and also including female and child
voices.
The whole
album is crossed also by meticulous embodiment which is an added value. And
when playing, besides the art of Ruiz and Ragusa, it is just also to recognize
the work of the rest of the cast, numerous and varied as is this album"
Ricardo Salton (music journalist)
"With a
repertoire of original compositions, mostly in the recently released album "Demasiada
agua" ("Too Much Water" ) (recorded in ION studios, in December
2012) and rhythmic variety opened the Sanata evening with a cheerful milongón
"A los lejanos" followed by the waltz "Catastrofe de la
bailarina", la chacarera "El Feo", through jazz and tango songs
like "Romance de Luna", "El Apurado", Argentine folk song
that fuses Latin rhythms, highlighting the great technical drummer, with a
special set of battery drawer leguero drum, bongos and accessories. "Sambita
pra mi bebe", a song in the key of Brazilian samba, to which is added a
guest musician on clarinet.
"Mister
Vertigo" is a find, highly recommended for its wealth of great variety of
sounds fusing tango and Latin American music, with tremendous instrumentation"
Tinta roja
(Tango Magazine)
"I
confess that one year ago I did not know Marina Ruiz, but my first encounter
with her, accompanying the singer Luciana Jury, gave me the feeling that this
was a musician off the charts. Seeing her following presentations I was assured
of that impression, and I could appreciate a talented pianist with great
technique, a remarkable ductility, allowing her to move with the same comfort
in the land of jazz, tango, folklore, and strong technic does not seem
compatible with her physical constitution. These attributes can be seen in this
record were Marina also appears as an accomplished composer with the permanent
companionship of bandoneon player Leandro Ragusa, her companion of music and
life, also the author of a couple of songs.
The presence of several skilled musicians through
various formations, fleshes out a project in which integrate with solvency,
influences of different genres. Here you
can find tango (courtesy of Ragusa), jazz improvisations present in abundance,
national folk rhythms, Rio de la Plata, Brazilian and also classical chamber
music. So you can pass throw without transitions from a powerful milongón (A
los lejanos), to the chamber chords of "Catastrofe de la bailarina", from the bandoneon lyricism proposed in" June"
to obsessive piano arpeggios on "Mariposas". There is a brilliant
solo from Marina on the subject that bears his name or a beautiful melody
expressed by the flute on "Circe". There are also chacareras, vidalas
and bagualas and participation of singers vocalizing the issues on the
instruments, but the essence of this very attractive musical debut is the
musical coherence that offers, despite its diversity.
An album that shows great promise for future work of
the group. And if it appears somewhere announced a presentation of Marina Ruiz,
alone or with the group, do not forget to see it. You will not regret it"
Jorge Garcia.
(Music Critic)
Mr. VERTIGO
This project began in 2010 named as Duo Ruiz Ragusa playing
at different concert halls from Argentina, Canada, The Netherlands and Germany.
Mr. Vertigo as an orchestra born at the beginning of
2013 for bringing the musicals works from Demasiada Agua to the concert halls.
Since then Mr. Vertigo has played for different
audiences at Buenos Aires.
The orchestra is composed by Marina Ruiz on piano,
Leandro Ragusa on Bandoneon, Ramiro Miranda violin, Matias Jascalevich cello,
Enrique Pouci Doublebass and Ezequiel Donnianni on percussion.
On June 2013 Marina Ruiz and Leandro Ragusa are on
tour in Germany introducing their music on different German cultural centers.
