“It’s nice to go to Ecuador, we always have a good time”: Los Pericos are excited to return to the country after seven years

the band of regé and ska Argentina The parrots returns to Ecuador after seven years. After working on a record that undoes some hits from the Spanish musical collective memory, they land in Ecuador to sing them live in a highly anticipated concert that recreates the gentle genre of i watered, with the local group Dad Chango.

“It’s nice to go to Ecuador, we always have a good time, we always have fond memories of the people of Ecuador, so we’re very excited and excited,” explains in conversation Ariel Wart Raiman, group drummer.

In the show they will perform their classics Waitin, Distant Pupils, Runaway, Unchained, among other things. “It will be a great party where we all have fun, those who have already seen us already know what it is about”, there stands that.

But this show is also the perfect opportunity to present his latest album. Long live Pericos! with covers of famous songs like Your prison, the era of heaven, the distance, black tears, and more.

This record work came about in the middle of the pandemic when they were unable to work on an album of original songs due to confinement restrictions. Then the plans changed and they really started to come up with a project that paid homage to Spanish-language songs, mostly Latin.

“In the beginning we had to listen to a lot of musicand know a lot of music, The pandemic was ideal for that… We asked friends from other countries to send us songs, so we didn’t just pick up songs we knew on the regué side or the stone, But we got into rhythms and things that weren’t so common ”, remembers Wart.

the singer songwriter Carla Morrisson He was one of the people who helped them by recommending music. “She gave us a list of Mexican songs we didn’t know existed. and we began to listen so that little by little we could choose.”

Some of the reverse themes are sung with other artists such as Ruben Albarran or Delio Valdez, but in others there was -besides voice- interaction with Emiliano Branciari And Carlos Vives, who worked in the production of handle with care, originally from Soda stereo. “He contributed with instruments, there’s accordions, guitars, melodies, things he wanted to put in the song, not just sing”, bill.

The parrots consists of Juanchi Baleiron (voice and guitar), William Louis Valentinis (guitar), Diego Key lock White (keyboards and choirs), gaston Moreira goncalvez (low), Marcelo Blanco (percussion) and Ariel Wart Raiman (battery).

They have been playing together for more than 37 years in a profession that they enjoy in all its facets. “We really love what we do, we put a lot of love, a lot of desire, a lot of professionalism, that always keeps us together. In addition, we always want to do something, when a cycle ends we want to do another one and like this all the time”, explains Topo.

Since their birth as a group, they have been dealing with the musical fashion, but they have not left the regué banner at any point. “We strive for us to like it and if we like it, people like it, and that’s what we’re happy about, that’s what we’re living, touring and recording. If at some point our song becomes fashionable, great, we’re not looking for that, nor to get into a rhythm we don’t like”. expresses the musician

Los Pericos will perform this Saturday, June 24 at 8 p.m. at Arena Top Media in Quito. Tickets are for sale on the various TicketShow platforms. cost tickets $35 (It beats me), $45 (walked away) and $55 (Pakeet box).