Alejandro Portela - Manhattan mood (feat. Héctor Martínez) (Official video)

Manhattan mood (feat. Héctor Martínez)
Composition and production: Alejandro Portela & Héctor Martínez
Clarinet lead: Héctor Martínez
Clarinets, bass clarinet and alto clarinet: Alejandro Portela
Date of composition: 10/2/202
[EN]
And this is for me is the song of the album. Gather all the elements exposed in previous songs; funky phrases, catchy chorus, a part of Arab solos, same structures...
The idea for Manhattan mood came up one summer afternoon improvising with Héctor, where he played the first part of what would become the chorus of the song. I liked Hector's idea so much that he decided to use it. The rest left alone. A first verse that already tells you what you are going to hear throughout the song and a strong bridge that leads to the chorus. The idea for klezmer solos came later, thinking about how we could continue the song. In this case we use it as an interlude completely alien to the rest, but with such a strong identity of its own that nothing was wrong with the song. It was from this theme that I began to propose the idea of ​​the album around all these elements.
[ES]
Y esta es para mi es la canción del disco. Reúne todos los elementos expuestos en anteriores canciones; frases funky, estribillo pegadizo, una parte de solos árabes, mismas estructuras...
La idea de Manhattan mood salió una tarde de verano improvisando con Héctor, donde tocó la primera parte de lo que sería el estribillo de la canción. Me moló tanto la idea de Héctor que decidí usarla. El resto salió solo. Una primera estrofa que ya te expone lo que vas a escuchar a lo largo de la canción y un puente con fuerza que da paso al estribillo. La idea de los solos klezmer vino después, pensando cómo podíamos continuar la canción. En este caso lo usamos como un interludio completamente ajeno al resto, pero con una identidad propia tan fuerte que no quedaba nada mal dentro de la canción. Fue a partir de este tema cuando empecé a plantear la idea del disco en torno a todos estos elementos.
INSTAGRAM: / xtela.10
MY WEB: alejandroportel...
CIRCINUS: distrokid.com/...
MANHATTAN MOOD: distrokid.com/...
MY SETUP:
to write scores: Musescore
to edit videos: Final Cut Pro
to record my songs and covers: Logic Pro
clarinet: Buffet RC Prestige
mouthpiece: Vandorem B40 Profile
bass clarinet: Buffet prestige
mouthpiece: Syos Daro Behroozi's Bass clarinet signature
alto clarinet: Yamaha YCL-631II
mouthpiece: Yamaha 4C
alto sax: Yamaha YAS-62
mouthpiece: Yamaha 4C
microphone: Rode NT1A
camera: iPhone 12 pro max
2nd camera: Sony HDR-AS100V