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Griselda Diaz and Hola Unicorn! records first album with LTD
Hola Unicorn! Brings KME to Alternative
Sulari, Suldanor
February 15, 4890


Hola Unicorn!, the Gaduri Alternative and Electronica band fronted by singer Griselda Diaz, records their first album in Sulari for LTD

Griselda Diaz, the Gaduri singer who was a featured singer with the Los Angeles Rojos at Gan Jam 4886, has returned to the Republic to record her first record with her Alternative Rock band Hola Unicorn!. The lyrics will all be in Egelian, and as such, represnts the first serious extension of the Egelian language into the Alternative music scene since KME came alive in the Republic nearly a decade ago.

"Queríamos hacer un disco que capturara el sonido de la alternativa kalistaní, pero con un toque de Gaduri," said Diaz. "Era natural que quisiéramos volver a Kalistan para grabar este disco." Following the 4886 GanJam, Diaz began working out a deal with La Tienda Discos Records to record an alternative album in the Republic, but initial deals fell through when Diaz herself felt that she couldn't make the record as a solo singer. "Así que armé a mi banda, hicimos algunos shows en Gaduridos, obtuvimos nuestra confianza y luego, cuando estábamos listos para empezar, LTD dijo que estaban listos para grabarnos."

The Singer and her new band, Hola Unicorn! returned to Kalistan in late 4889 to record their first record, "Toda la Noche" The record combines the bass and guitars with keyboards and cavernous production to produce a solidly Alternative Record. "The best thing about this record," said promoter Gail Montange, "is that is is really the first record slated for major distribution which takes a solidly Kalistani alternative sound, on the one hand and pairs with with a Gaduri Band, singing in Egelian. We usually find a lot of Egelian in dance music, and of course we do import a lot of music from Gaduridos which does very well in the Republic. But this is the first time a Gaduri artist has done a record that falls solidly into the more Kalistani production and instrumentation styles of music."

The band insisted on using all Kalistani technical personnel on the record. Said Diaz, "Queríamos ese sonido que está asociado con la radio Kalistani, pero no pensamos que pudiéramos hacer ese disco en Gaduridos, porque tienen una forma casi diferente de hacer discos allí. Por eso era tan importante para nosotros venir aquí para hacer este disco. Si lo hubiéramos hecho en Gaduridos, tendría una textura y un sonido muy diferentes." The texture she referred to has to do with a lot of the production choices made in mastering. "We worked with a lot of overdubs and echo effects on this record to make it kind of dreamy, but still had that driving bass which is associated with the Gaduri roots," said Montange. "She even brought that up forward a bit, just to say, kinda, "We're just doing something a little different."

The result is a 13 song LP which clocks in at just over 42 minutes. The songs range from fizzy guitars and distorted synths, with a solid driving bass rhythm on "Cuando la mente se va" to a more dance oriented electronica which has a heavily flanged guitar backing up and providing highlights for the keyboards in the lead single "Sabes que Te Quiero." the subject matter of the songs deals with emotions, love, resistance to the pressure to conform, and even the feeling of being lost at your own Party. "A veces solo necesitas esconderte en tu propio baño," says one of the lines in the song "Perdido a plena vista". "En general, este disco es un álbum conceptual," said Diaz. "Se supone que describe la variedad de emociones y, como la euforia, la depresión y etcétera, que las personas pueden experimentar en el transcurso de tan solo 24 horas."

It is far different from her work with Los Angeles Rojos a few years ago, when Diaz showed up with the Gaduri band at GanJam. But it does tap into a Kalistani Electronica and Alternative sound, and brings a whole new language to the genres, which themselves have largely, for some reason, not been very attractive to Musica Egelian artists. "Quiero decir, para mí," said Diaz, "KME es la música para bailar, divertirse, y disfrutar de la vida. No cantan mucho sobre las emociones más oscuras y, en general, cuando no tienen ganas de bailar. Pero a veces, eso es solo un hecho de la vida y lo aceptamos en nuestra música."

Hola Unicorn!'s album, "Toda la Noche" was released today on LTD records, and is currently in heavy rotation on Radio 1, making Hola Unicorn! the first Egelian language band to break big on the Flagship Republican Radio Station.

Hola Unicorn! recording tracks for their record "Toda la Noche" at LTD Studio in Sulari in November
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