El Canto Del Loco

It’s high time for a couple of useful updates on the activities of band members Dani Martin and David Otero.

We’ve covered the release the “Castillo de Arena” single (and its excellent promo video) by David’s pet solo project El Pescao, along with keeping you in the loop on where to find Dani online via his official Facebook page and his official site/blog.
And since then the El Pescao album “Nada Lógico” has been released too (click here to jump to it in iTunes) – a great, lush album of beautiful songs and great arrangements mixing the top guitar work you’d expect with some surprisingly artful and complex electronics to build superb and catchy songs. Well worth shelling out for.

And now it’s Dani’s turn again; with him releasing the first single from his forthcoming album “Pequeño” along with a promo video – again, all available through iTunes for those of us more than a country or two away from a Spanish record shop.
The single is called “16 Añitos” – a solid rock ballad about growing up, not just in physical stature but in emotional maturity too. You can buy it on iTunes by clicking here.
Dani has also released a beautifully directed promo video for the song too with a counterpoint between himself now and a younger ‘him’. Again it’s available via iTunes and will look fab on your computer, your iPod , iPhone or iPad. Click here to buy and download.

The album itself – “Pequeño” – is released on October 26th, and will be accompanied by an extended tour that will go on into 2011.

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After a little bit of a hiatus there’s a couple of band updates to share with you.
First up is that the official El Canto Del Loco online shop is back online. This has been missing for a while, but now it’s back in a new format and with some new items to buy – men’s clothing, women’s clothing and other accessories and items too.
You can visit it by clicking here and of course it’s also linked from the band’s main website here.

Also you can currently view a video over at the band’s official website of a video recorded at the Teatro Metropolitan in Mexico City for “Contigo” with Natalia Lafourcade, who performed the song with them on their last album “Radio La Colifata presents El Canto Del Loco.” Whilst the sound is far from perfect, it’s nonetheless a nice and interesting piece of video for any fan.

Don’t forget to keep up with the news on Dani Martin’s solo project – there’s an official page on Facebook and there’s also a new official website where you can sign up for news updates.
And you can order different versions of David Otero’s album – his solo project/band monicker is El Pescao including an exclusive edition with many goodies and personally signed – at the official El Pescao website.
You can also buy the single “Castillo de Arena” on iTunes – and the video too.

And let’s not forget Chema of course! He’s recently turned up on Facebook in a daft Where’s Wally type photolog. Bless…

News of another of the band’s sabbatical projects now, as El Pescao – the solo project of David Otero – releases a single and video.
The album ‘Nada-Lógico’ is released on September 21st, and the single “Castillo de Arena” (literally ‘sandcastle’) is already released and you can watch the video online via Vimeo and Youtube amongst others.

The sound is a bit more electronic than your general expectation from ECDL, but also beautifully crafted and subtle with a catchy chorus hook and some lovely complimentary female vocals from singer Ana Cañas.

To buy the single “Castillo de Arena” by El Pescao, click here.

And here’s the video…
Enjoy!

El Pescao – Castillo de Arena from Watergun on Vimeo.

If you’re wondering why there’s not been much news on here of late, well it’s because basically there’s simply not been a great deal to report.
Probably the most important thing to share is that the band is effectively taking something of a sabbatical; which is fair enough given what’s been pretty much non-stop activity since the release of “Personas” – a number of extensive tours and the Radio la Colifata project as well as Por Mi y Por Todos Mis Compañeros.

Having said that, it’s not a period without activity as the band members are apparently filling their break with solo projects; something that should be very very interesting indeed.
We’ll try and fill you in on any news on this as we get it, and of course point you to all the release and download info once the albums are released.

For now, we just have to be a bit patient. Dammit!