CARABALLO’s debut album is a personal album, something from a musician who has already shown us what it is to work together with his group COLECTIVO DA SILVA, but who also embraces a solo project with his own name as an exercise in exploration – both personally and in terms of sound. And Carlos CARABALLO shows us this on “Ratatouille”, the latest single taken from his debut album. An exercise in elegant electronic pop that is extroverted, unbiased, colorful, and also includes the collaboration of rata.deinternet, with a catchy chorus and a pure, pristine melody that goes straight to the heart. This is reflected in the music video (directed by the producer GRAPA), where we can see our stars dancing in the middle of the forest, while two cannons nervously approach them. The resultí You’ll see it soon on your screens. And the delicious cover is designed once again by rata.deinternet.

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We have seen this before. It happened with Morrissey. It happened with Carlos Berlanga. And of course, it happened with John Lennon. Inspired minds within collective groups seek out their own paths, apart from the environment that helped them grow as artists and creators. Carlos CARABALLO uses introspection and personality where there was partying and celebration in his COLECTIVO DA SILVA. And he lays it out in an absolutely marvelous debut album, mapping out the history of pop, a treatise for atypical post-millennials, a tête à tête with his listeners. And, of course, for a project like this, he used his own name.

But let’s take a closer look, to explain what we mean. For example, since we mentioned Lennon, wasn’t there something of his BEATLES in that “Nube Negra” that opens the album and closes the stormí “Déjame Vivir” is a synthesis of the album: bedroom pop, digi-core, a bit of lounge, hyperpop and a huge, unexpected hit as big and surprising as a roller coaster. “Atrás En El Tiempo” is the soft middle, the proof that there are no tricks: it’s him, these are his melodies, his stories, his timeless choruses – it’s pop. “No Me Importa” has the perfect touch of funk, just the right breath of soul, the programming that decorates the rooms of our solitude, the chorus that makes North American R&B groups sigh. “Vacío” is folk, [ Read more ]

We continue to reveal, little by little, what is going to be Carlos CARABALLO’ solo debut album, after having enjoyed “Déjame Vivir” and “Tu Puñal”. Now we have “Atrás En El Tiempo” where we can confirm the free spirit that Carlos is approaching this personal project with, playing with different aspects of pop and more current sounds, but always from the author’s personal and uniquely identifiable perspective. This balance between excitement and addiction, and the elusiveness and unpredictability that has us convinced that this debut album is going to be one of the biggest things in 2023. There is also a visual aspect involved, and Bandiz Studio once again gives us something imaginative and surreal, where our protagonist travels back and forth through time (just like the song’s title says) while walking down a busy street, which leads to all sorts of situations and strangely marvelous effects. Amazing. And we keep getting closer to having this debut in our hands.

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The side of Carlos Caraballo we see within COLECTIVO DA SILVA exalts that part of the music that is for parties and celebration, a boy band from Granada full of freshness and fun. CARABALLO is his personal project, full of introspection and uncertainty. That’s why this is something much more open, that plays with hyper-pop, techno-pop, psychedelia and R&B, with [ Read more ]

While we wait for CARABALLO’s imminent debut album with Elefant Records, we continue to pull out some of the incredible pieces that are going to be a part of it. Now we have “Tu Puñal”, with that acoustic guitar accompanied by that percussive keboard, the layers of voices reciting, “Nadie llega al corazón / Es de piedra” (Nobody touches the heart / It is made of stone) andthose lines that make something inside you break as soon as you hear them. “No puedes romper / Algo que ya fue / Partido en pedazos una y otra vez / Por mucho que claves / Tu puñal” (You can’t break / Something that was already / Smashed in tiny pieces again and again / No matter how deep you push / Your dagger). And those layers of synthesizers, showing off Carlos’ ability to create a warm cushioning of sound, close, intimate, evocative. And another music video from Bandiz Studio where they also play with textures and focuses, our protagonist singing or walking through the city at night, trying to find a way to transmit that feeling of warmth, light, that there is someone special who has something to tell us.

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Volvemos a organizar una de nuestras fiestas para presentaros dos grupos nuevos que nos llenan de ilusión. Por una parte, CARABALLO, proyecto en solitario de Carlos Caraballo (cantante de COLECTIVO DA SILVA) que presentará sus primeros singles, como “Déjame Vivir” o “Tu Puñal”, y algunas de las canciones de su inminente disco de debut. La puesta de largo de una propuesta llena de personalidad, de la misma manera en que lo hacen Babi, DEPRESIÓN SONORA o los mismísimos HIDROGENESSE, jugando con el hyperpop y el R&B con la frescura que le caracteriza.

El otro grupo que os traemos son NENAS, o lo que es lo mismo, la propuesta de Celia Spellman. Tecno-pop, bubblegum y chiptune, alineándose de alguna forma con la propuesta de PUTOCHINOMARICÓN: huir de la necesidad de encasillamiento y definición de las personas, de la construcción de estereotipos, a través de una mirada afilada y mordaz y un espíritu queer.

Los dos serán el plato principal de una fiesta que tendrá lugar el próximo 10 de marzo en el Café La Palma de Madrid, a partir de las 21:30. Y para rematar la jugada y hasta las 6 de la mañana, tendremos amenizando la noche desde los platos a los miembros de AIKO EL GRUPO, y para abrir el afterparty al mismísimo Luis Elefant, de este sello que les escribe. Ya saben, calienten tobillos y ca [ Read more ]

We are so excited to announce this new project. Where COLECTIVO DA SILVA is party and celebration, and CARABALLO, the new solo project by Carlos Caraballo is introspection and discovery. But with that pop spirit that soaks through everything this singer from Granada does. And “Déjame Vivir”, the first advance single from his imminent debut, proves it: techno-pop, hyperpop, dream-pop. Somewhere between ROJUU and HIDROGENESSE, between LA CASA AZUL and DEPRESIÓN SONORA. Creating choruses out of nothing. Addictive, danceable too, but above all, exciting.

What’s more, David Heofs – Bandiz Studio (who has directed music videos for COLECTIVO DA SILVA, Javiera Mena, AGORAZEIN and NOVEDADES CARMINHA, among many others; he has recorded and produced commercial campaigns for different brands, as well as creating editorial and artistic projects in the fields of painting, photography, and installations; his work has been exhibited in different editorial fairs and one of his art books has been included in the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art collection) has developed the most interesting music video where we can see our star wandering through the streets, lost, when suddenly he realizes that someone who looks like him is following him, and it makes him uncomfortable. With a DIY esthetic, he develops a beautiful metaphor about the search for one’s identity. And to top things off, the incredible album cover fo [ Read more ]