By José Gandue @Gandour
Every now and then a record comes along that changes the game. A compilation of songs that knows how to impress from the first listen, Because it's clear there's a solid structure and good taste behind it. It's welcome material because it contains intelligent music, coherent lyrics, astute questioning of the system, and sharp criticism that transcends rude complaining and cheap insults. Here, it celebrates sonic exquisiteness, experimental delight, a rebellious and honest attitude, and good humor. How wonderful to find an album like this. Equilateral, by the Colombian artist Tsh Sudaca, which helps us regain the confidence we can place in today's hip hop, because it avoids the obviousness of the genre and proposes new directions.
Equilateral can pass for being the soundtrack of a film that originated in the mind of Jhohan Cifuentes, The creator of this project, with the help of Camilo Zúñiga, a Bogota-based producer (one half of the instrumental duo Zyderal), has produced an album that, after listening to it several times, we can only describe as impressive, revolutionary., from delicious and destructive to crumbling some harmful structures. Equilateral It is the intimate narrative of someone who, using delicate samples and a musical setting that brings back jazz references from good times, relates his personal concerns to the events that surround him in a city like Bogotá where everyday violence is combined with the unexpected beauty of the streets. Equilateral It's a movie we can imagine while listening to the musical journey (It's highly recommended to use headphones to fully immerse yourself in the presented scenario), with peak moments in songs like River (with the collaboration of Mós, one of the new sensations of the local music scene), Say what y Mecca (with the participation of N. Hardem). That said, I listened to the album from beginning to end, Do it initially in order, Remove any activity that might prevent you from fully enjoying everything this work contains. Don't get distracted by trivialities; this work deserves to be heard without excuses. I mean it.
It may sound exaggerated to you, but Tsh Sudaca's first album deserves to be described as masterful., And perhaps it will be among the very few albums that will deserve, at the end of this year, to be considered the best of 2017. Definitely.