With a race that has taken Dominican music to international stages, the composer, percussionist and producer Chichí Peralta continues to reinvent himself without losing his roots. Recognized for his unmistakable global fusion style, the artist prepares for the launch of his seventh album, Endorfina, a proposal that promises to be as rich in rhythms as in emotions.
Within the album, Peralta presents the cofrecito, a simple compound, produced and directed by himself, which sensitivity addresses the issue of unconditional love against Alzheimer’s. The song is an impressive fusion that drinks from the roots of ethnic music and is mixed with elements of the World Music. It incorporates genres such as flamenco, jazz, rock, salsa, guaguancó, they are and timba, and is enriched with hypnotic and unique sounds: the doubt (Armenian wind instrument), the bansuri (bamboo flute original exotic percussions of different latitudes.
To this launch is added the Meneíto, another advance of endorphine, an animated and contagious theme that celebrates the spirit of the party and movement. With a vibrant percussion that characterizes Chichí’s seal, the song connects the past with the present through a fresh but familiar sound, reaffirming the legacy of an artist who has made music a celebration of identity and diversity.
Endorphine, scheduled to launch this year, encapsulates the essence of Chichí Peralta’s career: 14 themes that represent World Latin music to its maximum expression. In this production, the artist fuses Latin music with global genres such as gospel, jazz, Hindu sounds, Arabs and symphonic elements, achieving a deeply connected musical experience with its roots and, at the same time, open to the world.
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Your music has always been a fusion of sounds and cultures. How did the idea of incorporating instruments such as Duduk, Bansuri and Kora in the cofrecito emerge?
This comes from my father, who since childhood, began to play different musical genres. From the London symphony to Elvis Presley and Johnny Ventura had to do all that. Then I am very interested in the sounds of many parts of the world and towards anthropological studies of these instruments, giving me the opportunity to record with various instruments. Kora is an African harp that sounds beautiful. Armenia and Pakistan Duduk and Bansuri that is from India.
The El Cofrecito video clip addresses unconditional love and Alzheimer’s. What motivated you to touch this issue and how do you expect the public to receive this message?
I hope that the public receives the message of this issue with the same love and respect that we have done, and we give it to all humility, so that people can look at love from a more open point of view. Have the sensitivity of visiting the sick and putting a grain of sand to this scourge of Alzheimer’s, which is personally touching us at this time. Make an exaltation to all the people who are going through this and know that they are warriors and that you have to celebrate their lives.
This single is part of your next album, the seventh of your career. What can we expect from this new project in terms of sound and concept?
The concept of the album is that it will lead you to travel paths of loudities that will try to make you feel comfortable. A music made for the head and feet. It is an album that pretends that you can listen quietly talking with friends, or that you can dance it because it has songs of all kinds and all color; Sound fusion.
You have worked with great names in the industry and have taken Dominican music to international scenarios. What learnings have your evolution marked as an artist over the years?
The learning that my path has marked is music. Being able to work with famous and not very famous musicians until we can reach our own project and appreciate the effort of the human being as a whole. From which the show arms to the one that does the show. Everyone is an important and indispensable card so that we can show off on stage. I have learned to value that kind of courage and delivery of all the people who work in this race.
After so many successes and musical explorations, is there any genre or instrument that you have not yet experienced and would you like to include in future productions?
I have experienced many instruments in the world, so we call our World Latin Music musical movement that is Caribbean Latin music with music from the world. There are many things to discover, extremely important instruments, voices of the Tibet, that I have future plans and many investigations that are in process.
