Vicente Amigo reveals the ins and outs of his fifth “journey in sound”, a record up to the expectations built up over five years. The Córdoba-born guitarist wants to get across “a new message”, without losing that personality which has boosted him to the big leagues of flamenco guitar. Although the album deserves an in-depth musical analysis, it also allows a reading for all audiences. And the thing is that the complexity contained in the guitarist’s new creation is miraculously not incompatible with its understanding. Quite to the contrary, it has well-flowing, catchy tracks such as the rumba ‘Demipatí’, ‘Tangos del Arco Bajo’ and even the zapateado ‘Oriente mediterráneo’.
And at the other end, as the author himself points out, experiments like the farruca ‘Silia y el tiempo’ and the taranta ‘Un momento en el sonido’. Both scores display a new way of balancing brain, sensitivity and fingers. Even in compositions which apparently stick to the norm, details of unusual subtlety and exquisiteness are concealed. Therefore, take note of the soleá ‘Mezquita’.
The naturalness of the sound, the flow and proximity of the guitar’s sound on this album must also be pointed out. No abrupt mixing or loud choruses… the voices are touches, the instruments surrounding the guitar do just that; surround it, embellish. Like the nostalgic air of the farruca strengthened by Ariel Hernández’s concertina, like the high-energy beat of Tino di Geraldo’s drums which keeps the rumba going. Generally speaking, there’s contention and taste, space and light… and, in case there are any doubts, flamencura in torrents. It’s clear that the time has come for the changing of the guard with this album. -

María la Tero, April 2005 - www.flamenco-world.com

The time for their roads to come together again has arrived. It was a pending matter for Vicente Amigo and El Pele to cross paths. And they have done so at a geodesic point called ‘Canto’, twelve years after having separated their professional careers. With their hearts as a source of complicity, the Córdoba-born guitarist and cantaor share their art with universalizing intentions, wishing to turn into extroverted the introverted. Neither borders, nor labels, nor hieroglyphics… but rather depth, legibility, soul, transcendence. And they say so themselves, proud of having conceived and developed a record “at the same level as any pop, rock, jazz, or whatever star, because it might be flamenco, but it’s an awesome album no matter where you play it”. -

Silvia Calado Olivo. Madrid, October 2003 - www.flamenco-world.com