08/01/2021 21:39
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Fame
Updated 08/01/2021 21:39
From Miami, where he is recording a piano album, Fito Páez compared these times of the coronavirus pandemic to a
"war
.
"
"These are strange times, at times
I have the feeling of living in the middle of a war
from what one has read about wars," he said this Sunday in a radio interview.
In addition, he assured that he saw many different points of view "on a factual event such as death" and also "the possibility of not taking certain measures."
"
People are puzzled,
" he added.
In that sense, he said: "It is a time in which we are all puzzled, that nobody knows anything and less and less
; it is a rare time to go through it,
" explained the multi-award-winning musician on the
AM 750
program
Pasajera en trance
.
"
The present overwhelms me and drives me crazy,
" continued Páez.
"I want to think that I am going to be on vacation in a small town in Córdoba,
that relieves
me, calms me down and sets me a goal," he said about planning what follows.
Like any composer, Páez would like to present his albums live, but the pandemic times conspire against those wishes.
"We are going to have to
deal with the regulations
of the states and cities regarding the covid. Possibly, those who have not had it will have to learn a little patience," he analyzed.
Finally, he gave a message with a humanistic tinge: he assured that the most important thing now "as a tribe or human community" will be to try "to
help those who have the least
, again."
"People who are outside the game, the system, are increasingly helpless. It will be everyone's job to put
that as a priority,
" defined the artist.
Fito Páez won the Gardel de Oro Award. Photo Courtesy of the Gardel Awards
Arlt, three albums and a biopic on Netflix
Fito said that he recorded
three albums in these months
.
The first, called "
Futurology Arlt
", is based on the work of Roberto Arlt that inspired him to make music for a symphony orchestra.
He recorded it from Los Angeles with the
Prague Orchestra
.
"It was a five-day and
very overwhelming experience,
" he said.
Then he recorded "
Los años savages
" in three full days of work with a band, an album that has the voices recorded in Warner's studio (although many were live) and in which, among others, Charly García and Elvis Costello participated.
The latest album is called "
Golden Lights",
which has
ten new songs
that he recorded in Miami and is
for solo piano
.
In parallel, he is involved in the production of a season of a series about himself for Netflix that Francisco Barone writes, and which is based on an autobiography that Páez wrote last year.
A biopic, one of those so successful in streaming.
"
Everything
is
delirious
. You come out of a book, you get into music, the orchestra, the solo piano and the band ... In any case, I will be
letting many people who live inside me speak
", ironized the artist who knew how to experiment as a film director.
Fito took a moment to
define rock
: "It is a culture, much more than rebellion."
"AND
It is a place
of freedom, excess and expression
where no one is afraid.
That's why not everyone goes in there.
It is a lively, mobile culture, agile in action and does not support people with a mask, "he declared.
He also answered about the words
freedom
and
rebellion
, which are being incorporated by different speeches.
"They are atavistic ideas. No one can come to put them in their mouths. The idea itself is going to expel them. It is a very solid system, very prepared," he analyzed.
Golden gardel
The musician from Rosario won the Gold at the 2021 Gardel Awards. After 24 published studio albums, plus another four live, of which the last,
The conquest of space
, ratified a course taken with the album
La ciudad liberad
a , which relocated him to the zenith of continental rock and pop, projecting his figure from Argentina to other countries.
“It was a long awaited award for many years.
But this joy is colored by the death of Palo (Pandolfo).
We are all quite in shock.
In any case, we are also enjoying
the honeys of these awards,
”said Páez after that music awards gala in July.
2021 Gardel Awards. Fito Páez won the Gold, Nathy Peluso won four categories in a night full of emotions.
Photo Capture
"Argentine music has been a flagship for many years. It is a machine of permanent invention and
Argentina is an artistic laboratory
, so you are very proud to be part not only of the Gardel winners -which is a specific event- but feel that you are part of a family of very authentic artists, "he defined when he received another consecrating award.
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