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Bocanada 1999
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Bocanada

When Gustavo Cerati embarked on Bocanada, he had already traveled an important path with Soda Stereo. After his first solo album, Amor amarillo, released in 1993, and the subsequent dissolution of the band, Cerati fully dedicated himself to exploring his personal sound. Bocanada, released in 1999, feels like the true starting point of his solo career, a work where he himself was involved in the production and which was defined by a marked influence of electronic music. The sound leans towards trip hop, downtempo, and neo-psychedelia, engaging with artists like Massive Attack or Portishead, and making extensive use of samples obtained through equipment such as the Akai MPC and the Midi Mutator. Even tools like Pro Tools played a fundamental role in the creation of this sonic universe.

Year
1999
Songs
15
Duration
69 min 29 seg
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15 song|s

Song list

# Title Available ⏱
01

Tabú

Guitar · Intermediate

4:47
02

Engaña

4:12
03

Bocanada

Guitar · Advanced

4:07 04

Puente

Guitar · Advanced

4:34 05

Río Babel

Guitar · Intermediate

4:44 06

Beautiful

Guitar · Advanced

6:13 07

Perdonar es divino

Guitar · Intermediate

5:19 08

Verbo carne

Guitar · Intermediate

4:42 09

Raíz

Guitar · Easy

4:04
10

Y si el humo está en foco…

4:56
11

Paseo inmoral

Guitar · Intermediate

5:31
12

Aquí & ahora (Los primeros tres minutos)

3:54
13

Aquí & ahora (Y después)

coming soon

2:37
14

Alma

Guitar · Intermediate

4:37
15

Balsa

5:12

About the album

Bocanada, according to DoReSol

The album opens with Tabú, a piece that already anticipates the electronic direction, although it incorporates elements of jazz and a solid rhythmic base with bass and electric guitar. The composition of Tabú draws from a sample of "Waltz for Lumumba" by The Spencer Davis Group, over which Cerati built the melody and structure of the song. Rolling Stone magazine highlighted this opening as a "groove-filled start" that surprised Soda Stereo followers, describing the style as "epic and cinematic," marking the beginning of a "crooner" phase full of sensuality and mystery. The first single released to radio was Raíz, while the music video for Puente was the first to be released, and Bocanada itself generated the most promotional videos of his career up to that point.

The reception of Bocanada was very positive. Critics like David Cortés Arce pointed to it as an essential album in the history of Ibero-American rock, and AllMusic gave it a rating of 4 1/2 stars. In Argentina, the album achieved platinum certification by selling over 60,000 copies in its first months. The album's image was also carefully considered, with the cover art by Argentine photographer Gaby Herbstein and graphic design by Alejandro Ros.

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