Damn hot chilli: Héctor Buitrago

Let's go back to some music.

Héctor Buitrago is a bassist and head musician of one of colombian most famous bands abroad, Aterciopelados. During 2006, he took some time off to record his own album, Conector (A game of words in spanish that means both connector and "Con Héctor", literally "with Héctor"). Taking some time off is a way of saying, because the other musicians involved in his "solo" project were mainly the ones from his own band, including a wide participation of Andrea Echeverri, the other head of the band.

The original idea was to record an instrumental album, "connecting" typical latin american music styles with electric sounds. Only after hearing the first results of the recording Héctor decided that instruments were not enough to emphasize the type of sounds he wanted to hear, so he began to add some lyrics and voices.

The result is an album that mixes a broad range of music styles, like pop music, latin american folk and even some mantras in a very original way. The result is a blend of styles that may not have been born to be together, but played by Héctor fit perfectly well.

Julieta Venegas, Andrea Echeverri and Alex Ubago are, among others, the musicians that help to create, with their voices, one of the most personal and sensible work up to date for this latin american pop star.

As a sample, you can hear "Fruto Real", one of the best songs in the album, and a perfect tribute to the act of eating "hot chilli peppers":