Re-Foc

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Released2002
Length40:15
Label Rubyworks Records
Producer Rodrigo y Gabriela
Rodrigo y Gabriela chronology
re-Foc
(2002)
Live: Manchester and Dublin
(2004)
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re-Foc is the first widely available album by Mexican guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela, released in 2002. Some songs are re-recorded versions of those that appeared on Foc, a 9-track demo put together by the band in April/May 2001. [2] The demo was "recorded at home, without microphones - everything was played through the guitar pick-ups. This meant that some of the percussion on the strings sounded very quiet". [3] Others were written for the album, which features contributions from the violinist Zoë Conway and bodhrán player and percussionist Robbie Harris.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Rodrigo Sánchez and Gabriela Quintero, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Diem" (dedicated to Dave Mustaine)4:50
2."New One"6:09
3."Foc"5:39
4."Georges Street" / "The Tartar Frigate" (Sánchez, Quintero; Matt Seattle)4:21
5."30 de Marzo"4:14
6."Paris"3:52
7."Take Five" / "One (foc-ing version 9)" (Paul Desmond; James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich)6:44
8."Temple Bar"4:27

Some editions list the last track as "Sangre y Ritmo" instead of "Temple Bar".

Track 6 contains an excerpt of "Blitzkrieg" (Blitzkrieg).

Personnel

Rodrigo y Gabriela
Additional performers
Production

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References

  1. Re-Foc at AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  2. http://www.discogs.com/Rodrigo-Y-Gabriela-Foc/release/4949451 "Discog's entry"
  3. "2012 Irish Interview" Cormac Looney, 'Rodrigo y Gabriela; A Profile and interview', CLUAS, February 2002 (accessed August 4, 2014).