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06/10/2011
"Raimundo Rodulfo - 'El Sol de Sus Ojos'
Excellent acoustic track with a classical flavor. Violin, guitar and
female vocalist. The keyboard sounds similar to Wakeman in Six
Wives." 7/15/2010
6/30/2010
5/25/2010
2/27/2010
2/12/2010
"A sumptuous slice of old-school, proudly
Latin-flavoured progressive rock, 'Mare Et Terra' will surely delight lovers of
vintage symphonic prog, as well as those who appreciate ethnic influences in
their music. Definitely one of the most accomplished albums of 2009, even if a
tad overlong and not likely to appeal to fans of minimalism." "An excellent feature of
progressive rock laden with psychotropic references, awash in lush Latin
landscapes, orchestras, folk, criollismos, Caribbean music, blues ... ahh!
Let me see if I can paint a better picture. Add up the following: Simon
Diaz, Frank Zappa, Yes (Tales from Topographic Oceans in particular), Tom
Jobim (specifically, the balance between his albums Tide and Wave), the
unheralded coolness of Colombia's psych-folk outfit G nesis, Dizzy
Gillespie, Procol Harum, and Blues for Salvador-era Carlos
Santana." "We become fascinated
with the elegance of its sounds territory, in a way similar to PFM" "If you are up to a varied,
very tastefully arranged guitar driven album with a nice 'vintage keyboard
flavor', this one is yours!" 2/10/2010
2/7/2010
1/31/2010
1/5/2010 "Comparable to Steve
Hackett, Steve Howe, Anthony Phillips - with South American
attitude" 12/15/2009
12/12/2009 11/30/2009 10/10/2009
"Spanish guitar maestro Raimundo Rodulfo s offering
Ascenso Tortuoso is also instrumental but this time it s a busy but
melodic jazz-fusion exercise with intricate guitar noodling and classy but
spacious drumming in the Bill Bruford mould." "Raimundo Rodulfo adds the jazzy/fusion touch that was
missing up to this point and his ability to mix that mindset with a sympho
prog attitude. He shows how eclectic and dynamic his musically normally
is. A good way to discover this artist." "Raimundo Rodulfo from the USA: impressive guitar work
with hints of Steve Howe, concluded with a sensational Minimoog
solo." "Very good" "Among the handful of newcomers, I m pleased to see
Raimundo Rodulfo and Phideaux." "It seems trite and superfluous to praise the
umpteenth 'center' of Raimundo Rodulfo that enriches the minutes available
to him with a short recited excerpt (by Gabriele Lepre) taken directly
from the 4th Canto." "Raimundo Rodulfo, in a recording where the guitar is
dominant, offers us a mix of guitar dexterity almost jazzy mixed with
purest symphonic prog." 10/3/2009 "Raimundo Rodulfo is one of
the well-guarded insider tips in the Prog scene." Progressive Newsletter, issue 66 (October
2009): 9/12/2009 Prog-r siste Magazine, issue 57 (August 2009): "The classical guitar, often
performed solo at many breaks often have accents of Villa-Lobos, Rodrigo
and even, suggesting the classical training of its author. But very
quickly, breaks the electric guitar and the tone is progressive, so take
notes of Mike Oldfield, Steve Hackett and Carlos Santana (ha! of course,
always the Hispanic side...)" "Mare et Terra is a
gem" "The latest release in the
career of a musician with great critical acclaim." "A perfect combination of
symphonic prog with a distinctive South American flavor with plenty of
jazz passages and scattered folksy intrusions. It is experimental and
exotic while keeping a good ear-friendliness" 8/8/2009 Excerpts from the review: Progression Magazine, issue 57 (Spring/Summer
2009): 8/5/2009
IOPages Magazine, issue 88 (August 2009): "It is not everyone who begins
a work with a 36 minutes suite ('N ufrago') of which the first six sound
in substance with the virtuoso guitar legacy of the Flamenco world worthy
of the best Paco De Lucia. 'N ufrago' is a suite that will be surely
introduced among the best things that the South American progressive rock
has produced in these last times (and not only)." "A really wonderful Spanish
flavored symphonic CD with beautiful arrangements, killer guitar (Spanish
and Electric), flute, strings, keys (piano, mellotron and Moog) and some
lovely Spanish and English vocals" 7/18/2009 Progression Magazine, issue 57 (Spring/Summer
2009): Big Bang Magazine, issue 72: Koid 9 Magazine, issue 70: Tarkus Magazine, issue 49: "Strong candidate for one of
the best symphonic progressive rock recordings ever. Seriously!" "The work of the group is
impressive." "Raimundo Rodulfo is one of
the great, (relatively) young guitar heroes in the Latin American
progressive rock. He has a style that makes it tempting to compare him
with the dimensions of Steve Howe and Steve Hackett, but at the same time
his music has a very distinctive Latin American style." 7/3/2009
7/1/2009
More Reviews of Dante's The Divine Comedy, Part I: Inferno
6/4/2009 5/28/2009 4/26/2009
3/13/2009 Mare et Terra:
Dante's Inferno: 12/13/2008
12/10/2008
10/12/2008 MARE 1.
N ufrago (36:34)
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| Tobacco Road | Progressive Ears | Vico, Steve | USA | English |
| Tobacco Road | Melo's ProgBazaar | Kenneth Solomon | USA / UK | English |
"Opening the
festivities was the incomparable composer and musician Mr. Raimundo
Rodulfo who stunned the crowd into complete awe with talent that could
only come from the heavens treated with nurturing care by it's holder. Mr.
Rodulfo's work requires listening, not description and I wholeheartedly
insist that you peruse his website for an excursion through
greatness."
"When was
the last time you were left speechless from simply listening to music?
Have you ever been to a concert and become so overwhelmed with emotion
that you couldn't move? I urge everyone to have a go through this amazing
gentleman's website and listen - truly listen to the music, because it's
much more than played notes, chords and tones. I was privileged to see Mr.
Rodulfo in concert last night and was awed by an overwhelming sense of a
joyous artist at work, bringing his soul to the forefront on
stage."
"Wow... That was
an incredible ride through Melody and Virtuosity... Great Stuff.
Keep up the incredible and Fascinating work."
Melo's ProgBazaar - USA / UK
"A great talent... God bless you Raimundo."
"We had a great crowd and a great time. Raimundo
Rodulfo was breathtaking in his opening set."
Progresive Ears - USA
From Little Atlas website:
CD Release Party
a great success
Tobacco Road was the place to
be last night for Little Atlas' CD Release Party. Composer and guitar
monster Raimundo Rodulfo kicked things off with a smoking solo set prior
to Little Atlas taking the stage around 11. A large and enthusiastic crowd
was on hand. Thanks to all who attended, to Danny Jessup who helped set up
the show, and to Tobacco Road, the best rock club in Miami!
5/9/2005
Raimundo Rodulfo's music at the Sophia Children
Hospital Radio in Roterdam, Holland.
Radio
producer and presenter Pieter-Bas Steens and the staff at Sophia Radio
bring joy and fun through music to the young patients at the Sophia
Children Hospital in Roterdam, Holland. Raimundo's music has been recently
added to the special programming of the Hospital Radio, including a
"guitarnight" for some young guitar lovers. As Pieter-Bas explains:
"We make radio shows with -and
especially for the children who have to be admitted in the hospital. We
collect the children from the hospital-wards and bring them to the studio
where they can actively participate in the radio-show as DJ's or as
presenters or sing along with the music. Just about anything is possible.
This is always a great deal of fun, and this helps to distract the
children and hopefully to let them forget that they are in a
hospital."
5/8/2005
Clips from
ProgJazz 2002 Raimundo Rodulfo concert added to the Videoclips section
Watch the newly added videoclips extracted
from the Raimundo Rodulfo concert at the ProgJazz 2002 festival,
Venezuela. Following the BajaProg 2002 festival, this festival
featured the Raimundo Rodulfo's performance with a fine group of guest
musicians, including Andr s Brice o, Manuel Rojas, C sar Romano, Lermit
Mart nez, Beatriz Rivas, Carlos Rodr guez, Ricardo Furiati, Alejandro
Socorro and the special appearance of virtuoso harp player Carlos Orozco
and his son Caryasenri on maracas. Amazing solos and group
performance by all this musicians made of this a very special show, with a
highlight on The Dreams Concerto First Movement, which has been included
in the video section at its full 44 minutes entire version!
5/1/2005
Concert Announcement: Miami, Tobacco Road. May 21
2005. Opening as special guest for Little Atlas.
Raimundo Rodulfo will play live in concert at
Tobacco Road, in downtown Miami, opening as special guest for Little Atlas.
Little Atlas will celebrate their new album
"Wanderlust" with a Release Party at 9:30 p.m. More information at www.LittleAtlas.com.
5/1/2005
Raimundo Rodulfo's
The Dreams Concerto at NoticieroDigital.com
Journalist Leonardo Biggot reviews The Dreams Concerto at noticierodigital.com, one of the best ranked
electronic newsletters in Spanish. This article was already published at
the journal "Letras". Read the full article here.
"The Dreams Concerto is a
recommendable album in all its extension."
Newspaper Letras, Venezuela / noticierodigital.com,
Venezuela
4/12/2005
New Studio Album
"Libertad" (Freedom) (Released as "Mare et
Terra") in Progress
Raimundo Rodulfo's new studio album "Libertad"
(Freedom) (later released as "Mare et Terra" by
Musea Records) is on the recording phase. Special guest
musicians are recording and rehearsing different tracks and sections for
this work in Spain, USA and Venezuela. Final recordings will be
performed in these three countries and assembled in USA.
On the 46th issue of
Progression Magazine, USA, David Taylor has provided a little announcement
of this upcoming album in his section Globetrotting:
"More happily stiII, Raimundo
Rodulfo is hard at work on a new concept work entitled Libertad (Freedom).
In six parts including a 34-minute suite, Libertad also wiII incorporate a
chamber orchestra. So much to look forward to!"
"Libertad" was completely
composed and pre-recorded by Raimundo Rodulfo in 2002 and 2003.
During 2004 and 2005, Raimundo has been working on guitar arrangements for
this new work, and working with guest musicians on arrangements for
different instruments, including keyboards, drums, bass, vocals, winds and
strings.
Look at some pictures of Raimundo
arranging and pre-recording some guitar tracks for "Libertad" at his home
studio in Miami.
2/28/2005
A Name for a
Baby?
When I was a kid, I wasn't so happy with
my name, and one of the main reasons was that it was an uncommon name (at
least where I lived), and of course, other kids in my classroom making fun
of it didn't help so much.
Recently I found this
website in the US called Traditional-Baby-Names.com which help parents to
chose names for their babies, explaining the origin of names and providing
examples of personalities from arts, science, sport, history, etc. for
each one. So it's kind of funny when I realized that at the "Spanish Boys
Names" category listing they have included the following text:
Raimundo (rye-MOON-do)
(French: wise protector)
Raimundo Rodulfo is a Venezuelan instrumentalist.
He plays acoustic, electric and slide guitars, bass, mandolin and
percussion instruments in the progressive rock genre. To Live A Dream 2 is one of his latest
works.
1/17/2005
New record
dealers, stores, and distributors added Raimundo Rodulfo's records to
their CD sales catalogs
Now, more than 30
companies from several countries are worldwide distributing and selling
Raimundo Rodulfo's CDs. All of those dealers have their catalogs
available on-line, and many of them in stores. Most recent additions
to the list include companies from USA and Canada. Following is the
updated list (some dealers with Raimundo Rodulfo's records may not be
included here):
| Dealer - Distributor | Country |
| Kinesis | USA |
| Apio Music | USA |
| Shroom Productions | USA |
| Of Sound Mind | USA |
| SynPhonic | USA |
| Doug Larson Imports | USA |
| Vintage Vinyl | USA |
| Aeon Music | USA |
| Wayside / Cuneiform | USA |
| MusicStack | USA |
| Big Balloon Music | USA |
| Freeson Rock | Canada - Quebec |
| Musea Records | France |
| CD and LP | France |
| Price Minister | France |
| Netsounds | UK |
| Ultima Thule Records | UK |
| Millerecords | Italy |
| Eventyr Records | Italy |
| Transmission | Italy |
| Margen | Spain |
| Progwalhalla | Holland |
| GardenShed CD | Japan |
| Piper Records | Japan |
| Sol & Deneb | Mexico |
| Rock Symphony | Brazil |
| Stand Up | Brazil |
| Aqualung | Brazil |
| Ethereal Music | Brazil |
| Viajero Inm vil | Argentina |
| Stand By | Venezuela |
| Boards | Venezuela |
| Melomaniac Records | Venezuela |
| Tarmanta | Venezuela |
| Musical Mind | Venezuela |
| CD City | Venezuela |
8/5/2004
The Dreams
Concerto at Progression Magazine
David Taylor
reviews Raimundo Rodulfo's The Dreams Concerto in his section
Globetrotting of Progression Magazine, USA.
Read
the complete review here.
"A
chamber orchestra, vocals, percussionists, and your basic prog-rock band
elements are featured in very colorful arrangements"
"A real showpiece full to the
brim with drama and energy, thanks to a bit of flamenco juxtaposed with
the more baroque classical directions, not to mention some very Steve
Howe-ish speed guitar by the composer"
Progression Magazine,
USA
6/14/2004
The Dreams
Concerto at Mellotron Magazine, Argentina
Mellotron Magazine from Argentina, one of the best
magazines dedicated to progressive and symphonic rock, makes its
long-waited return, and features a review of Raimundo Rodulfo's The Dreams
Concerto.
Read the complete review here.
"Few musicians there are
today in the universe of progressive rock that are so ambitious and
qualified like Raimundo Rodulfo. This Venezuelan guitarist and composer
already had published an elaborate work with his debut work Dreams in the
year 2000. And with this, his second studio album, he reached a notable
degree of sophistication. The Dreams Concerto is surely one of the most
intelligent works of the contemporary movement of progressive rock, taking
to the limit the capacity of an artist. Wasn t that exactly the purpose of
progressive rock?"
Mellotron Magazine, Argentina
6/7/2004
Carlos Orozco at
the Bath International Music Festival, in England.
Venezuelan Carlos
Orozco, considered one of the world best popular harpists, performed
at the Bath International Music Festival in England. Carlos performed as
soloist, and also as a duo with the world class guitar maestro John
Williams.
Carlos Orozco is the harp player in
Raimundo Rodulfo's second album "The Dreams Concerto", and in the Official
Bootleg "To Live a Dream", this last also featuring his son the prodigious
young boy and virtuoso maracas player Caryasenri Orozco.
Left to Right: Carlos
Orozco, John Williams
4/12/2004
Raimundo
Rodulfo's CDs can now be bought directly from www.RaimundoRodulfo.com through PayPal
"Dream" and "The Dreams Concerto" are now
available for purchase at the CONTACT section
of this website www.RaimundoRodulfo.com through PayPal, accepting
all major credit cards and payment systems.
3/5/2004
Two Raimundo
Rodulfo Album Reviews at Eventyr Magazine, Italy
Paolo Formichetti reviews Raimundo Rodulfo's first
and second albums, Dreams and The Dreams Concerto, both in the 10th issue
of Eventyr Magazine, Italy.
Read the complete reviews here: The Dreams Concerto / Dreams
The
Dreams Concerto
"A really very beautiful CD
that shines with much bright light between the productions that have come
from South America in the last years. Recommended with the highest
rating."
"A really very
attractive disk in which the classic music is placed side by side or
almost perfectly melted with progressive rock. The more classic parts,
bytheway the best of the disk, bring again to mind sometimes Bach,
sometimes Vivaldi, and some compositions for classic guitar and orchestra
(the works of Rodrigo, for example), and are characterized for the
absolute absence of drums or electric instruments and, on the contrary, by
sumptuous acoustic arrangiamenti with strings, flute and classic guitar to
weave continually the beautifulst melodies. In other moments, instead,
with the arrival of drums and with Rodulfo who takes the electric guitar,
we have a perfect merger between classic and modern music Demand careful
and participating listening to be deeply appreciated."
Eventyr Magazine, Italy
Dreams
"All the tracks are rather pleasant and not lacking of
a certain originality, feature this last which finds the greatest
expression in the fourth track, not randomly titled "Brainstorm", in which
is gone with a certain effectiveness from fusion to reggae until arriving
to jazz and blues, making seven minutes of the best
progressive."
Eventyr Magazine, Italy
1/12/2004
New: Version 2.0 of The Dreams Concerto's 2nd
Movement Mathematical Model.
Includes
audio from 2nd Movement musical segment, synchronized with the real time
model's graphic display.
Download installer here. The installer file is almost
5 MB, and is PC/Windows compatible.
9/20/2003
Raimundo
Rodulfo's music at Symfo Zone Radio Show, 107.8 FM and 93.1 MHz Cable, at
Nijmegen, Holland.
Radio producer Jos Heijmans
airplayed Raimundo Rodulfo's The Dreams Concerto at the Symfo Zone
Progressive Rock Radio Show, broadcasted every Saturday from 9:00 p.m. to
10:00 p.m. on 107.8 FM and 93.1 MHz Cable, at Nijmegen, Holland. Thanks to
Jos and all the Symfo Zone staff.
8/23/2003
Two Reviews of
Raimundo Rodulfo's Second Live Official Bootleg To
Live a Dream 2, at Ragazzi and Progressive Newsletter, Germany.
Volkmar Mantei reviewed the Raimundo Rodulfo's
Second Live Official Bootleg To Live a Dream 2, at Ragazzi and the
46th issue of Progressive Newsletter, Germany. Read the reviews
here.
"Italian Prog lovers and all fans of the romantic
symphony genre will enjoy this work."
"The band plays warmly, the technical presentation of
the performances is good. Raimundo Rodulfo composes heavy symphonic songs, which sound
typically South American. Melodic weight and deep poetry are just as related to Italian
Prog."
Ragazzi, Germany / Progressive Newsletter,
Germany
8/21/2003
Raimundo Rodulfo
added to the Gibraltar Encyclopedia of Progressive Rock
The comprehensive catalog of progressive rock and
related genres artists of the Gibraltar Encyclopedia of Progressive Rock (GEPR)
has recently added Raimundo and his complete discography.
8/8/2003
NEW:
To LIVE a Dream
2 - Official Bootleg. New live
album, virtual full downloadable release by
www.RaimundoRodulfo.com
RAIMUNDO
RODULFO
To LIVE a Dream 2 - Official
Bootleg
"Italian Prog
lovers and all fans of the romantic symphony genre will enjoy this
work."
"The band plays
warmly, the technical presentation of the performances is good. Raimundo
Rodulfo composes heavy
symphonic songs, which sound typically South American. Melodic
weight and deep poetry
are just as related to Italian Prog."
Ragazzi, Germany
/ Progressive
Newsletter, Germany
"Great venezuelan musician... a
tune with typical latin flavour... a clear influence from Steve Howe in
some moments... very pleasant listening! The band that plays with him is
really good!"
Melo's ProgBazaar, UK
"Excellent
shows, specially the performance of the suite 'Sue os'; on both bootlegs
the result was spectacular... master works."
Comments from the Public
8/3/2003
Three New Reviews
of The Dreams Concerto at M sica Progresiva (Costa Rica), MilleRecords
(Italy) and Tempi Duri (Italy)
Three new
reviews of Raimundo Rodulfo's The Dreams Concerto at the websites of
M sica
Progresiva, Costa Rica (written by Johnny Coto, read here), Tempi Duri, Italy
and MilleRecords (distributor of the Raimundo's CD's
in Italy), Italy (written by Roberto Guarnieri, read here)
"This
is one of the best discs produced in Latin America the last years. It is a
master work by Venezuelan musician Raimundo Rodulfo. It is a disc that
shows the greatness which can be obtained from the fusion between various
musical genres, from classical music to rock and jazz. I sincerely hope to
barely be close to this musical legacy by Raimundo, maybe my words are
short but I sincerely recommend you to listen to this work."
M sica Progresiva, Costa Rica
"A musician that doesn't have
anything to envy to bands that have found a good contract record. The
technical style of Rodulfo betrays a visceral passion for neo-classicism,
but the entire work is influenced by groups as Jethro Tull, Mike Oldfield
and Genesis. A product to listen second to second, and with an amazing 36
pages booklet indeed beautiful. A cd simply unique."
MilleRecords, Italy / Tempi Duri,
Italy
7/29/2003
New Reviews of
The Dreams Concerto at two Italian Webzines
Francesco Fabbri reviews Raimundo Rodulfo's The
Dreams Concerto at the Italian webzines "Escursioni Musicale" and "Arlequins" - read
full review here.
"A
disc that becomes part with full authority of the category
'irrenounceable'"
"Rodulfo, true virtuoso of guitar (and also of bass, I
add) simply without to comply in accommodating and self-pleasing
elucubrations, possess the innate gift of to charm the listener. The
European public, mainly the Italian one, must not to ignore this
Artist!"
Escursioni Musicali, Italy / Arlequins,
Italy
7/26/2003
To Live a Dream,
Official Bootleg at Tales of Wonder, Italy
Luca
Alberici reviews Raimundo Rodulfo's Official Bootleg "To Live a Dream" at
the Italian webzine "Tales of Wonder" - read full review here.
"This live performance gives
me the opportunity to confirm my very positive feedback I wrote about "The
Dreams Concerto" album. Raimundo is an incredibly high-skilled musician
able to pinch the chords of his guitar as few guitarist can do. He has a
very classical background and a clever intellectual approach to music.
Listening to his music is actually like "to live a dream", an intense and
multicoloured dream, so well represented by Peter Rodulfo's paintings. My
deep recommendations is to buy his two official albums and to start the
download immediately afterward at www.RaimundoRodulfo.com"
Tales of Wonder, Italy
7/25/2003
The Dreams
Concerto at "Gates of Dawn" and "August Carol", Japan
Raimundo Rodulfo's The Dreams Concerto was
reviewed at the Japanese webzines "Gates of
Dawn" and "August Carol"- read full reviews here and here.
"A
symphonic album of high level"
August Carol, Japan
"Contents have become well enough serious, featuring
the classic & electric guitar which Raimundo Rodulfo plays as soloist,
at the same time the classic guitar with the chamber orchestra, and the
electric band which is playing in the back among different parts of the
concerto. It makes enormously good..."
Gates of Dawn,
Japan
7/24/2003
New Sections and
Articles About Raimundo Rodulfo in Three Web Portals and Webzines from
Mexico, Brazil and Venezuela
Manticornio (Mexico), Kanto do Rock Progressivo (Brazil) and Catuche (Venezuela)
have included sections and articles about Raimundo Rodulfo. Click on the
links above to visit those sites.
"It's worth
listening to the sound of this Venezuelan. In this true 'musical cauldron'
exists a mixture of tecno music, Andean music and generous doses of
progressive rock, whose result is a sound with proper identity, filled
with a pallette of peculiar instruments."
Kanto do Rock Progressivo,
Brazil
"Strong folk
elements, musical scores with classical musical structures,
experimentations with a contemporary rock as base, jazz colors, and above
all, a great sensibility in each one of its parts. Progressive Rock of
classical symphony orchestra tendency in a great spectrum of
performing."
Manticornio, Mexico
7/21/2003
The Dreams
Concerto Review at Movimenti Prog, Italy
Daniel
Cutali reviews Raimundo Rodulfo's The Dreams Concerto at the Italian
webzine Movimenti Prog - read full review here.
"Self-produced masterpiece, perhaps one of the best of
2002."
"A contemporary
artist between the best and most brilliant ones in circulation."
"It's incredible how Rodulfo,
in the middle of an ocean of style influences between which stand out
primarily Steve Hackett and Steve Howe, Jethro Tull, Yes and a bite of
jazzy tastes, succeeds to unite with a personal revisiting of the classic
symphonies and baroque in latin key so much different instrumental sounds
without being overwhelming and submerging the listeners without making
them lose interest."
Movimenti Prog, Italy
7/3/2003
Raimundo Rodulfo's
"To Live a Dream - Official Bootleg" Reviewed at "Rock Hecho en
Venezuela".
Williams Leon reviews Raimundo
Rodulfo's first official bootleg live album "To Live a Dream" at Rock
Hecho en Venezuela (Rock Made in Venezuela). Click here to read the full review, or
here to go to the Raimundo Rodulfo section at
RHEV.
7/2/2003
The Dreams
Concerto at Acid Dragon Magazine
Roland Roque
reviews Raimundo Rodulfo's The Dreams Concerto at the 34th issue of French
progressive music magazine Acid Dragon. Read the full review here.
"This is the second by this excellent musician from
Venezuela. Second achievement. The music is more symphonic (divided in 3
movements), featuring a wide range of instruments: sax, violin, flute,
mandolin, harpsichord ... And of course great guitars (both acoustic and
electric). On a whole, this production by the Latino Mike Oldfield should
please to all adventurous ears."
Acid Dragon Magazine,
France
6/9/2003
The Dreams
Concerto at Something Prog, France
Jerome Vi
reviews Raimundo Rodulfo's The Dreams Concerto at the French webzine "Something
Prog" - read full review here.
"A
real classical-progressive work with strong Spanish connotations...
Raimundo is an excellent guitarist, whether of classic or electric guitar.
The music is crystal clear and pours as a waterfall into your wide opened
ears. A very beautiful work. Doubtless."
SomethingProg, France
6/8/2003
Raimundo Rodulfo's
music at Gagliarchives Radio Show on 88.9 FM Philadelphia and 95.1 FM
Burlington, New Jersey
The whole 1st movement
of Raimundo Rodulfo's The Dreams Concerto is part of the programming
playlist for the radio show Gagliarchives at 88.9 FM Philadelphia and 95.1 FM
Burlington, New Jersey. This show, considered the most important radio
show in the US dedicated to progressive rock, is broadcasted every
Saturday Nights Live From 10:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m., and replayed Tuesdays
From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Aural Moon. Thanks a lot to Tom Gagliardi and all
the Gagliarchives staff for airplaying last May 11th a 28-minutes piece of
music from an independent progressive artist, something that only a few
radio producers in the world dare to do.
6/2/2003
Five new Reviews
of Raimundo Rodulfo's "To Live a Dream - Official Bootleg" at "Hairless
Heart Herald" (England), "Proglands" (Canada), "Progresiva70s"
(Argentina), "Ragazzi" (Germany) and "Progressive and Psichedelic Music"
(Belgium)
Five webzines from England, Canada,
Argentina, Germany and Belgium review Raimundo Rodulfo's first official
bootleg live album "To Live a Dream". Click on the links below to
read the full reviews.
"It is full of life, textures and emotion. Guitar,
Spanish and electric are outstanding and the flute and violin pieces are
truly beautiful. Raimundo and his fellow musicians gel together coherently
and still hang sufficiently loose to create that edge."
Hairless
Heart Herald, UK
Full review
"This comes out at a great
moment, it's an excellent idea to release a live CD only after two
previous official releases, even if is not an official release. It's a
real gift... The recording really is not so bad and give a great idea of
what the band sound live. Also they are over an hour of free music here,
so it worst to buy the previous one just to have this one, good
chance."
ProgLands, Canada
Full review
"Rodulfo is one of those
musicians that use very diverse elements for a musical development that
transcends the barriers of styles. Rodulfo is progressive without being
endeavored to be it, without to enclose himself in the artificial
limitations that some musicians impose to himself. I don't find any
purpose in to resemble anybody and on the other hand I see a personal
development, so much in his roles on the acoustic guitar and on the
electric one. As a composer he takes charge of to make rock, baroque
music, Venezuelan folk tradition and a jazzy ingredient visibly present in
his work. The incorporation of flute, harp and violin besides the
traditional rock instruments, is enricher of his work. I have got
pleasantly impressed by this music."
Progresiva70s, Argentina
Full
review
"Acoustic and electric guitar, keyboards, violin and
flute draw a romantic and nevertheless strong progressive outline, which
processes influences from the classical period, Venezuelan folklore and
jazz. Just in the extended instrumental work, is recognized the parallel
to the best time of Premiata Forneria Marconi... Impressive progressive
rock in a much better than bootleg sound. Since Raimundo understands much
about filigree music architecture, he will bring the PFM community to
ecstasy."
Ragazzi, Germany
Full review
"It's
clear this group has such a fine tension... 'Suenos' goes beyond the
craftsmanship's symphonic music early Genesis explored, with Latin
American female voice, progressive rock guitar, etc. Beautiful."
Psyche Van Het Folk, Belgium
Full review
6/1/2003
Dreams Reviewed at
La Corte Final, Mexico
Carlos Malvido reviews
Raimundo Rodulfo's first album "Dreams" at the Mexican progressive rock
newsletter "La Corte Final" - read full review here.
"Raimundo has his own vision, his own performing way
and a frankly exquisite jazz sound. The compositions together form an all
instrumental that one listens upper to down, from principle to end. It is
that kind of discs that you enjoy, don't tire and always get you willing
to listen to it again, full of those musical accents that charm us who
enjoy the symphonic progressive and in which the guitar is given time to
sing. Very recommendable."
La Corte Final,
Mexico
5/3/2003
Raimundo Rodulfo's
Music at Apio Music and S ncopa
The web portals
Apio Music and
S ncopa,
dedicated to Venezuelan music, added the Raimundo Rodulfo information and
discography to their sections and catalogs. Visit those pages on the
following links:
Raimundo Rodulfo at S ncopa
Raimundo Rodulfo at Apio Music
4/10/2003
NEW:
To LIVE a Dream -
Official Bootleg. New live album,
virtual full downloadable release by www.RaimundoRodulfo.com
RAIMUNDO
RODULFO
To LIVE a Dream - Official
Bootleg
"A disc that
in the time to come will become a classic."
"A sample of the musical
excellence that offers Raimundo Rodulfo and of the great representation
that he did of our country in the famous Festival BajaProg."
Rock Hecho en Venezuela, Venezuela
"It's clear this group has such a fine tension...
'Suenos' goes beyond the craftsmanship's symphonic music early Genesis
explored, with Latin American female voice, progressive rock guitar, etc.
Beautiful."
Psyche Van Het Folk, Belgium
"It is full of life, textures and emotion. Guitar,
Spanish and electric are outstanding and the flute and violin pieces are
truly beautiful. Raimundo and his fellow musicians gel together coherently
and still hang sufficiently loose to create that edge."
Hairless Heart Herald, UK
"This
live performance gives me the opportunity to confirm my very positive
feedback I wrote about "The Dreams Concerto" album. Raimundo is an
incredibly high-skilled musician able to pinch the chords of his guitar as
few guitarist can do. He has a very classical background and a clever
intellectual approach to music. Listening to his music is actually like
"to live a dream", an intense and multicoloured dream, so well represented
by Peter Rodulfo's paintings. My deep recommendations is to buy his two
official albums and to start the download immediately afterward at
www.RaimundoRodulfo.com"
Tales of Wonder, Italy
"Acoustic and electric guitar, keyboards, violin and
flute draw a romantic and nevertheless strong progressive outline, which
processes influences from the classical period, Venezuelan folklore and
jazz. Just in the extended instrumental work, is recognized the parallel
to the best time of Premiata Forneria Marconi... Impressive progressive
rock in a much better than bootleg sound. Since Raimundo understands much
about filigree music architecture, he will bring the PFM community to
ecstasy."
Ragazzi, Germany
"Rodulfo is one of those musicians that use very
diverse elements for a musical development that transcends the barriers of
styles. Rodulfo is progressive without being endeavored to be it, without
to enclose himself in the artificial limitations that some musicians
impose to himself. I don't find any purpose in to resemble anybody and on
the other hand I see a personal development, so much in his roles on the
acoustic guitar and on the electric one. As a composer he takes charge of
to make rock, baroque music, Venezuelan folk tradition and a jazzy
ingredient visibly present in his work. The incorporation of flute, harp
and violin besides the traditional rock instruments, is enricher of his
work. I have got pleasantly impressed by this music."
Progresiva70s, Argentina
"This comes out at a great moment, it's an excellent
idea to release a live CD only after two previous official releases, even
if is not an official release. It's a real gift... The recording really is
not so bad and give a great idea of what the band sound live. Also they
are over an hour of free music here, so it worst to buy the previous one
just to have this one, good chance."
ProgLands, Canada
"Congratulations for such a brilliant work that you
have offered through your webpage, at this moment I am listening to it and
I am completely sure that your performance at BajaProg was one of the best
ones, as far as quality and musical innovation, that appeared in the
festival. The best of everything is that it is a live work that shows
differences respect to which it is heard in studio."
"That was a great idea. I'll be
looking forward to the next album. Thanks from NYC!"
"Excellent shows, specially the
performance of the suite 'Sue os'; on both bootlegs the result was
spectacular... master works."
Comments from the
Public
4/3/2003
The Dreams
Concerto at Tales of Wonder, Italy
Luca
Alberici reviews Raimundo Rodulfo's The Dreams Concerto at the Italian
webzine "Tales of Wonder" - read full review here.
"A versatile and virtuoso
Venezuelan artist. This cd is truly a wide kettle of the main progressive
schools that the history of music has given to us, enriched by an unique
latin taste, a superior guitar playing technique and an impressive
intellectual approach to music from a sure well-informed musician. An
excellent album from the point of view of the exhibited technical rate...
A monumental and intellectually very ambitious album for listen with the
ears well connected to the brain !!"
"A monumental and very ambitious cd that I recommend to
everyone's looking for complex music played with heart and brain."
Tales of Wonder, Italy
3/4/2003
The Dreams
Concerto Review at Progwereld, Holland
Christian Bekhuis reviews Raimundo Rodulfo's The
Dreams Concerto at the dutch webzine Progwereld - read full review here.
"They
are still there: musicians with an unrestrained ambition and an identity
between classical music and progressive rock. Venezuelan Raimundo Rodulfo
is one of this kind, and after reading the thick booklet featured at this
cd, you realize that the expectations become on high musical challenges.
Expectations which are most fulfilled in the first part of "The Dreams
Concerto", where are Sue os (Dreams) and the short Esperanza. Sue os is a
24-minutes lasting endless flow of superb musical ideas, where we are
swung back and forth between traditional parts in which both the classic
acoustic guitar and high-tone flute conduct, as well as parts in which
Rodulfo's Hackettian/Oldfieldesque delay-crying electric guitar playing is
accompanied and more than supported by a vast rock presence."
Progwereld, The Netherlands
2/27/2003
The Dreams
Concerto Review at Background Magazine, Holland
The issue # 80 of Background Magazine, Holland,
features a review of Raimundo Rodulfo's The Dreams Concerto written by
Henri Strik - read full review here.
"What
a great record this is! We hear on this disc influences from almost all
the great musicians on the planet that live and had lived. The classic
masters Bach, Bethoven, Vivaldi and Mozart. The progressive rock masters
Steve Howe, Keith Emerson, Rick Wakeman, Robert Fripp and Ian Anderson.
The jazz-rock masters Chic Corea, John McLaughlin, Al DiMeola and Allan
Holdsworth. The pop masters George Harrison, Paul McCartney and John
Lennon. And the master of all kind of styles, Frank Zappa. Every time you
listen to it you will hear new things. I almost would call it a musical
journey into a fantasy dream world. Well done!"
Backgroung Magazine, Holland
2/16/2003
The Dreams
Concerto at ProgNaut, USA
Ron Suchs reviewed
The Dreams Concerto at ProgNaut, USA. Read the full review here.
"Guitarist/Composer
Raimundo Rodulfo brings symphonic/classic prog back into the new
millennium with nods to the giants of the 70's while adding a latin flavor
all it's own. Beautiful instrumentation can be found throughout especially
in the guitar playing which goes from classical to flamenco to rock within
a few moments."
ProgNaut, USA
2/12/2003
The Dreams
Concerto at Tarkus Magazine, Norway
Sven
Eriksen reviewed The Dreams Concerto at the 23rd issue of Tarkus Magazine,
Norway.
"It alternates between rock parts, orchestra parts, and
both in unision, and Rodulfo plays both electric and acoustic guitar with
high technical skill. The opening is promising with the 24 minute long
"Sue os", a symphonic cascade with exquisit interplay between Rodulfo s
guitars, the band, orchestra and vocalists. It continues with great
folk-prog parts lending an ear to both Tull and Focus."
Tarkus Magazine, Norway
2/5/2003
Venezuelan Society
of Contemporary Music's Works CD Catalog has added Raimundo Rodulfo's The
Dreams Concerto
Raimundo Rodulfo's The Dreams
Concerto has been added to the Venezuelan Works CD Catalog of the Venezuelan
Society of Contemporary Music (SVMC from its initials in
Spanish). Check out that fine collection of music from that
beautiful country.
2/2/2003
The Dreams
Concerto Review at Babyblaue, Germany
Horst
Straske reviews Raimundo Rodulfo's The Dreams Concerto at the german
webzine Babyblaue - read full review here.
"An extremely ambitious
production of an outstanding artist. One rarely gets such one perfectly
thought out CD release, which musical contents and conceptual contents are
in such a manner perfectly co-ordinated... It can reveal finely symphonic
elegance in its fullest beauty."
Babyblaue, Germany
1/27/2003
The Dreams
Concerto Review at Prog-R siste Magazine, Belgium
Gilles Arend reviews Raimundo Rodulfo's The Dreams
Concerto at issue # 31 of Prog-R siste, Belgium - read full review here.
"Raimundo Rodulfo announces the
color and holds his word. After his first published album two years ago
(Dreams - Sue os), here is what one could call his grand work... a
facility of tempting listening and a cordial beauty."
Prog-R siste Magazine, Belgium
1/12/2003
The Dreams
Concerto at Musea Records, France
Raimundo's
second album, The Dreams Concerto, has been added to Musea Records
catalog. Raimundo's first album, Dreams, was Musea's Selection of
the Month of January 2001.
"'The Dreams Concerto' (2001)
is a magnificent fresco broken up into three long movements, for a total
of almost 80 minutes. A multitude of performers, among whom one finds for
example the singer Pedro CASTILLO, contribute to the richness of
work."
Musea Records, France
1/8/2003
Two Reviews of
Raimundo Rodulfo at Margen Magazine, Spain
The
issue # 25 of Margen Magazine, Spain, comes with two reviews of Raimundo
Rodulfo, one of the show at BajaProg 2002 (written by Juan Jose Salas -
read here) and one of The Dreams
Concerto album (written by Rafa Dorado- read here).
BajaProg 2002
"The best of
this second day was the concert of the Venezuelan RAIMUNDO RODULFO,
already in the Theater of the State, who got the most of the applauses.
The music of Raimundo Rodulfo has a high complexity and if we add to this
a band of musicians (including a girl with a fantastic voice) with an
enviable performing capacity, we have no other choice than to recognize
the lofty quality of a musician that left us astonished."
Margen Magazine, Spain
The Dreams Concerto
"The Dreams
Concerto, in 3 movements and 6 sections, is a living musical work and in
continuous expansion, whose philosophy situates in the extension of all
the traditional models that have been assimilated in the creative music
during the last 4 decades. Yes, creative, since the progressive rock
envelope is excessively narrow to harbor the enormity of this disc that
sails among the intimate and the sophisticated of jazz, folk, rock and
classics and that has been planned with most greatest care and to balance
different common sense tempos and states of mind utilizing an extensive
rank of harmonies and tones. A must have."
Margen Magazine, Spain
1/6/2003
Raimundo Rodulfo's
The Dreams Concerto proposed for Best Progressive Rock Album of 2002.
Raimundo Rodulfo's second album "The Dreams
Concerto" has been recently proposed and voted for Best Progressive Rock
Album of 2002 in several magazines, webzines and discussion groups. Some
of those are: Prognosis (USA), Symfo City
(Holland), Shroom Productions (USA), Hairless
Heart Herald (UK), and the rec.music.progressive Newsgroup.
1/5/2003
The Dreams
Concerto Reviewed with Five Stars at Sea of Tranquility, USA
Peter Pardo reviewed with five stars The Dreams
Concerto at Sea of Tranquility, USA. Read the full
review here.
"It's not everyday that you
get to hear a recording that is just dripping with so much beauty that it
almost brings tears to your eyes. This 'concerto' from musician Raimundo
Rodulfo is a lush, gorgeous amalgam of progressive rock, South American
classical motiffs, and folk, that succeeds on all fronts... This gets my
highest rating possible."
Sea of Tranquility, USA
"The Dreams Concerto" is in Sea of Tranquility's Five
Star Reviews selection.
12/27/2002
Raimundo
Rodulfo's BajaProg 2002 show reviewed at Progression Magazine
John Collinge, editor of the Progression Magazine,
USA, reviews the sixth edition of the progressive rock festival BajaProg,
including the performance by Raimundo Rodulfo at Teatro del Estado, in
Mexicali, Baja California Mexico. Read the full review here.
"Rodulfo's compositions are very bright and flowery.
His show was highlighted by selections from the recent Dreams Concerto
album, including the lengthy title track. Impressive drum and violin solos
from his supporting cast punctuated a memorable performance. Rodulfo's
band perhaps should have closed the evening rather than open it - their
performance was that good."
Progression Magazine,
USA
12/18/2002
The Dreams
Concerto at Colossus Magazine, Finland
Raimo
Eurasto reviews Raimundo Rodulfo's The Dreams Concerto at the 20th issue
of Colossus Magazine, Finland. Read the full review here.
"'The
Dreams Concerto' is an ambitious prime album from a very talented
artist."
Colossus Magazine, Finland
10/26/2002
The Dreams
Concerto at the Classic Rock Society, England
Paul Allwood reviews Raimundo Rodulfo's The Dreams
Concerto at the 129th issue of Classic Rock Society's "Rock Society Magazine",
England. Read the full review
here.
"Many people with an interest
in classical music, especially of the Baroque style, will get a lot out of
this album. It is certainly well conceived and presented."
Classic Rock Society, UK
10/15/2002
Ten new reviews
of The Dreams Concerto from England, Germany, Greece, USA, Spain, Canada
and Holland.
Ten new reviews of Raimundo
Rodulfo's The Dreams Concerto have been published the last month in
webzines from England, Germany, Greece, USA, Spain, Canada and Holland.
Click on the links below to read the full reviews.
"If it
was possible to combine the talents of some great musicians/composers such
as Bach, Mozart, Ian Anderson, Steve Howe, Steve Hackett, Rick Wakeman (to
name but a few) at the height of their creativity and produce a piece of
music, then Venezuelan musician Raimundo Rodulfo's The Dreams Concerto
would probably be the result."
"The Dreams Concerto must be at the top of the league.
This must be the prog album of the year in its class especially as it is
unique. In years to come, I've no doubt that the name Rodulfo will be up
there with the other great composers and I mean great composers!"
Hairless Heart Herald, UK
Full review
"A beautiful blend between progressive rock and
classical music, with Hackett influences and links to EKSEPTION and KING
CRIMSON and a Latin American touch. Highly recommended for symphonic
progressive lovers!"
"A
complex album from Venezuela, mixturing classical music, jazz, South
American folk and rock with rich instrumentation. A lot of musicians
playing cohesively but, even when music is essentially melodic, maybe this
album needs more than one listening to fully enjoy it, due his complexity.
A sort of a King Crimson, Vivaldi and a jazz band cross. Very
interesting!"
ProgArchives, USA
Full review
"The Dreams Concerto is a fairly solid recent entry
into the realm of South American progressive rock... The playing,
particularly the guitar, is impressive throughout, with a clear nod in
Fripp's general direction. Fans of modern symphonic rock or contemporary
sounding South American prog who don't mind a rather bombastic,
self-conscious classical angle will want to sit up and take notice of this
recording..."
The Giant Progweed, USA
Full
review
"The use of several instruments besides the traditional
rock instruments makes the sound very rich and much more interesting. It's
a very good album."
Tombstone, Greece
Full review
"Raimundo Rodulfo reveals with 'The Dreams Concerto'
his quality as composer, arrangeur and guitarist... An impressive work,
which I can only recommend."
Ragazzi, Germany / Progressive
Newsletter, Germany
Full
review
"Sometimes I ask myself, where the people get again and
again new ideas for music. In the case of RAIMUNDO RODULFO, Venezuela
lodges a guitarist like the best. This versatility on his 'The Dreams
Concerto' is already impressive."
Progressive Pages, Germany /
Babyblaue, Germany
Full
review
"A really well good album coming out in 2002, with lot
of Classical elements, traditional Folk, in a prog format that I highly
recommand. Excellent work..."
"Believe me this song ('Sue os') is one of the best
progressive songs I never heard. Absolutly Superb !"
Proglands, Canada
Full review
"For those who like classical music as well as
progressive rock, this might be a concept worthy of attention."
Axiom of Choice, The Netherlands
Full review
9/20/2002
Raimundo Rodulfo third album recording in progress.
Raimundo Rodulfo began the recording sesions
of his third album, a project for guitar, group and chamber orchestra
which will be named "Libertad" (Freedom). It will contain six pieces,
including a 34 minutes suite based in spanish and electric guitars with
group and orchestra accompaniment. All the songs are new compositions by
Raimundo. Some of the special guests musicians include for the moment
Andr s Brice o on drums and
horns, Huascar Barradas and Manuel Rojas on flutes, Pedro Castillo and other guest singers on
vocals, Pablo Gil Rodulfo on
saxophones, Carlos Rodr guez on
electric and acoustic bass, Carlos Orozco
on harp and Caryansenri Orozco
on maracas. The brilliant british artist Peter Rodulfo will be again in charge of the
CD cover and booklet's paintings.
9/17/2002
Three reviews of
Raimundo Rodulfo at Expos Magazine
The issue #
25 of Expos Magazine, USA, comes with three reviews of Raimundo Rodulfo,
one of the show at BajaProg 2002 (written by Peter Thelen - read here) and two of The Dreams
Concerto album (written by Jim Chokey - read here, and Mac Beaulieu -
read here).
BajaProg 2002
"I'm certain
that few who saw this set will forget it anytime soon... The best set of
the day."
"An
intersection of folk, classical and jazz, set to life in a rock setting...
A good percentage of their material is acoustic based, some very pastoral,
while other pieces are pure virtuosic guitar genious."
Expos Magazine, USA
The Dreams Concerto
"Simply put, one
of the most gorgeous pieces of symphonic rock to come along in recent
memory... Highly recommended to symphonic fans who like lots of guitar and
baroque influences. One of my favorites so far this year!"
"This disc has class."
Expos Magazine, USA
9/15/2002
Raimundo Rodulfo in the third issue of ROCK TOTAL
magazine. Caracas, Venezuela.
Includes Interview with Raimundo Rodulfo, a review of The Dreams
Concerto and a bonus CD which contains the theme Matem tica y Arte II from the second
movement of The Dreams
Concerto.
"' The Dreams Concerto' is a complex, but direct and
charming album, rich in textures that evoke different sensations. Highly
recommended for people of different tastes, above all for the lovers of
musical fusion and quite elaborate and complete works."
Rock Total Magazine, Venezuela
9/14/2002
"Dreams" at La
Caja de M sica, Spain
Rene Osnaya and Rogelio
Blasco review Raimundo Rodulfo's first album "Dreams" at the newsletter
"La Caja de m sica" of the Spanish Progressive Rock Page, Spain. Read
the full reviews here .
"Without any doubt a very interesting discovery,
actually this disc forms part of the seleccion of the month of January of
MUSEA record label. Raimundo Rodulfo is a great Venezuelan guitarist and
aside a good composer. The coolness and the naturality of his compositions
are two good attributions in this album."
"All the disc sounds very sincere, fresh, made with an
enormous ilusion and this grants it a very special shine that obliges you
to listen with care. All the notes, sometimes excessive, are very
carefully since Raimundo Rodulfo is a true artisan as musician and
composer."
Spanish Progressive Rock Page / La Caja de M sica,
Spain
9/2/2002
Raimundo Rodulfo's music at the Latin
American symphonic prog folk special in Psyche van het Folk Radio Show,
Radio Centraal, Antwerpen, Belgium.
Gerald Van Waes reviewed
Raimundo Rodulfo's "Dreams" and "The Dreams Concerto" albums at PROGRESSIVE
& PSYCHEDELIC MUSIC, and dedicated a section of the prog folk
special at Psyche van het Folk Radio Show, Radio Centraal, Antwerpen,
Belgium, to the Raimundo Rodulfo's music. Check the radio playlist
and the reviews below.
Raimundo Rodulfo's Playlist:
* -Introduction By Raimundo Rodulfo 1 min-
* -Raimundo Rodulfo : Suenos / Dreams
Tr.3, "Nuevos Horizontes" 11 min
Tr.7, "Codigos Universales" 22 min 34
Symphonic progressive
instrumental.
* -Raimundo Rodulfo's The
Dreams Concerto
Concerto for guitar, group and
chamber orchestra
Tr.1,2 First Movement 28 min
Tr.5, Third Movement 16 min 45
Symphonic progressive. Full of tremendous and
beautiful parts. Especially the
acoustic guitar
parts are superb.
The Dreams Concerto
"Symphonic progressive. Full of tremendous and
beautiful parts. Especially the acoustic guitar parts are superb."
"Raimundo evolved a lot since
his first album, and developed various of his ideas as if a dream came
true. The compositions are much richer, arranged and performed... For
various reasons very recommended. Both acoustic guitars as electric guitar
playing / arrangements are splendid."
Progressive and Psychedelic
Music / Psyche Van Het Folk, Belgium
Dreams
"Symphonic progressive. Full of tremendous and
beautiful parts. Especially the acoustic guitar parts are superb."
"A recommended CD if you like
both symphonic and fusion guitar progressive music."
Progressive and Psychedelic Music / Psyche Van Het
Folk, Belgium
More information at:
http://psychevanhetfolk.homestead.com/files/latinamerica.txt
http://progressive.homestead.com/VENREVIEW.html
http://progressive.homestead.com/LATINAMERICAPROG.html
8/21/2002
Raimundo Rodulfo's THE DREAMS
CONCERTO MUSICAL-MATHEMATICAL
MODEL
GEOMETRIC FRACTALS
GENERATION SOFTWARE
Download here the install file (~5 MB, PC Compatible). This is a software developed by Raimundo Rodulfo, which allows you to see and listen in real time in your computer the evolution of the mathematical model which controls the segment Modelo Exacto de 7! of Matem tica y Arte II in the Second Movement of The Dreams Concerto, by a geometric fractals dynamic graphic representation synchronized to the music.
8/21/2002
Raimundo
Rodulfo's Suite for electric guitar, group and DSP at Syngate.net,
Germany
Muestreo al
Azar: Suite para Guitarra El ctrica, Grupo y DSP (Random Sampling: Suite for Electric Guitar, Group, and
DSP), the second part of The Dreams Concerto's Second Movement
(extrangely the second part of the second movement of the second studio
album) is featured on the EM-Charts of the electronic music Web Portal syngate.net in
Germany.
8/20/2002
Next gigs:
Old Gig Announcements:
8/10/2002
Raimundo
Rodulfo's Music at ProgPalace Radio and INetProgramming, USA
Listen to the fine progressive music programming
of ProgPalace
Radio and INetProgramming. There you will find a fine
selection of music created by progressive artists from around the world,
including Raimundo Rodulfo and other Latin American artists and bands.
8/9/2002
Raimundo Rodulfo's
discography added to Shroom Productions CD catalog, USA
Raimundo Rodulfo's Dreams and The Dreams
Concerto albums were added to the fine music catalog of the Texas
based Progressive Rock record company Shroom Productions, USA.
The
Dreams Concerto
"If you
are into classically-based progressive, this could be the album of the
year!"
"New album from
who is now Venezuela's top progressive musician. The music is grand in
scale and very beautiful indeed, with loads of textures and
moods."
Shroom Productions, USA
Dreams
"Another unknown heavy
symphonic, concept album gem from Venezuela. This sounds very 70's, and
has outstanding keyboards with flute... It is amazing where great stuff
comes from sometimes!"
Shroom Productions,
USA
7/27/2002
The Dreams
Concerto at Journal Letras
Journalist Leonardo
Biggot reviews Raimundo Rodulfo's The Dreams Concerto at the Venezuelan
weekly journal Letras. Read the full article here.
"The
Dreams Concerto is a recommendable album in all its extension."
Newspaper Letras, Venezuela / noticierodigital.com,
Venezuela
7/8/2002
The Dreams
Concerto at the "BEST" Selection of the Japanese Record Company
Gardenshed's Catalog.
The record company
Gardenshed of Japan, included the Raimundo Rodulfo's The Dreams Concerto
on its "BEST" selection catalog for this season. Click here to
visit Gardenshed's "Best" section.
"The previous production is
exceeded as much as possible. Full heart work."
Gardenshed, Japan
6/27/2002
Raimundo
Rodulfo's Show at BajaProg 2002 Reviewed at Background Magazine,
Holland
Henri Strik reviewed Raimundo Rodulfo's
show at BajaProg 2002, Baja California Mexico, on March 7 2002, at the
78th issue of Background Magazine, Holland. Read the full review here.
"Raimundo himself is a master on the acoustic and
electric guitar, some people already called him the "Latin Steve Howe".
For a Western European the music of Raimundo Rodulfo seemed to be very
complex, but on the other hand you know that he is doing something really
special."
Backgroung Magazine, The Netherlands
6/22/2002
Raimundo
Rodulfo's The Dreams Concerto receives the highest rank and is tagged as
Recommended at DPRP, Holland
Raimundo Rodulfo's
The Dreams Concerto receives the highest rank at the 2002
Volume 23 of CDReviews by the Dutch Progressive Rock Pages, Holland.
Remco Schoenmakers' review estates that "This album is something really
special. Rodulfo mixes classical music with rock in a way I have not yet
heard before, all sounding perfectly natural", and entered the album to
the "DPRP Recommended" selection.
"This album is something
really special. Rodulfo mixes classical music with rock in a way I have
not yet heard before, all sounding perfectly natural... For people with a
classical music background, combined with a love for prog rock, I believe
this album is essential..."
Dutch Progressive Rock Pages,
The Netherlands
"The Dreams Concerto" is in
DPRP Recommended selection.
5/28/2002
Dreams at
Colossus Magazine, Finland
Raimo Eurasto
reviews Raimundo's first album "Dreams" at the 14th issue of Colossous
Magazine, Finland. Read the full review here.
"This
album can be recommended for the people who like jazz fusion and
progressive music."
Colossus Magazine,
Finland
5/26/2002
Raimundo
Rodulfo's Show at BajaProg 2002 Reviewed at Prog4You, USA
Stephen Ellis (Captain MDA) reviewed Raimundo
Rodulfo's show at BajaProg 2002, Baja California Mexico, on March 7 2002,
at Prog4You,
USA. Read the full review here.
"All I
can say is WOW! I could not have asked for a better band to renew my faith
in music... This was a band full of energy and passion. A band that
without pretentiousness plowed the fertile ground of art and rock.
Raimundo, while very much a soloist, integrated well all the various
aspects and feel of such a large band... Highly recommended."
Prog4You, USA
4/17/2002
ProgJazz 2002. Show
with Pablo Gil Jazz Ensemble, Andr s
Brice o and Carlos Orozco as special guests.
Peter Rodulfo
show: Works inspired in Raimundo
Rodulfo's music.
Drum
Clinic by Andr s Brice o.
Andr s Brice o and Raimundo Rodulfo interviewed at Jazz Radio Show La Conexi n Alternativa.
Barquisimeto, Venezuela 04/17/2002 and
04/18/2002
Raimundo
Rodulfo played at ProgJazz 2002, opening the show for Pablo Gil
Jazz Ensemble, with Andr s Brice o and Carlos Orozco as special guests, at
UCLA's Ambrosio Oropeza Auditorium in Barquisimeto. Watch some videoclips and pictures from
the show, and click here
to read media and audience's reviews.
Raimundo
Rodulfo was acompaigned by an 11 musicians big band: Andr s Brice o (drums
and flugelhorn), Beatriz Rivas (voice in first movement of The Dreams
Concerto), Carlos Orozco (harp in Esperanza and Matem tica y Arte II),
Lermit Mart nez (keyboards), C sar Romano (violin), Manuel Rojas (flute),
Alejandro Socorro (percussion), Ricardo Furiati (bass), Carlos Rodriguez
(acoustic bass in Esperanza and electric bass in Matem tica y Arte II),
Caryasenri Orozco (maracas in Esperanza) and Raimundo Rodulfo (classic,
acoustic and electric guitars and backing vocals).
At the art gallery of the auditorium was performed a
Peter Rodulfo show, featuring 12 paintings inspired in Raimundo Rodulfo's
music, some of them included in the art of the albums Dreams and The
Dreams Concerto.
Andr s Brice o was at UCLA the
next day april 18 teaching a drum clinic, with a short participation by
Raimundo Rodulfo, Carlos Rodr guez and C sar Romano to perform Raimundo
Rodulfo's Matem tica y Arte II (2nd. Mov. of The Dreams Concerto), as a
support for the class material. Click here to see
pictures from the clinic.
That same day Andr s
Brice o and Raimundo were interviewed at Jazz Radio Show La Conexi n
Alternativa, hosted by journalist and producer Jose Rafael Colmenares.
Read the press releases of the concert by the daily
newspaper El Impulso here.
"The
responsible for opening the jazz night was the young Venezuelan talent
Raimundo Rodulfo, who accompanied of his ten musicians band captivated the
audience thanks to the fusion that he does of the baroque music, the
academic and the classic with the folk rhythms. Raimundo Rodulfo is a
guitarist and composer, two qualities that allow him to explore and to
create with versatility his musical notes. The young guitarist interpreted
themes of his two record productions Dreams and The Dreams Concerto,
managing to stand the audience up of their seats."
Newspaper El Impulso, Venezuela
4/16/2002
Raimundo
Rodulfo's new album Release Event
Raimundo
Rodulfo and friends, including musicians, producers and members of the
media, celebrated the release of The Dreams Concerto, new Raimundo's
album, at Coco Music, Barquisimeto Venezuela. The release coctail event
was produced by Coco Music's owner Zuly Perdomo and hosted by journalist
and radio producer Jose Rafael Colmenares. Read the event press notice
from newspaper El Impulso here,
and see pictures of the event here.
3/7/2002
Raimundo Rodulfo at BAJAPROG VI (2002). Mexicali,
Mexico 03/07/2002
Raimundo
Rodulfo performed with an eight musicians ensemble at the 6th
edition of BajaProg festival, in Mexicali, Baja California,
M xico. Also, the new album The Dreams Concerto was presented to the
audience. The Raimundo Rodulfo ensemble featured the reknown venezuelan
drummer Andr s Brice o at drums and flugelhorn, and female singer Beatriz
Rivas as special guest in the first movement of The Dreams Concerto. Also
were Lermit Mart nez (keyboards), C sar Romano (violin), Manuel Rojas
(flute), Alejandro Socorro (percussion), Ricardo Furiati (bass) and
Raimundo Rodulfo (classic, acoustic and electric guitars and backing
vocals). Watch some videoclips extracted from the DVD of the
show, and pictures as well.
Press notices of this concert were published by
several journals, newspapers, magazines, webzines and other media. Click
on the following links to read the complete articles.
|
Link to the article |
Source |
Writer |
Country |
Language |
| BajaProg VI | Prog4You | Captain MDA | USA | English |
| BajaProg VI | Expos | Peter Thelen | USA | English |
| BajaProg VI | Background Magazine | Henri Strik | The Netherlands | English |
| BajaProg VI | Margen Magazine | Juan Jos Salas | Spain | Spanish |
| BajaProg VI | Spanish Progressive Rock Page / La Caja de M sica | Jose Luis Mart nez | Spain | Spanish |
| BajaProg VI | Progression Magazine | ? | USA | English |
| BajaProg VI | e-Prog | David Levkovitz | USA | English |
| BajaProg VI | Diario El Impulso | Liza Canel n | Venezuela | Spanish |
| BajaProg VI | BajaProg | ? | Mexico | English |
| BajaProg VI | Diario La Voz de la Frontera | Gilberto Cruzmanj rrez | Mexico | Spanish |
| BajaProg VI | Progresiva70s | Juan Berrenechea | Argentina | Spanish |
| BajaProg VI | RockAxis | Juan Berrenechea | Chile | Spanish |
| BajaProg VI | Nucleus | Juan Berrenechea | Argentina | Spanish |
| BajaProg VI | Nik Turner | Nik Turner | UK | English |
"All I can
say is WOW! I could not have asked for a better band to renew my faith in
music... This was a band full of energy and passion. A band that without
pretentiousness plowed the fertile ground of art and rock. Raimundo, while
very much a soloist, integrated well all the various aspects and feel of
such a large band... Highly recommended."
Prog4You, USA
"I'm certain that few who saw this set will forget it
anytime soon... The best set of the day."
"An intersection of folk,
classical and jazz, set to life in a rock setting... A good percentage of
their material is acoustic based, some very pastoral, while other pieces
are pure virtuosic guitar genious."
Expos Magazine,
USA
"The best of this second day was the concert of the
Venezuelan RAIMUNDO RODULFO, already in the Theater of the State, who got
the most of the applauses. The music of Raimundo Rodulfo has a high
complexity and if we add to this a band of musicians (including a girl
with a fantastic voice) with an enviable performing capacity, we have no
other choice than to recognize the lofty quality of a musician that left
us astonished."
Margen Magazine,
Spain
"If one group has impacted the public of BajaProg,
this is the Raimundo Rodulfo's one. The way he plays his acoustic guitar
began to make us try to count his fingers therefore with five in each hand
seemed impossible to do. It was impressive, the Chamber Music conjunction
with Rock derived in a full concert of virtuosity not only his but of his
companions. Finally, very good."
Spanish Progressive Rock
Page / La Caja de M sica, Spain
"The initial show was
adorned by the band of Raimundo Rodulfo, which gave a true show mixing
contemporary and classical music. In the stage could be appreciated 8
members that gave the best of theirselves. The enrapt audience, by the
action of the band, did not finish to admire to each one of the members
and especially to the leader, who handled electric guitars as well as
acoustic, causing that it seemed as they were one more extremity of his
body."
Newspaper La Voz de la Frontera,
Mexico
"Raimundo himself is a master on the acoustic and
electric guitar, some people already called him the "Latin Steve Howe".
For a Western European the music of Raimundo Rodulfo seemed to be very
complex, but on the other hand you know that he is doing something really
special."
Backgroung Magazine, The Netherlands
"Rodulfo's compositions are very bright and flowery.
His show was highlighted by selections from the recent Dreams Concerto
album, including the lengthy title track. Impressive drum and violin solos
from his supporting cast punctuated a memorable performance. Rodulfo's
band perhaps should have closed the evening rather than open it - their
performance was that good."
Progression Magazine,
USA
"An amazing guitar player"
"One of the best acts of the
whole festival. A nice surprice."
e-Prog, USA
"Raimundo Rodulfo, pretty cool, wild keyboard... Nice
songs, atmospheric."
Nik Turner,
UK
"Guitarist Raimundo Rodulfo of Venezuela opened the
event with an ensemble of very talented musicians in diverse instruments
as violin, keyboards, flute, percussions and that included drummer Andr s
Brice o, renown talent of his country."
Progresiva70s, Argentina / Rockaxis, Chile / Nucleus,
Argentina
3/6/2002
Raimundo Rodulfo Acoustic
performance and interview at Radio Universidad. University of Baja
California, Mexico.
Raimundo Rodulfo and his band performed acoustic versions of "Esperanza" and "Hard Times" with an eight musicians ensemble at Radio Universidad, University of Baja California, Mexico. Roberto Lupercio, producer and host of the radio show Rock Evolucion, interviewed Raimundo and announced his upcoming concert at the 6th edition of BajaProg festival, in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico. The radio program included also attendance and interviews with Par Lindh (Sweden) and Akineton Retard (Chile). Click here to see pictures of the performance.
2/15/2002
Second album release:
THE DREAMS CONCERTO
Now available, the new Raimundo Rodulfo album, featuring a Concerto for Guitar, Group and Chamber Orchestra in three movements, presenting a 15 musicians ensemble, including some very special guests. More information here.
"If you are
into classically-based progressive, this could be the album of the
year!"
"New album
from who is now Venezuela's top progressive musician. The music is grand
in scale and very beautiful indeed, with loads of textures and
moods."
Shroom Productions, USA
"If it was possible to combine the talents of some
great musicians/composers such as Bach, Mozart, Ian Anderson, Steve Howe,
Steve Hackett, Rick Wakeman (to name but a few) at the height of their
creativity and produce a piece of music, then Venezuelan musician Raimundo
Rodulfo's The Dreams Concerto would probably be the result."
"The Dreams Concerto must be
at the top of the league. This must be the prog album of the year in its
class especially as it is unique. In years to come, I've no doubt that the
name Rodulfo will be up there with the other great composers and I mean
great composers!"
Hairless Heart Herald, UK
"It's not everyday that you get to hear a recording
that is just dripping with so much beauty that it almost brings tears to
your eyes. This 'concerto' from musician Raimundo Rodulfo is a lush,
gorgeous amalgam of progressive rock, South American classical motiffs,
and folk, that succeeds on all fronts... This gets my highest rating
possible."
Sea of Tranquility, USA
"The
Dreams Concerto" is in Sea of Tranquility's Five Star Reviews
selection.
"Few musicians there are today in the universe of
progressive rock that are so ambitious and qualified like Raimundo
Rodulfo. This Venezuelan guitarist and composer already had published an
elaborate work with his debut work Dreams in the year 2000. And with this,
his second studio album, he reached a notable degree of sophistication.
The Dreams Concerto is surely one of the most intelligent works of the
contemporary movement of progressive rock, taking to the limit the
capacity of an artist. Wasn t that exactly the purpose of progressive
rock?"
Mellotron Magazine, Argentina
"A chamber orchestra,
vocals, percussionists, and your basic prog-rock band elements are
featured in very colorful arrangements"
"A real showpiece full to the brim with drama and
energy, thanks to a bit of flamenco juxtaposed with the more baroque
classical directions, not to mention some very Steve Howe-ish speed guitar
by the composer"
Progression Magazine, USA
"A magnificent fresco divided into three long
movements"
Harmonie Magazine, France
"A beautiful blend between progressive rock and
classical music, with Hackett influences and links to EKSEPTION and KING
CRIMSON and a Latin American touch. Highly recommended for symphonic
progressive lovers!"
"A complex album from Venezuela, mixturing classical
music, jazz, South American folk and rock with rich instrumentation. A lot
of musicians playing cohesively but, even when music is essentially
melodic, maybe this album needs more than one listening to fully enjoy it,
due his complexity. A sort of a King Crimson, Vivaldi and a jazz band
cross. Very interesting!"
ProgArchives, USA
"What a great record this is! We hear on this disc
influences from almost all the great musicians on the planet that live and
had lived. The classic masters Bach, Bethoven, Vivaldi and Mozart. The
progressive rock masters Steve Howe, Keith Emerson, Rick Wakeman, Robert
Fripp and Ian Anderson. The jazz-rock masters Chic Corea, John McLaughlin,
Al DiMeola and Allan Holdsworth. The pop masters George Harrison, Paul
McCartney and John Lennon. And the master of all kind of styles, Frank
Zappa. Every time you listen to it you will hear new things. I almost
would call it a musical journey into a fantasy dream world. Well
done!"
Background Magazine, The Netherlands
"It
is absolutely stunning. It is amazing and beautiful, encompassing varying
moods, styles and colours Rodulfo is a fantastic guitarist (rather,
multi-instrumentalist), surrounded by equally talented folks on a variety
of instruments. The Dreams Concerto is a thoroughly stunning and epic work
that is a pleasure to listen to. Varied enough that you will discover
something new upon each listen, but not so varied as to be disjoined -
everything flows seamlessly together with a measured ebb and flow. Seek
this one out."
Progressive World, USA
"The Dreams Concerto" is in Progressive World's April's Five Star
Reviews for April 2003.
"A versatile and virtuoso Venezuelan artist. This cd is
truly a wide kettle of the main progressive schools that the history of
music has given to us, enriched by an unique latin taste, a superior
guitar playing technique and an impressive intellectual approach to music
from a sure well-informed musician. An excellent album from the point of
view of the exhibited technical rate... A monumental and intellectually
very ambitious album for listen with the ears well connected to the brain
!!"
"A monumental
and very ambitious cd that I recommend to everyone's looking for complex
music played with heart and brain."
Tales of Wonder, Italy
"The Dreams Concerto, in 3 movements and 6 sections,
is a living musical work and in continuous expansion, whose philosophy
situates in the extension of all the traditional models that have been
assimilated in the creative music during the last 4 decades. Yes,
creative, since the progressive rock envelope is excessively narrow to
harbor the enormity of this disc that sails among the intimate and the
sophisticated of jazz, folk, rock and classics and that has been planned
with most greatest care and to balance different common sense tempos and
states of mind utilizing an extensive rank of harmonies and tones. A must
have."
Margen Magazine, Spain
"This is one of the best discs produced in Latin
America the last years. It is a master work by Venezuelan musician
Raimundo Rodulfo. It is a disc that shows the greatness which can be
obtained from the fusion between various musical genres, from classical
music to rock and jazz. I sincerely hope to barely be close to this
musical legacy by Raimundo, maybe my words are short but I sincerely
recommend you to listen to this work."
M sica Progresiva, Costa
Rica
"A really well good album coming out in 2002, with lot
of Classical elements, traditional Folk, in a prog format that I highly
recommand. Excellent work..."
"Believe me this song ('Sue os') is one of the best
progressive songs I never heard. Absolutly Superb !"
Proglands, Canada
"This album is something really special. Rodulfo mixes
classical music with rock in a way I have not yet heard before, all
sounding perfectly natural... For people with a classical music
background, combined with a love for prog rock, I believe this album is
essential..."
Dutch Progressive Rock
Pages, The Netherlands
"The Dreams Concerto" is in
DPRP Recommended selection.
"Venezuelan Raimundo Rodulfo is a highly-skilled
guitarist, whether playing acoustic, classical, electric, or bass guitar
or even mandolin."
"Highly recommended."
Kinesis, USA
"A disc that becomes part with full authority of the
category 'irrenounceable'"
"Rodulfo, true virtuoso of guitar (and also of bass, I
add) simply without to comply in accommodating and self-pleasing
elucubrations, possess the innate gift of to charm the listener. The
European public, mainly the Italian one, must not to ignore this
Artist!"
Escursioni Musicali, Italy / Arlequins, Italy
"For those who like classical music as well as
progressive rock, this might be a concept worthy of attention."
Axiom of Choice, The Netherlands
"Simply put, one of the most gorgeous pieces of
symphonic rock to come along in recent memory... Highly recommended to
symphonic fans who like lots of guitar and baroque influences. One of my
favorites so far this year!"
"This disc has class."
Expos Magazine, USA
"A really very beautiful CD
that shines with much bright light between the productions that have come
from South America in the last years. Recommended with the highest
rating."
"A really
very attractive disk in which the classic music is placed side by side or
almost perfectly melted with progressive rock. The more classic parts,
bytheway the best of the disk, bring again to mind sometimes Bach,
sometimes Vivaldi, and some compositions for classic guitar and orchestra
(the works of Rodrigo, for example), and are characterized for the
absolute absence of drums or electric instruments and, on the contrary, by
sumptuous acoustic arrangiamenti with strings, flute and classic guitar to
weave continually the beautifulst melodies. In other moments, instead,
with the arrival of drums and with Rodulfo who takes the electric guitar,
we have a perfect merger between classic and modern music Demand careful
and participating listening to be deeply appreciated."
Eventyr Magazine, Italy
"'The
Dreams Concerto' is an ambitious prime album from a very talented
artist."
Colossus Magazine, Finland
"Symphonic progressive. Full of tremendous and
beautiful parts. Especially the acoustic guitar parts are superb."
"Raimundo evolved a lot
since his first album, and developed various of his ideas as if a dream
came true. The compositions are much richer, arranged and performed... For
various reasons very recommended. Both acoustic guitars as electric guitar
playing / arrangements are splendid."
Progressive and Psychedelic
Music / Psyche Van Het Folk, Belgium
"The use of several instruments besides the
traditional rock instruments makes the sound very rich and much more
interesting. It's a very good album."
Tombstone, Greece
"Raimundo Rodulfo reveals with 'The Dreams Concerto'
his quality as composer, arrangeur and guitarist... An impressive work,
which I can only recommend."
Ragazzi, Germany /
Progressive Newsletter, Germany
"Sometimes I ask myself,
where the people get again and again new ideas for music. In the case of
RAIMUNDO RODULFO, Venezuela lodges a guitarist like the best. This
versatility on his 'The Dreams Concerto' is already impressive."
Progressive Pages, Germany
"Beautiful stuff. Killer guitar plus sax, flute, harp,
violin, plus lots more."
Of Sound Mind, USA
"A real classical-progressive work with strong Spanish
connotations... Raimundo is an excellent guitarist, whether of classic or
electric guitar. The music is crystal clear and pours as a waterfall into
your wide opened ears. A very beautiful work. Doubtless."
SomethingProg, France
"The Dreams Concerto is a recommendable album in all
its extension."
Newspaper Letras, Venezuela
/ noticierodigital.com, Venezuela
"' The Dreams Concerto' is a complex, but direct and
charming album, rich in textures that evoke different sensations. Highly
recommended for people of different tastes, above all for the lovers of
musical fusion and quite elaborate and complete works."
Rock Total Magazine, Venezuela
"Raimundo
Rodulfo announces the color and holds his word. After his first published
album two years ago (Dreams - Sue os), here is what one could call his
grand work... a facility of tempting listening and a cordial
beauty."
Prog-R siste Magazine,
Belgium
"The music has a lot of variation and some great
moments... The electric guitar solo in the end (1st Mov.) is great and is
played with a lot of passion. It (3rd Mov.) includes fantastic work on
classical guitar and it reminds me somehow of the classical album Anthony
Phillips made together with Enrique Berro Gracia. But at the same time the
high speed guitar playing reminds me of one of my guitar heroes; Al
diMeola. There are beautiful parts with acoustic instruments like
classical guitar, violins, flutes and harp. Also you can find some
beautiful melodic guitar solos."
ProgVisions, Spain / The
Netherlands
"An extremely ambitious
production of an outstanding artist. One rarely gets such one perfectly
thought out CD release, which musical contents and conceptual contents are
in such a manner perfectly co-ordinated... It can reveal finely symphonic
elegance in its fullest beauty."
Babyblaue, Germany
"Guitarist/Composer Raimundo Rodulfo brings
symphonic/classic prog back into the new millennium with nods to the
giants of the 70's while adding a latin flavor all it's own. Beautiful
instrumentation can be found throughout especially in the guitar playing
which goes from classical to flamenco to rock within a few
moments."
ProgNaut, USA
"Many people with an interest in classical music,
especially of the Baroque style, will get a lot out of this album. It is
certainly well conceived and presented."
Classic Rock Society, UK
"This is the second by this excellent musician from
Venezuela. Second achievement. The music is more symphonic (divided in 3
movements), featuring a wide range of instruments: sax, violin, flute,
mandolin, harpsichord ... And of course great guitars (both acoustic and
electric). On a whole, this production by the Latino Mike Oldfield should
please to all adventurous ears."
Acid Dragon Magazine,
France
"'The Dreams Concerto' (2001) is a magnificent fresco
broken up into three long movements, for a total of almost 80 minutes. A
multitude of performers, among whom one finds for example the singer Pedro
CASTILLO, contribute to the richness of work."
Musea Records, France
"A musician that doesn't
have anything to envy to bands that have found a good contract record. The
technical style of Rodulfo betrays a visceral passion for neo-classicism,
but the entire work is influenced by groups as Jethro Tull, Mike Oldfield
and Genesis. A product to listen second to second, and with an amazing 36
pages booklet indeed beautiful. A cd simply unique."
MilleRecords, Italy / Tempi Duri, Italy
"The previous production is exceeded as much as
possible. Full heart work."
Gardenshed, Japan
"A symphonic album of high level"
August Carol, Japan
"Contents have
become well enough serious, featuring the classic & electric guitar
which Raimundo Rodulfo plays as soloist, at the same time the classic
guitar with the chamber orchestra, and the electric band which is playing
in the back among different parts of the concerto. It makes enormously
good..."
Gates of Dawn, Japan
"Rather than
calling it the solo album of a guitarist, it sounds with the power of a
real symphonic rock band"
"The music has a high degree of completion which makes
you think of ESTRUCTURA from the same country"
Yahoo Auctions Japan
"Self-produced
masterpiece, perhaps one of the best of 2002."
"A contemporary artist
between the best and most brilliant ones in circulation."
"It's incredible how
Rodulfo, in the middle of an ocean of style influences between which stand
out primarily Steve Hackett and Steve Howe, Jethro Tull, Yes and a bite of
jazzy tastes, succeeds to unite with a personal revisiting of the classic
symphonies and baroque in latin key so much different instrumental sounds
without being overwhelming and submerging the listeners without making
them lose interest."
Movimenti Prog, Italy
"It alternates
between rock parts, orchestra parts, and both in unision, and Rodulfo
plays both electric and acoustic guitar with high technical skill. The
opening is promising with the 24 minute long "Sue os", a symphonic cascade
with exquisit interplay between Rodulfo s guitars, the band, orchestra and
vocalists. It continues with great folk-prog parts lending an ear to both
Tull and Focus."
Tarkus Magazine, Norway
"Excellent second CD of this Venezuelan project which
played recently in BajaProg 2002. Digipack edition with book."
Rock Symphony, Brazil
"The Dreams
Concerto is a work with a classical music concerto structure, and a
chamber orchestra including progressive rock instruments, electric guitar,
synthetizers, drums, bass, etc. It includes a female singer with a soprano
style, although the vocals don't predominate in this work. I strongly
recommend it. If you see it, don't hesitate to buy it."
"This second album of
Raimundo is very good... This Dreams Concerto is an album even more
academic than the first one, called Dreams, which obviously is the
precursor of the sound of this excellent guitarist."
Rep blica Progresiva, Mexico
"They are still there: musicians with an unrestrained
ambition and an identity between classical music and progressive rock.
Venezuelan Raimundo Rodulfo is one of this kind, and after reading the
thick booklet featured at this cd, you realize that the expectations
become on high musical challenges. Expectations which are most fulfilled
in the first part of "The Dreams Concerto", where are Sue os (Dreams) and
the short Esperanza. Sue os is a 24-minutes lasting endless flow of superb
musical ideas, where we are swung back and forth between traditional parts
in which both the classic acoustic guitar and high-tone flute conduct, as
well as parts in which Rodulfo's Hackettian/Oldfieldesque delay-crying
electric guitar playing is accompanied and more than supported by a vast
rock presence."
Progwereld, The
Netherlands
"The Dreams Concerto is a
fairly solid recent entry into the realm of South American progressive
rock... The playing, particularly the guitar, is impressive throughout,
with a clear nod in Fripp's general direction. Fans of modern symphonic
rock or contemporary sounding South American prog who don't mind a rather
bombastic, self-conscious classical angle will want to sit up and take
notice of this recording..."
The Giant Progweed,
USA
"Great stuff! Highly recommended to fans of vintage
Steve Hackett and Italian progressive rock! Probably the best progressive
rock CD to ever come out of Venezuela!"
"One of my all-time favourites."
"I bought your The Dreams
Concerto some months ago and I really love it - it s really a great
album."
"Great
booklet, with Peter's very beautiful paintings! But your CD has suprised
me not only on the visual side. Till now I have listened to it only once,
so my opinion can obviously be incomplete and imperfect; nevertheless I
dare say you that your music is WONDERFUL: romantic, symphonic, latin prog
rock full of good ideas and rich in creative moods. I really believe that
Italians could like a lot your compositions, so it's important that
in my country, too, prog fans know your CDs."
"I have listened to your CD
more times, and I confirm you my first impression: your music is really
great, very technical but also very emotional."
"I'm your fan now! You're a
real great musician and I love "The Dreams Concerto"! It was a revelation
to me!"
"I do not
recover yet from the astonishment of such work (The Dreams Concerto).
Incredible. From the book of presentation, really fabulous in concept and
content, to the musical criterion and musical capacity it is a work as not
very often I listened in my life. Sincerely. I admire very much the people
like you who have ambitious ideas, and not only have them but make them
real. And how! I personally enjoy very much the combination of
classic/rock with 'real' instruments, that so rarely are used the last
times, because of money or lack of ambition."
"I liked it much, is very
well done in all the aspects: performing, composition, recording, art...
It is quite ambitious, and without spirit to establish any comparison, I
listen to reminiscences of some bands that I like much, among them Yes (by
the Howe side), Mahavishnu Orchestra and Il Rovescio Della Medaglia. The
disc has a lot of personality I am sure that internationally it will have
more repercussion than here."
"What so good is your new disc!!! Today I listened to
it for the first time and I was listening to it three more times. A very
deep, serious and enjoyable work. It is the type of work that whenever you
hear it allows you to find something new on it. It is really the more
interesting CD that I have listened to this year. Congratulations."
"Very interesting South
American/world music with Spanish vocals and an orchestra."
"The truth, the simple idea
by which this album was developed (the equations and all of that and I
study engineering) seemed brilliant to me. It is unquestionably, one of
best discs of the year, even when this year promises a lot (Wakeman,
Arena, Rush, etc.). A friend bought your album and he fell in love with
your music, inclusively, his wife (whom does not like anything that has an
electrical guitar included) loved it."
Comments from the Public
11/25/2001
Dreams at
Mellotron Magazine
Andres Valle reviews
Raimundo's first album Dreams at the 30th issue of Mellotron Magazine,
Argentina. Read the complete review here.
"One disc intimate, personal and indoubtedly charming.
One trip to a magical world, of great beauty."
Mellotron Magazine, Argentina
11/17/2001
Dreams at
Expos Magazine
Jim Chokey reviews Raimundo's
first album Dreams at the 22nd issue of Expos magazine, USA. Read the
complete review here.
"From the lively 6/8 opener 'Laberinto' to the
21-minute, seven-part closing suite 'C digos Universales' the CD offers
some of the most exciting instrumental symphonic rock that I've heard in a
long time... Very highly recommended."
Expos Magazine, USA.
8/23/2001
Dreams at
Musical Box Magazine, Brazil
Emerlist Davjack
reviews Raimundo's first album "Dreams" at the 3rd issue of Musical Box
Magazine, Brazil. Read the full review here.
"A
quality work that will surely please the Symphonic Progressive
lovers."
Musical Box Magazine, Brazil
6/19/2001
Dreams at
Margen Magazine, Spain
Carlos Jauregui reviews
Raimundo's first album "Dreams" at the 22nd issue of Margen Magazine,
Spain. Read the full review here.
"There are musicians/composers that play like the
Gods. The Venezuelan guitarist Raimundo Rodulfo is one of them and his
first disc, Dreams, a marvelous rainbow of related tones that are
accommodated in a ductile instrumental style and narrative that convinces
since the first minute and doesn't decay in the long hour and seven
compositions, included the suite Universal Codes in 7 parts and almost 22
minutes long."
Margen Magazine,
Spain
6/6/2001
Dreams at
Background Magazine, Holland
Erik Neuteboom
reviews Raimundo's first album "Dreams" at the 74th issue of Background
Magazine, Holland. Read the full review here.
"Here's the Latin American Steve Howe: the music on
this CD is carried by his outstanding guitar play."
Background Magazine, The
Netherlands
6/2/2001
Three new
reviews of Dreams at webzines from Holland and Chile
The first Raimundo Rodulfo album "Dreams" is
reviewed at the Dutch Progressive Rock Pages (DPRP), Holland; Axiom of Choice, Holland; and El
Vig a de los Cielos, Chile. Read the reviews below.
"It
is quite a gem if you are interested in calm, moody and semi-acoustic
music. This must also be the reason that Musea Records has selected this
album as their pick of the month January... It has all the quality to
deserve a good marketing and distribution channel."
Dutch Progressive Rock Pages, The Netherlands
Full
review
"If you liked Steve Howe's acoustic pieces on Fragile,
then this might be something for you. The music has complexity, is often
classically styled, but is also filled with various folk music
influences."
Axiom of Choice, The Netherlands
Full review
"It traps us in a vortex of rhythms and sonorous
experiences mixed with electronic and natural elements all they born in
Raimundo's strings."
El Vig a de los Cielos,
Chile
Full review
2/11/2001
ProgJazz 2001.
Show with Andr s Brice o, Orlando Poleo
and Pablo
Gil.
Jazz Improvisation
Master Clases by Pablo Gil Rodulfo.
Barquisimeto, Venezuela 02/11/2001 and
02/12/2001
Raimundo Rodulfo show: February 12-2001, at the
Ambrosio Oropeza Auditorium, UCLA, Barquisimeto, opening for the Andr s
Brice o band, with Pablo Gil Rodulfo and Orlando Poleo as special guests.
Watch some videoclips and pictures from
the show, and click here
to read media and audience's reviews.
Pablo Gil
Rodulfo was at UCLA February 11-2000, teaching his master classes in Jazz
Improvisation.
1/24/2001
Dreams
at the MUSEA Records's Selection of the
Month.
Musea Records of France selected Dreams in January as the album of the month from its distribution catalog. You can look at the Selection of the Month section at Musea's homepage: www.musearecords.com
MUSEA
Selection of the Month
Many music fans
informed us about their doubts when receiving our catalog and additions,
facing the huge quantity of new releases offered by today's progressive
scene.
Here, at MUSEA, we receive almost all new
progressive releases published in the world; after listening to them, we
make a selection to include in our catalog only the works which seem
really interesting; all other releases are rejected and do not appear in
this catalog. Theorically, we could then recommend to you ALL new releases
from this catalog. In fact, since the date of our last addition, in less
than five month, more than 200 new references are here proposed to you, ie
more than one every day ! Obviously only very rich people could afford
such an expense !
This is the reason why we offer
you our MUSEA Selection of the month for two purposes:
- to select amongst those many new relesases the few
most important ones and help you to choose.
-
eventually, this selection is offered with an important discount.
By this initiative, we wish to satisfy you still more
and share with you the pleasure we have with these musical discoveries.
And for January:
GERARD " The Ruins of A Glassfortress" - SOLAR
PROJECT "5" - RAIMUNDO RODULFO "Suenos Dreams"
Alain ROBERT. (C) 2000 by MUSEA
12/22/2000
Dreams: first CD release.
This is an artistic work featuring seven own
compositions for guitar and group, a literary element consistent in a
Sci-Fi tale I wrote related to the music, a plastic element consistent in
paintings by the renown british artist Peter Rodulfo, and illustrations by
the venezuela's artist Anabella Delgado, and an audiovisual multimedia
element, featuring videoclips and miscellaneous data. More information here.
Click here
to listen to the samples of the seven songs from the CD.
"From the
lively 6/8 opener 'Laberinto' to the 21-minute, seven-part closing suite
'C digos Universales' the CD offers some of the most exciting instrumental
symphonic rock that I've heard in a long time... Very highly
recommended."
Expos Magazine, USA
"Highly recommended."
Kinesis, USA
"Another unknown heavy symphonic, concept album gem
from Venezuela. This sounds very 70's, and has outstanding keyboards with
flute... It is amazing where great stuff comes from sometimes!"
Shroom Productions, USA
"Here's the Latin American Steve Howe: the music on
this CD is carried by his outstanding guitar play."
Background Magazine, The Netherlands
"There are musicians/composers that play like the
Gods. The Venezuelan guitarist Raimundo Rodulfo is one of them and his
first disc, Dreams, a marvelous rainbow of related tones that are
accommodated in a ductile instrumental style and narrative that convinces
since the first minute and doesn't decay in the long hour and seven
compositions, included the suite Universal Codes in 7 parts and almost 22
minutes long."
Margen Magazine, Spain
"It is quite a gem if you are interested in calm,
moody and semi-acoustic music. This must also be the reason that Musea
Records has selected this album as their pick of the month January... It
has all the quality to deserve a good marketing and distribution
channel."
Dutch Progressive Rock Pages, The Netherlands
"A strongly pleasant instrumental solo album"
Harmonie Magazine, France
"If you liked Steve Howe's acoustic pieces on Fragile,
then this might be something for you. The music has complexity, is often
classically styled, but is also filled with various folk music
influences."
Axiom of Choice, The Netherlands
"Here is a great little album that I came across
recently which completely took me by surprise... Raimundo's music offers
soft seductive acoustic Spanish guitar with some lovely symphonia.
'Dreams' is a delicate album which really does work like a dream with the
flowing flute and soft drum and percussion. Raimundo's guitar work is the
centre piece of this work with some amazing guitar fretting and
phrasing."
Unger's Wonderful World of Progressive Rock,
Canada
"A very good album, with very interesting guitars
melodies and solos" "Raimundo is a very
talented and excellent guitar player" "The
songs are quite good and the music is very original, I recommend it to
anybody"
"Raimundo
Rodulfo from Venezuela is another gem worth listening to, Howe-PF alike,
moody and well structured. Dreams is the album you should go for."
ProgArchives, USA
"If you want to listen to something different,
interesting and made in Venezuela I recommend you a disc of Barquisimetan
Raimundo Rodulfo, called 'Dreams'."
Pedro Castillo (Tempano),
Venezuela
"Raimundo has fashioned a
wonderful and varied CD of incredible playing... Great instrumental
prowess with a wonderful band!"
Progressive Ears, USA
"Nice Italian style complex and dreamy prog from
Venezuela."
Ultima Thule Records, UK
"Virtuoso Venezuelan guitarist
with a great classical music school devoted to Symphonic Rock. Joined by
many guest musicians his style reminds us in some aspects to Steve
Hackett."
Viajero Inmovil,
Argentina
"All
the tracks are rather pleasant and not lacking of a certain originality,
feature this last which finds the greatest expression in the fourth track,
not randomly titled "Brainstorm", in which is gone with a certain
effectiveness from fusion to reggae until arriving to jazz and blues,
making seven minutes of the best progressive."
Eventyr Magazine, Italy
"A quality work that will surely please the Symphonic
Progressive lovers."
Musical Box Magazine,
Brazil
"Very good."
Progwalhalla, Holland
"Pupil: Finally, this is a must have, Sir? | Teacher:
Yes, certainly!"
Acid Dragon Magazine,
France
"This album can be recommended for the people who like
jazz fusion and progressive music."
Colossus Magazine,
Finland
"All in all this is a
fantastic album. Very warm in both tone and style."
Progressive World, USA
"Symphonic progressive. Full of tremendous and
beautiful parts. Especially the acoustic guitar parts are superb."
"A recommended CD if you
like both symphonic and fusion guitar progressive music."
Progressive and Psychedelic Music / Psyche Van Het
Folk, Belgium
"One disc intimate, personal
and indoubtedly charming. One trip to a magical world, of great
beauty."
Revista Mellotron, Argentina
"The Venezuelan guitarist Raimundo RODULFO is the
author of a pleasant strong instrumental album in solitary, entitled
'Suenos - Dreams'. The style developed by our man and his many guests can
as well be brought closer to the electric flamenco as of Mike OLDFIELD
even CAMEL. The six-strings take the leading part of course, in a style at
the same time melodic and dishevelled. The jazz-rock or classic influences
are perfectly assimilated, within an exotic and coloured musical
vortex."
Musea Records, France
"Dreams" is in
Musea's Selection of the
Month for January 2001.
"Raimundo has his own vision, his own performing way
and a frankly exquisite jazz sound. The compositions together form an all
instrumental that one listens upper to down, from principle to end. It is
that kind of discs that you enjoy, don't tire and always get you willing
to listen to it again, full of those musical accents that charm us who
enjoy the symphonic progressive and in which the guitar is given time to
sing. Very recommendable."
La Corte Final, Mexico
"It traps us in a vortex of rhythms and sonorous
experiences mixed with electronic and natural elements all they born in
Raimundo's strings."
El Vig a de los Cielos,
Chile
"Without any doubt a very interesting discovery,
actually this disc forms part of the seleccion of the month of January of
MUSEA record label. Raimundo Rodulfo is a great Venezuelan guitarist and
aside a good composer. The coolness and the naturality of his compositions
are two good attributions in this album."
"All the disc sounds very
sincere, fresh, made with an enormous ilusion and this grants it a very
special shine that obliges you to listen with care. All the notes,
sometimes excessive, are very carefully since Raimundo Rodulfo is a true
artisan as musician and composer."
Spanish Progressive Rock
Page / La Caja de M sica, Spain
"A great musical level, and
all an explosion of creativity that foretell a major success. All the
songs of the disc are excellent, there is no waste, each minute of
recording was very well taken advantage of."
EscenaRock, Venezuela
"This weekend I ve been listening twice to your Dreams
album, and I must say it s a very beautiful album."
"I recently came into the
possession of 'Dreams' from a friend in France! I was totally blown away
when I for the first time heard your guitar work! 'Brainstorm' is my
favorite! I can listen to that scratched cd-record ten times a day, and it
moves me in a different way every time."
"What a big piece of art is entering by my ear
labyrinth!. I am delighted with your group s music here in my office while
working with the databases labyrinths, files and statistics. What a better
companion to this than this musical delight that, listening to it for the
first time already reminds me the parts of the concert even when I had
never listened to them. The truth is that the melodies as well as the
complex lines of instruments are sticky and they remain recorded in the
mind of who sits to listen to your music once; or maybe they are so
memorable that they are burdened in the entrails."
" I want to congratulate you
for the work of the album Dreams (What a good stuff!!!!!) I am pleased to
know that you are active and with so good style, of course for intelligent
people, but really it is very good..."
"You really super-astonished me... I consider that
your disc is of the best music than has been written in Venezuela; it
combines complexity, melodies, many different instruments, a fabulous
performing yours in electric and acoustic guitars, and a studio band that
shows having felt deeply and done theirs the pieces. Congratulations and
there it goes my wishes again so that you can continue creating as you
have been doing it."
"I consider it one of the most important works in the
symphonic-progressive genre of our country A disc full of colors, not
only for its artistic cover which by the way offers a special touch to
this work, but by the diversity of sounds and styles fused in each track.
Jazz, Folk, Rock'n Roll, VENEZUELAN-ish (very important), Indian music,
guitars sounds that remind us the great ones like Jhon McLaughlin (speed)
and Steve Howe (technical and sounds) In conclusion a very artisan work
musically speaking, plenty of fantasy, imagination, feeling and music,
main components of all our DREAMS."
Comments from the
Public
12/10/2000
Show
with The Flower
Kings, Caracas
12/10/2000
Raimundo Rodulfo openned for The Flower Kings, in a concert performed in Santa Rosa de Lima School's Theater of Caracas, 12-10-2000. Watch some videoclips and pictures from the show, and click here to read media and audience's reviews.
"I have
always thought over and over again in my head what could an academic
guitarist do, that is to say, a classical guitarist of those that can play
Bach, Joaquin Rodrigo or Antonio Lauro, that learned to play well the
electric guitar, that of course has a different tecnique, but that is an
instrument that could nourish itself magnificently of the dexterity that
develop with the fingers these executors of very complex harmonies, used
to fight with the more difficult acoustic guitar. Therefore well, Raimundo
belongs to this caste of guitarists. He can pass naturally from the
acoustic to the electric guitar and in both his technique is
irreproachable."
"A
show where abounded the good music and virtuosity in torrents. It
impressed all of us."
Spanish Progressive Rock
Page / La Caja de M sica, Spain
"One of the best guitarists
of the country in his style, lighting up a gamut of arpegios and scales
played with great delicacy and velocity al the same time, handling to the
perfection the jazz fusion combination in the John McLaughlin style with
symphonic rock in Yes style, as well as Venezuelan and Italian music
influences. But not only Raimundo was impeccable, all the band also showed
a great level."
EscenaRock, Venezuela
"One can't be able to say more than the words with
which the band was presented: 'A secret very well kept'. The quality of
this progressive rock group with tendencies to jazz fusion and folk hints
truly made feel itself."
Paradigma Magazine (UCAB),
Venezuela
"A guitarist that will give
a lot to talk about"
ACIC / MusicVen,
Venezuela
"Rodulfo's technique
impressed us, with an impressive velocity that for moments recalls to that
of the famous John McLaughlin. Likewise, the handle of the classical
guitar, makes evident the academic formation of this young artist. It was
all a pleasing discovery to know that projects of this type are being done
in Venezuela."
Terra.com, Venezuela
"Since the moment in which you began to play with your
virtuosity and all your band's one, simply I remained with my mouth open
and hungry for more."
"I didn't expect so much professionalism by a national
band."
"Raimundo
Rodulfo and his band was a marvelous experience, being able to enjoy a lot
how some Venezuelans can transmit what the great musical artists have done
during the history of music, that passion, the rhythm, the admiration by
virtuosity and the composition. I remain short with these words to express
the quality of the work of these gentlemen."
"We are in the presence of
one of the most complete guitarists and composers of this side of the
Western Indias."
"The last theme that played R R. was EXTRAORDINARY.
Today I think about it with cold head and setting apart the emotion that
produces to me to know that this guy is Venezuelan, I am convinced that he
is excellent..."
"I
remained convinced and impressed of the quality of the band. Very
recommendable without remaining any doubt about that. Extreme quality in
execution and composition."
"5 stars to Raimundo Rodulfo"
"I felt as I'd listened to a
native Steve Howe"
"An excellent musician, his music, progressive with
jazz fusion sounds seemed excellent to me. Excellent music made in our
country and with a quality at the same level of any internationally renown
band."
Public from the audience
11/15/1998
Soloist Guitar Concert. Ateneo de Barquisimeto,
Venezuela 11/15/1998
"The
guitarist and composer Raimundo Rodulfo, accompanied by his guitar
performed several themes in which he did boasting of his intimate relation
with the sounds of this special instrument."
Diario El Informador,
Venezuela
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