- Guillermo Cides
= History =
In the decade of the 90s appeared the first concertists and Stick solo recordings, and Guillermo Cides was one of the most active performers with his albums «El mundo interior de los planetas», «Primitivo» and the brilliant «The Bach Tribute», completely played with the Stick. Cides also edited the CCA Project with Linda Cushma and Tim Alexander (
Primus drummer) with artist guest:Tony Levin ,Trey Gunn , Steve Perrish among others. He also edited the first Stickistas Compilation with 22 Stick artists from different countries.As one of the few exponents of this instrument in the world, he has played as an artist guest in concerts of
Roger Hodgson (Supertramp );Emerson, Lake & Palmer ; Jethro Tull;Fish (Marillion ),John Wetton (Asia, UK);Rick Wakeman (Yes); Trey Gunn (King Crimson ),California Guitar Trio and has also toured world wide offering his own shows.The
Stick is a mix of an electric guitar and a bass, that is positioneddiagonally on the chest of the performer and played by pressing thestrings with the fingers of both hands at the same time, with apianistic concept, transforming the musician into a sonorous tactilepercussionist.Four instruments in one, invented by the Californian luthierEmmett Chapman in the 70s, the stick was popularized in the beginning byTony Levin in his live concerts with King Crimson and Peter Gabriel,and used afterwards in recordings for musicians such as John Lennonand Yoko Ono, Bruce Cockburn, David Sylvian, Thoya Wilcox, Yes...His music style is very difficult to classify, but Cides has beenincluded as a newness in prestigious festivals like «Festival de laGuitarra de Córdoba», «Festival de Música Étnica de Menorca», «U-ZonaReggae», «Festival de Jazz de Terrassa», «Festival Kesse de Músiques delMón» or the «Insolit Music Forum»... demonstrating the success andacceptance of promoters and audience to a proposal that is not elitist, butpopular and of high quality.
Argentinian and Spanish press have began talking about his work, and hisinterviews have appeared in national mass-media like «Clarín», «El País»,«Diario El Mundo», «El Periódico», «El País de Galicia», «La Vanguardia»,all the specialised magazines: «Guitar Player», «Guitarra Total», «Guitarist»,etc., and also playing live in the Spanish National Television -«Los conciertosde Radio 3» - TVE2, «Àgora» - C33/TVC-, including National Radios. He actually spends most ofthe time touring in different cities of Spain and other countries in Europe andAmerica. He has already been in Spain, Holland, England, France, Italy, Holland, U.S.A., Perú, Costa Rica, Chile, Uruguay, Peru, Argentina.
He is an official representative of Stick © in España and Argentina and founder of [http://www.stickcenter.com/ Stickcenter.com] - the first web site in Spanish about Stick artists.
Definitely, something new in the world of music!
Comments and reviews
"«The best stickist I have never seen was in Argentina: Guillermo Cides...»Trey Gunn (King Crimson)"
"«Cides has made become real what I had in my mind when I designed the instrument»Emmett Chapman, Stick inventor."
"«He's got the talent, and I think that the music lovers around theworld will enjoy his concerts» John Wetton (Asia, UK)"
"«El mundo interior de los planetas is an instrumental record of the stick-maestro GuillermoCides, that puts him in the same level as his contemporaries Tony Levin and Trey Gunn. Hiscourage in his work is also in his passion and his extraordinary technique»Progression Magazine, (USA)"
"«Cides is an excellent musician. I've got his records in my collection»Peter Hammill (Van der Graff Generator)"
Links to complete Cides songs authorized from the author to Wikipedia:
* [http://www.stickcenter.com/Audio/El_Mundo_interior.mp3 El Mundo interior de los Planetas / Mp3]
* [http://www.stickcenter.com/Audio/PrimitivoCides.mp3 Primitivo / Mp3]
* [http://www.stickcenter.com/Audio/BWV1043Cides.mp3 The Bach tribute by Cides / Mp3]
* [http://www.stickcenter.com/Audio/ElMundoHablaDemasiado.mp3 El Mundo Habla demasiado / Mp3]
* [http://www.stickcenter.com/Audio/LosDiasQueVendran.mp3 Los Dias Que Vendran / Mp3]
* [http://www.stickcenter.com/Audio/Ritual.mp3 Ritual Mp3]
* [http://www.stickcenter.com/Audio/Stay.mp3 Stay (vocal Irene Orleansky) / Mp3]
"Video: "
* [http://www.stickcenter.com/Cides/Video/CidesLive.mov Festival Allaire de Francia / Mov]
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