Hombre Sintetizador

Zurdok | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 18, 2000)
• Original Release Date: July 18, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Universal Latino
• ASIN: B00004UARQ
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #495,161 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great work that should not be labeled anything but Rock!, August 2, 2000

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Manuel Martinez (Place is not important) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hombre Sintetizador (Audio CD)

I must admit I bought the album because of its cover. Great art design that is congruent with the work inside.I did not expect to find the high quality rock this CD contains. From the very first accords you know this is not the usual "latin pop" or "Rock en español" album. This work reminds of, but never imitates, Pink Floyd on its better years. It has some unusual and refreshing songs, like "Cuantos Pasos", and some real tight rock acts, like "No encuentro la manera" and "Si me adverti", the latter being, for me, the best song of this CD. Lyrics are simple but intelligent, and coherent with the mood and sound of the album. Non-spanish speaking listeners need not to worry. You will enjoy the songs just the same.

Sound quality is very good, so maybe you will be surprised by knowing most of the album was recorded and produced in Monterrey, Mexico, home-town of this band.

Pure Rock groups seem to be out of favor these days. Nevertheless, part of this may be due to the lack of new bands and quality productions from old ones. Maybe we should start looking south of the border (and across the pond) for new sounds and groups to refresh the pure rock scene.

Attention music stores: Please DO NOT place this album under the "Latin music", "Mexican music" or even "Rock en Espanol" sections. This album should only be labeled Rock. Don't worry. Unsuspected shoppers will not feel misleaded.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Uno de las mejores producciones de rock en Latinoamerica., November 7, 2000

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Agustin Criollo "Baader-Meinhof" (San Juan, Puerto Rico) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hombre Sintetizador (Audio CD)

Debo admitir que, como fanático del rock desde hace mas de 20 años, siempre descarté a los grupos de rock en español por su falta de pureza con respecto al género; sí, pueden llamarme puritano. No se me mal interprete; la fusión esta muy bien pero, cuando existen cinco docenas de clones de grupos que fusionan los ritmos latinos con el rock como Maná, Caifanes, Fabulosos Cadillacs, Amigos Invisibles y otros; y aparte lo unico que ronda por el "mainstream" de rock en español son solo bandas prefabricadas que interpretar un seguro e inofensivo tipo de rock, las unicas bandas que uno puede excluir de esa gigantesca colección de estupidez son muy pocas. Al escuchar "Hombre Sintetizador" de esta banda, desconocida para mi, quede atónito para ser sincero. Es el album mas melancolico, poderoso y valiente que jamas haya escuchado bajo el sello de rock en español. Es impresionante la calidad de composición que Zurdok posee y demuestra sin reparos. Canciones como el tema principal,"abre los ojos", "No encuentro la manera...", "...de llegar al final" y "Espacio" en verdad me hacen sentir orgulloso de lo que podemos producir bajo el genero del rock. No esperen un simple disco para vender millones de copias con musica incoherente y patética. Este es un album de concepto donde puedo escuchar claramente encerrado en sus progresiones desde Silvio Rodriguez hasta Radiohead pasando por los Beatles, Sui Generis, Soda stereo y hasta Tangerine Dream.

DEfinitivamente este es una de las producciones de este año que quedaran para la historia. El Rock en Mexico esta probando su calidad poniendose a la delantera en terminos comercialmente vanguardistas.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible, December 16, 2003

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Ander Garmendia (Bogotá, Colombia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hombre Sintetizador (Audio CD)

I can't believe that no one has written a review for this album before!!! This album has be out for almost five year, and in my humble opinion, it's one of the masterpieces of "Rock en Español". Its music is vey varied, ranging from trippy, to pop, to electronic, to grunge to just "plain great rock". Give it a chance. Try to download "Luna" and "Abre los Ojos" to get a preview of the treat you are in for.