Daniel Villarreal - "In/On" - Out Today
Daniel Villarreal - In/On
Today we are delighted to share "In/On," the newest single by Panamá-born, Chicago-based percussionist Daniel Villarreal, from his forthcoming debut album Panamá 77 (which comes out LP/CD/Digi on May 20th).
This new single follows the album's first lead single “Uncanny” – a track that was called "captivating" by The Fader, and "a pocket-size cinematic experience, like riding on a train through both beaches and deserts along with ghosts" by Remezcla.
“In/On” is another highlight from Villarreal’s Panamá 77 recording sessions with engineer Ben Lumsdaine in the back yard of Chicali Outpost in Los Angeles. The track is built around an improvisation by Villarreal with bassist Anna Butterss and guitarist Jeff Parker, using the first bits of music the three made together as the foundation. It was Fall 2020, so for almost everyone involved, it was the first time gathering for a session since the pandemic started – hence the decision to record outdoors, and hence the joyful vibes you can hear emanating from every tone! The notes spring playfully from Parker's guitar, while Butterss slings around his suspended harmonics with nimble bass guitar counterpoint, and Villarreal propels the tune forward with a trampolining son-jarocho-style drumkit swing.
As Villarreal describes it, “for me, the song is about how we are all IN and ON. As if we are about to start something so you walk in and turn an ON switch. No one knows what's going to happen after that but we are all into it. We are all IN. I also think it’s a fun reference because in Spanish there is only one word - ‘en’ - for both of those English words ‘in’ and ‘on’.”
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Daniel Villarreal - Panamá 77
LP / CD / Digital album out May 20th
Panamá 77 – a vibrant and verdant suite of multi-textural, jazz-laced psychedelic instrumental folk-funk – is the debut album by Panamá-born, Chicago-based drummer, DJ, and our longtime comrade Daniel Villarreal.
Though it’s a debut work in the eyes of the world, Villarreal has long been a widely known and beloved character on the Chicago music scene. On almost any night of the week, you’ll find him DJing at atleast one spot on bustling 18th Street in his home neighborhood of Pilsen. If he’s not there, he’s playing drums with Dos Santos, Valebol, or The Los Sundowns (all bands he co-leads), or sitting in with Wild Belle or Rudy De Anda.
On 'Panamá 77' he engages a diverse array of friends and collaborators – including Bardo Martinez, Jeff Parker, Anna Butterss, Nathan Karagianis (of Dos Santos), Marta Sofia Honer, Elliot Bergman and Aquiles Navarro – to create a vibrant and verdant suite of multi-textural, jazz-laced psychedelic instrumental folk-funk.
"Uncanny" Video
ICYMI... the album's first lead single “Uncanny” – an Onyeabor-style synth-funk dub featuring Bardo Martinez on bass/synths, Kyle Davis on rhodes/synths, and Villarreal on drums/percussion – released last month via a wild music video directed, filmed & edited by Burkie.
*Deluxe Vinyl Package*
Polyrhythmic Polaroid color vinyl
Panamá 77 comes on a 140-gram vinyl LP (pressed by Pallas in Germany) inside a heavyweight, spot-glossed jacket with a 4-page insert booklet, IARC obi strip, and dome-patterned inner-sleeves.
And, as always, we have a limited edition color vinyl option for the first pressing only, available via our Bandcamp page only, which is 555 copies of *Polyrhythmic Polaroid* color vinyl.
Distribution via RedEye for US, Canada, North & South America
This album will also be available on Compact Disc (in a deluxe 4-panel digipack), and on Classic Black Vinyl (same specs as listed above).
Retailers in the United States or Canada or anywhere else inside of North, South and Central America... Please reach out to your sales rep at RedEye Worldwide if you are interested in making wholesale purchases of this album, or any other album in our catalog. Don't yet have a RedEye rep? Please just reach out to us and we'll get you hooked up!
Distribution via !K7 for Europe, UK, Australia, and ROW
On all the same formats mentioned above, this album will be distributed by our good friends at !K7 and their various territory partners in Europe, UK, Australia, and everywhere else in the world outside of North & South America.
If you are a retailer or store with questions about wholesale or are just looking to get some of our records... we'd like to make things as easy for you as possible, please do not hesitate to reach out!!!
Photo by Ariana Lebedev
