TRAUCOHOLIK tells their album "Kalku"
The band TRAUCOHOLIK tells their album "Kalku" out since September 2013. You can purchase the album here.
THE COVER ART FOR THE ALBUM:
The album’s cover is a drawing I made (Perro Asmátiko)thinking
about the union between Traucoholik and Chilean mythology, the Teutue
represents mythology, the fig tree represents the band with a full moon behind
it, referencing the “noche de San Juan” next to a cliff. There’s a secret
message behind all this, it’s a similarity with the art from one of “Los
Jaivas” album (“Canción Del Sur”), implying that their music has been an
inspiration because of their enormous musical talent. Here we make a covenant
with the mythology of our country in order to maintain those stories told by
the dark side… young Luke.
ABOUT THE SONGS:
01.
Intro Perimontu
By Âœn Dewü
The warlock of the storm visualizes the rising of the
Kaleuche, leaded by Kai Kai’s adoptee. In his vision, the warlocks of all
Chiloé hear the calling of the living ship rising from the depths bellow.
02.
Kaleuche (Lyrics Perro Asmatiko, Music Traucoholik)
In the present day, the ship’s captain is the evil
Sablesangriento (the name translates to Bloody Saber), violently sailing the
seas gathering the souls of the fallen, helping his ship’s company who are most
of the time thinking only about celebrating.
03. Sakeo (Lyrics Perro Asmatiko, Music Traucoholik)
At the end of the song “Kaleuche”, the story goes back
into Sablesangriento’s memories of his days as a mortal when he was one of the
most soulless pirates to sail the Chilean coasts. Sakeo is a tribute to
Sablesangriento’s last night, where he invades La Serena, burning and raping
every single corner of the city succumbing to the terror caused by his saber.
04.
Taberna Deúl (Music Traucoholik)
Instrumental. This is the tavern where every pirate celebrates his
lootings. There are no rules here, just get drunk with all the stolen
treasures!
05. Bruja de la Bruma (Lyrics Perro Asmatiko, Music Traucoholik)
Violent, horny, beautiful and insane… The woman every
sailor wants, but in exchange to the pleasure, what’s better than a nice plate
of human meat, salted with sea salt.
06.
La visión de Sablesangriento (Lyrics Perro Asmatiko, Music Traucoholik)
With this song we come to the ending of Sablesangriento’s
saga, marking the day when he let himself get captured by the Spanish crown,
who in La Serena’s central plaza tied him to a log of wood inside a regular
boat with chains and heavy blocks, sending him offshore on fire, however, this
death was necessary for him to rise as an immortal soul, the definitive captain
of Kaleuche.
07.
Tue Tue (Lyrics Perro Asmatiko, Music Traucoholik)
This is the main song of the album “Kalku” that
proceeds from the native tongue Mapudungun. A long time ago, “Tue Tue” was the
name given to the warlocks (men that practiced black magic). Chilean warlocks
are generally known for their ability to transform into winged heads that
scream “tuetuetuetue”. This is a reference to the Chilean warlock using a black
cape, with feathers blacker than darkness itself, a tribute to the men of black
magic that in more than one occasion scampered a foreigner with faith in gods
different to the indigenous cosmology from ancient times. Particularly, this
song is focused on the steps of a bone collecting warlock from the mountains,
who works with little elves and bones.
08.
Trauco (Demon’s seed) (Lyrics Chifulongko/PsicoKiltro, Music Traucoholik)
Long story short, this is a remake of a song from the
demo titled “Traukish Violation”, where we improved the sound quality thanks to
the arrival of new members to the band, the blonde ones (Psicokiltro and
Kalfvgvrv), and the crazy one (M.F. Rooster). We intended to put a message to
ourselves for the day we look back to our work as a band and remember when we
used to use the English language so people from around the world would
understand the message in our songs, the story behind them, however we
overlooked something of great importance, the fact that we were composing
“folk” music, and the roots of our culture are in great measure established by
our language “chileno” (“po”, “conchetumare”, “weá”, “culiar” for example)so we
decided that people from other countries should be patient enough to try to
understand our shitty language… So now we write our lyrics in Spanish, or
rather, in Chilean (chileno).
09. Kalku Instrumental (Music Traucoholik)
This is the tune played when the devil takes a warlock
under the dark night to his caves on the hills, making him into a weapon for
his own evildoings and shenanigans.
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