Dune contains the haunting southwest border-country flamenco music Ottmar and his band Luna Negra are famous for. This isn’t old school Flamenco. Acoustic guitar mixes with electric, gypsy accordion, electric bass, funky drum-boxing and percussion. There’s no rain in this music, just poetic sunshine at midnight.”I wanted to play guitar melodies that sounded sung”, says Ottmar. ”For some …
For the last five years, guitarist Ottmar Liebert has been reviewing and reconsidering his career: variously re-recording, remixing, and remastering his older songs. Initially, La Semana, which translates as ‘The Week,’ sounds like a stylistic return to that early sound. No electronics, orchestras, or smooth jazz combos – only Liebert on multi-tracked guitar with bass, and percussion, just …