Javier Limón

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Javier Limón
A record producer, singer and songwriter
A record producer, singer and songwriter
Background information
Born1973 (age 50–51)
Madrid, Spain
GenresRock, pop, flamenco
Occupation(s)Record producer, singer-songwriter
LabelsCasa Limón
Websitejavierlimon.net

Javier Limón (born 1973) is a record producer, singer and songwriter born and raised in

Valencia, Spain as well as Boston, Massachusetts.[3]

Background

After completing his musical studies in piano and guitar at the

Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album for the album Juntos Para Siempre, another collaboration with Bebo Valdés.[7]

Musical style and production

Talent is the most important thing in order to make music. It only took a microphone and an orchestra to record the jewels that Gardel and the Sinatra did. The technological variety that exists now will produce a variety of art, and come when every kind of music that will suit the customer. I want my music to be linked to an object. Maybe because I come from a culture that valued the object: to touch it, look it and have it.

Javier Limón, El País[4]

To produce, Limón uses editing software such as Pro Tools, Cubase, Logic, mixing material in an analog way, not digital, and then "edit[ing] the album in the appropriate format."[4] Limón acknowledges that to make music in modern times, artists can "skip all the costs of intermediaries, but there's nothing like a studio where everyone can play at once, but that costs money to keep."[4] The main idea for Limón's production style is not to rely too heavily on the recording technology, so the final result documents the actual performance in the studio as closely as possible. Besides flamenco, Limón works in other musical genres. "There's electronic stuff [that] will be interesting to tackle. Now I'm doing some hip-hop, which also interests me."[8]

About his lyrical style, Limón prefers

octosyllabic or heroic verse," said Limón to Flamenco World.[8] Limón is a fan of Japanese haiku, since he admitted that "the most beautiful flamenco poetry has been written in haikus."[8]

Casa Limón

Limón started his own record label, Casa Limón, with the help of a sponsor (a brand of beer named 1906).

Latin Grammy Award nomination for Best Flamenco Album.[2] Concha Buika recorded her first album with Casa Limón and sold 150,000 units in Spain.[4]

In 2010, Limón produced and composed Mujeres de Agua, a collaboration album with performances by Mariza, Buika, La Shica, Montse, Genara, Aynur, Eleftheria, Estrella, Yasmin Levy, Susi, Sandra and Carmen Linares.[9] Limón described the album as a "search for songs from the Mediterranean that were undiscovered jewels."[9] Mujeres de Agua peaked at number 14 in the Spanish album charts.[10]

Discography

  • Limón (2005)
  • Son de Limón (2008)
  • Mujeres de Agua (2010)
  • Promesas de Tierra (2013)[11]
  • Oro (Original SoundTrack) (2017)
  • Refugio del Sonido (2018)
  • Todos Lo Saben (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2018)
  • OQ (album) (2018)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Javier Limón". Flamenco World. Archived from the original on June 15, 2011. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
  2. ^
    Rovi Corporation
    . Retrieved December 23, 2010.
  3. ^ Skelly, Matt. "Mediterranean Music Institute Launches". Berklee News. Retrieved November 28, 2011.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Rojo, José Andrés (August 19, 2008). "Es necesaria una ley implacable" (in Spanish). El País. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
  5. ^ a b Mora, Miguel (2006). "Javier Limón, productor y compositor". La Voz de los Flamencos: Retratos y Autoretratos. Ediciones Siruela: 307.
    ISBN 9788498411652
    . Retrieved December 23, 2010.
  6. ^ "Lista de nominados al los Grammy Latinos" (in Spanish). Terra Networks México. Archived from the original on October 7, 2012. Retrieved August 27, 2010.
  7. Rovi Corporation
    . Retrieved December 23, 2010.
  8. ^ a b c d Calado, Silvia. "Paco de Lucía es el verdadero productor del flamenco" (in Spanish). Flamenco World. Archived from the original on June 15, 2011. Retrieved December 22, 2010.
  9. ^ a b "Javier Limón – Encuentros digitales" (in Spanish). elmundo.es. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
  10. ^ "Javier Limón – Mujeres de Agua (album)". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 23, 2010.[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ "Promesas de Tierra | Berklee College of Music". college.berklee.edu. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
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