{"product_id":"los-lobos-kiko-mfsl-sacd","title":"Los Lobos - Kiko - MFSL SACD { Vinyl LP }","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MdRemovedH2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLos Lobos' Ambitious 1992 Album Stands as a Peak Moment in a Career Filled With High-Water Marks: Rollicking Blues, Cabaret Jazz, Snarling Rock, and More Inform the Music\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MdRemovedH2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMultidimensional Sonics Yield Colorful Quilts of Textures and Subtleties: Mobile Fidelity's Hybrid SACD Reissue Exposes Use of Studio as Instrument\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOnly a few years removed from breaking through with their cover of \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRitchie Valens’\u003c\/strong\u003e “La Bamba,” \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLos Lobos\u003c\/strong\u003e turned even more heads with \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKiko\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, a beautifully textured and flawlessly executed musical statement that reveals the group taking on ambitious musical challenges and surmounting every one.In pairing with producer Mitchell Froom, the band yielded this critically acclaimed 1992 set that remains the apex of its distinguished career.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMastered from original master tapes, Mobile Fidelity’s hybrid SACD of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKiko\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e presents the record in previously unimaginable fidelity. In particular,Froom’s exquisite production can now be experienced in full relief, with the vintage tape-loop keyboards and spare arrangements yielding an ethereal feel, otherworldly ambience, and colorful finish that complement the ace playing. The subtleties of the richly detailed backdrops—splashed with distortion, feedback, random sound effects, sonorous horns, ominous chants, delicately plucked harps—are greatly enhanced, turning the multifaceted \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKiko\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e into the aural equivalent of a sensational IMAX presentation.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe material, too, ravishes the senses. In \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e’s original review of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKiko\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, David Okamoto remarks “the music sounds more created than contrived, thanks to the compassionate touch of the group's main songwriters, singer-guitarist \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDavid Hidalgo\u003c\/strong\u003e and drummer \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLouis Pérez\u003c\/strong\u003e.” Indeed, the Los Angeles ensemble tackles tough-minded social issues such as alcoholism, suicide, abuse, homelessness, death, and rape without coming across as preachy or melodramatic. The record’s power relates to that possessed by the most timeless albums—the emotional and metaphysical capacities to transcend problems, overcome adversity, and deliver catharsis.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSpanning rollicking blues and dreamy pop balladry to snarling rock and traditional Mexican-inspired waltzes, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKiko\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e seemingly knows no bounds.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLullabies such as “Saint Behind the Glass” claim mellifluous elegance while the cabaret-laced jazz of work like “Kiko and the Lavender Moon” glows with a dark majesty, thanks to both the skilled performance and \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFroom’s\u003c\/strong\u003e illuminating production. \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLos Lobos \u003c\/strong\u003eseldom, if ever, drifted so far outside of the roots-rock box as they do on \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKiko\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e. And yet, the collective’s binding connection to folklore remains in tact. Native American, Hispanic, and Catholic elements surface in the lyrics and arrangements, the characteristics expressing a multicultural reach that parallels the songs’ multidimensional construction.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnd still, it remains impossible to ignore the use of the studio as the record’s secret-weapon instrument. Imaginative tricks such as noise gates, filters, and psychedelic devices help establish a surrealism that never lets up. Neither does \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKiko\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Music Direct","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56666338132300,"sku":"821797206969","price":7.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0979\/2913\/4412\/files\/CMFSA2069__07046.jpg?v=1770371032","url":"https:\/\/vinylpulses.com\/products\/los-lobos-kiko-mfsl-sacd","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}