So far away is the time when this couple of Mexican ex-metal heads used to play their guitars on the streets of Dublin to live. Now days they play one day in Tokyo and the next day in Coachella or Bonnaroo festivals, so they can afford to release a record as "11:11" with guests like Strunz & Farah and Alex Skolnick. "11:11" is some kind of conceptual album with, precisely, 11 songs, each dedicated to an artist who, to say the duo, has influenced or inspired their music in some way ranging from Astor Piazzolla to Carlos Santana and from Pink Floyd to "Dimebag" Darrell. Although the "Rod & Gab" well-known power-acoustic-instrumental sound remains with no change, there is some news: for the first time there's no covers (remember that many turned to see this guys for their wonderful versions of songs like Metallica´s "One", Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" or Led Zeppelin's "Stairway To Heaven"), on the other hand, perhaps realizing that the formula was beginning to run out, the duo incorporates instruments like ukulele, oud, darbuka and piano as well as including, also for the first time, an electric guitar with an Alex Skolnick solo. Though at sometimes can be slightly monotonous, "11:11" is a good record of (OK, let say it) world music with "Latin flavor" and rock flashes (though some people still think that this is flamenco music). -CORANNIEIT-
Rodrigo y Gabriela, 11:11
ATO Records, 2009
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