Alba Llalec Sessions

Alba Llalec is a trio that sings and plays only pre-Columbian instruments. It’s a father, Marcelino, and his two sons. They survive off of performing, giving lectures at schools and selling artisans at shows and indigenous events. Their origin is Toba y Guarani (de Paraguay).
The sessions went great. Four days of recording and editing.. Ha ha.. There was a lot of editing….!!! Trying to capture the true essence we recorded with out a click track which lead to some vary interesting time issues.. It was a blast though.. The music turned out great. I’ve also been blessed with tons of lectures and insight on music and cultural belifs from Marcelino who is definitely turned into a teacher and good friend.

The invited me to spend new years with their family and it was even more amazing. They live in the Barrio of San Jose, that is a place ill never forget. Imagine 20 square blocks of people sitting out side their house drinking beer and Mate until 7 in the morning with Cumbia blasting from every house and a war zone of fire works that never stopped for 6 hours straight.. and that’s just the beginning… They light off big paper balloons with candles in them that float around for about 5 minutes then burst into flames. It was amazing.. And to top it off I have a new family that I feel will always be apart of my life… cool peeps….