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Castaway

by Ricardo Portman

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1.
Red Velvet Muse 02:06
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Red velvet muse where are you? red babe in blues my naked rough truth Red velvet muse Red velvet muse Red velvet muse locked in this room red stars in you counting in counting out Red velvet muse Red velvet muse
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On The Distance Of Your Song 02:21
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So cold, so gray You are not here So blind, so far You can’t hear On the distance of your song So quiet, so slow I still stand So silent as you Down in the sand On the distance of your song So young, so old My soul flyes away So lost in you I'm just a castaway On the distance of your song On the distance of your song So cold, so gray You are not here So blind, so far You can’t hear On the distance of your song On the distance of your song
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Black Pearl 02:16
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Little black pearl, little black pearl You’re standing on my shoulder little black pearl, little black pearl you fix my days like no other How words can express how I feel about you Little black pearl, little black pearl Hope to see you on the crosroads little black pearl, little black pearl My southern love is still grows How words can express how I feel about you You live on a paradise Let me in, let me in Let me be your paradise Let me be let me be Little black girl, little black pearl You’re standing on my shoulder little black pearl, little black pearl you fix my days like no other How words can express how I feel about you
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Travelin’ Girl 02:40
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Travelin’ girl I'm waiting for you The road is long but I don’t worry With both feet on the ground I don’t really really care Nobody shows the real intentions anybody is out there on the station only matters my travelin' girl no one else really really care My travelin' girl is running from sorrow on a slow old train full of sound With both eyes on the road She don’t really really care She don’t, she don’t She don’t, she don’t really care My travelin' girl
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The Last Child 02:54
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The night is falling On the sound of Nevermind I have no expectations On the new mood of ‘feeling fine’. In the nineties died the rage Of the last child In every hole we can found hundreds of dummy bands The only silly love song I want Is that tune from 66 (you know which one). In the nineties died the rage Of the last child
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May The Wind Take Your Name Away 03:13
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Goodbye, goodbye You were my muse But that star already burned to death May the wind take your name away Goodbye, goodbye You were that velvet skin That really hurt me and made me bleed May the wind take your name away Goodbye, goodbye You were everything You were so much but today you are only a feather May the wind take your name away Time punishes those who do lose their train (lose their train) And you lost yours May the wind take your name away May the wind take your name away May the wind, may the wind May the wind take your name away
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Jade Queen 02:55
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I think of you My Mexican queen So far so close Invader of my dreams. I think of you My Mexican queen I found on the wave Young goddess of my sins Jade Queen on my skin Jade Queen on my skin
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Early Mourning 03:36
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Early mourning on a fucking train Rolling south to hell Dead me dead on me Early mourning on a fucking train Early mourning and I waiting in vain For the answer at the end Dead me dead on me Early mourning and I waiting in vain Nothing is as it seems Nothing Early mourning on a fucking train Rolling south to hell Dead me dead on me Early mourning on a fucking train Nothing is as it seems Nothing
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The Last Child (Reprise) 04:13
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The night is falling On the sound of Nevermind I have no expectations On the new mood of ‘feeling fine’. In the nineties died the rage Of the last child In every hole we can found hundreds of dummy bands The only silly love song I want Is that tune from 66 (you know which one). In the nineties died the rage Of the last child

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Castaway es, ante todo, un atisbo... la punta del iceberg. Es alternativo como tantos y es indie como muchos. Me gusta llamarle lo-fi folk -quizás ese sea su territorio-. Esto es el náufrago en la costa del sonido crudo y honesto.

Abre Red Velvet Muse cuya inspiración surgió, inicialmente, de esa mujer misteriosa que aparece en los cuadros de Dante Gabriel Rosetti (1828/1882) que no era otra que su esposa Elizabeth Siddal, quien se suicidó con láudano en 1862.

On The Distance Of Your Song habla de la despersonalización social que nos rodea y de cómo las canciones pueden servir de atadura, de muelle y de salvavidas. En este enorme océano que nos rodea, nunca está de más que alguien nos lance un cabo.

Black Pearl es aparentemente una canción de amor (cuyo trasfondo quizás no sea tan puro y tienda a cierta oscuridad). Travelin’ Girl es un rockabilly blues -siempre en clave lo-fi- cuya melodía me ha estado rondando unos diez años.

The Last Child es un puñetazo sobre la mesa ante la progresiva degradación de la música popular (y de muchos de sus oyentes, esas sombras flotantes en mundos virtuales). “La rabia murió en los noventa”.

May The Wind Take Your Name Away es un blues de despedida, de pañuelo en alto en el puerto de la nostalgia ante quien finalmente se va navegando al olvido. La ausencia es recibida con los brazos abiertos.

Jade Queen es una ficción con alma pop: Un viaje figurado a los pies de la Pirámide del Sol y quien la ocupa. Early Mourning es un blues en penumbra, con ecos y espesura 'between the lines' de una composición que estuvo muchos años deambulando por mis cuadernos. Su inspiración surgió de la pérdida de un ser querido que era el sol.

The Last Child (Reprise) es la reinterpretación eléctrica de la primera y más suave versión de The Last Child. En este cierre el veneno es de efecto lento y el reverb hierve desde la Epiphone Casino: “The night is falling on the sound of Nevermind”. - RP

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released October 15, 2021

Producción, grabación y arte: Ricardo Portmán
Fotografías: Ricardo Portmán, Alicia Martínez.

Ricardo Portmán: Voz, coros, guitarras acústicas y eléctricas.

El disco se grabó en Madrid y Santo Domingo entre agosto y diciembre de 2019, excepto Early Mourning, The Last Child y The Last Child (Reprise) que se grabaron en Madrid en septiembre de 2021.

Letra y música de todas las canciones por Ricardo Portmán excepto The Last Child y The Last Child (Reprise) con música de Ricardo Portmán y letra coescrita por R. Portmán y P. Smith.

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Rhythm guitar freak, Beatles lover & melodies searcher.

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