{"id":34991,"date":"2023-09-20T18:28:42","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T16:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/?p=34991"},"modified":"2023-09-20T18:39:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T16:39:14","slug":"cruz-contreras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/2023\/09\/cruz-contreras\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruz Contreras"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\" lang=\"NL-NL\" xml:lang=\"NL-NL\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-34992\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/a3860569864_16-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/a3860569864_16-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/a3860569864_16-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/a3860569864_16.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cruzcontreras.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cruz Contreras<\/a><\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\"> was de spil in The Black <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW37797615 BCX8\">Lillies<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\">, een americanagroep die enige bekendheid verwierf met mooie albums en die het daarmee zelfs bracht tot opt<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\">redens op Nederlandse podia. Daarvoor was <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\">h<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\">ij met zijn toenmalige echtgenote<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\"> al<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\"> belangrijk in <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW37797615 BCX8\">Robinella<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\"> (<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW37797615 BCX8\">and<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW37797615 BCX8\">the<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW37797615 BCX8\">CCStringband<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\">)<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\">. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\">Nu, op een wat <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\">gevorderde leeftijd, is er ruimte voor een eerste soloalbum, <\/span><strong><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\">Cosmico<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\">. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\">Hij zegt daarover dat hij wel door had kunnen gaan met The Black <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\">Lillies<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\">, maar dat hij zichzelf wilde uitdagen. Het resultaat mag er zijn. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\">Er staan 9 nummers op <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW37797615 BCX8\">Cosmico<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\">. Een<!--more--> belangrijke factor op deze plaat is echter meer de sound die neergezet wordt, waarin <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\">deze liedjes naadloos passen. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\">Meestal een <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\">droge beat van drummer <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\">Matty <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW37797615 BCX8\">Alger<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\">, waarna een<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\"> soort geluidstapijt wordt neergelegd door multi-instrumentalisten <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\">(<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\">en <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\">producenten<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\">)<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\">Ethan <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW37797615 BCX8\">Ball<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW37797615 BCX8\">i<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW37797615 BCX8\">nger<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\"> en <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW37797615 BCX8\">Megan<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW37797615 BCX8\">McCormick<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\">en bassist <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW37797615 BCX8\">Rich<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW37797615 BCX8\">Brinsfield<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\"> (maakt ook deel uit van<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\"> de reeds hieronder besproken<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\"> Drew <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW37797615 BCX8\">Holcomb<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\"> &amp; <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW37797615 BCX8\">the<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW37797615 BCX8\">N<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW37797615 BCX8\">eighbours<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\">)<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\">. Soms heeft dat een licht psychedelisch tintje. Het contrasteert eigenlijk wel mooi met de wat aarzelende en bronzen\u00a0stem<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\"> van <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW37797615 BCX8\">Contreras<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\">. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\">Hij speelt daarbij zelf diverse toetseninstrumenten en een akoestische gitaar<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\">. Bij elkaar best een origineel <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\">en aangenaam geluid waarmee <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW37797615 BCX8\">Contreras<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\"> een waarde<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\">vol album kan presenteren.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\" lang=\"NL-NL\" xml:lang=\"NL-NL\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37797615 BCX8\"><em>Cosmico<\/em> is in diverse vormen te bestellen op de <a href=\"https:\/\/cruzcontreras.bandcamp.com\/album\/cosmico\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bandcamp-pagina<\/a> van Contreras.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW37797615 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2220968243\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=e99708\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/track=379679736\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cruzcontreras.bandcamp.com\/album\/cosmico\">Cosmico by Cruz Contreras<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cruz Contreras was de spil in The Black Lillies, een americanagroep die enige bekendheid verwierf met mooie albums en die het daarmee zelfs bracht tot optredens op Nederlandse podia. Daarvoor was hij met zijn toenmalige echtgenote al belangrijk in Robinella (and the CCStringband). Nu, op een wat gevorderde leeftijd, is er ruimte voor een eerste [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recensies"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34991"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34999,"href":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34991\/revisions\/34999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}