‘De Guayaquil’, the song written by Diego Gallardo (Aire del Golfo) and sung today by his wife and friends

Diego Gallardo He determined that 2024 would be the year he would make the most music. And it is fulfilled. The Ecuadorian singer, who was one of the victims of the violent events of January 9, has managed to realize the dream of his songs reaching a wider audience.

From Guayaquil is the song now available on Spotify and featuring the voices of his friends and his artist wife Camille Gamarra, who is now taking charge of his musical project Wave air so that the musical themes he left behind become productions.

The song, in which Sophy Mell, Pablo Gómez, Juan Pablo Molina, María Paz Farah, María José Chancay, Eduardo Zeballos, Francisco Ortega, Jorge Vega (percussionist), Andrés Cuartas, Sergio Vivar, Sebastián Ontaneda, Pechiche Mena, José participate in Ayala , García Anda, Luis Sáenz, Kevin Klein. Diego’s brothers Nicolás and Daniel Gallardo, as well as Gamarra, also join them.

Gabriel García took over the musical direction of this production which is part of the posthumous album Let Buzz 2, who plans to record 7 songs written by Gallardo (Aire del Golfo).

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“The song From Guayaquil The lyrics are about 5 to 6 years old, already written, and I produced them and with Diego we started the Aire del Golfo project about five years ago, when we gave our first concert at La Bota, at the Malecón del Salado. There were just the two of us, with guitars and congas, and from there we started bringing more musicians to the project to realize Diego’s dream: an orchestra,” says artist José Ayala, a friend of Gallardo.

Ayala and Gallardo created Del Golfo Productions, a production company that advised and provided a platform for emerging national artists. “It was cool, a cool community was created, that was Diego, he saw things differently, he knew what we had to do to mark a path for those who came.”

Make it buzz 2

According to Ayala, the songs that will appear on this album were recorded by Gallardo years ago. “Where before many musicians were part of the project, there are now twice as many. There are still musicians participating in the project,” he says.

Let Buzz 1, It was presented in 2019 as the first part of a double album.

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“He had almost everything recorded, only details were missing to complete the entire project. He knew it wasn’t time to release the album yet because he was missing a song, he wanted to try other producers. While all this was happening, he went out Standing, Oh, what’s hot! songs to keep everything, because he knew that the album Dejar Zumbar 2 was the conclusion of everything he was, I would believe, from the ages of 15 to 25. That was his life, which he had been creating for a long time. Pyramid He created it at the age of 14,” Ayala adds.

Aire del Golfo currently registers over 12,000 monthly listeners on Spotify with popular songs such as Pitahaya woman (33,508, in first place); Pyramid, standing, however And Salinas.

Tribute concert

His family and friends have taken the lead, ensuring that Gallardo’s musical legacy is recreated in all possible spaces and settings. This Saturday, February 3, a tribute concert to Aire del Golfo is planned, which will take place at the Palacio de Cristal (malecón Simón Bolívar).

Visitors to the event, which starts at 4 p.m., must wear white clothing. To purchase tickets for this presentation, please call 98-510-8407. The entrance fee is $10.

The money raised will be used to help three families who lost their parents on January 9, 2024. (I)