Rudy Deanda

Mazwi naZachary Weg

Down to his crisp suit, Sleek shangu, uye inzwi rinodziya, Muimbi-based muimbi, Rudy Deanda, murume munyoro. Sezvazvinonzwa pane yake Radiant Dout albhamu kubva pane izvi zvakapfuura Gunyana, Tender Epoch, the early-thirties, Los Angeles-born and Mexico-rooted artist holds an authenticity that is all too precious in this era of screens and two-minute phone calls with loved ones. It's a lightning-quick life, in which a decade can feel like just yesterday, but De Anda, a preternaturally talented popsmith, slows down to coo the listener with songs of love, longing, and joy.

De Anda's mother was pregnant with him when she and his father travelled from Mexico across the border to America, and the musician has a deep connection to the country of his ancestors. "Ndofunga, like any child, you're subconsciously absorbing everything around you like a sponge," he says from his home in the Windy City. "Vabereki vangu vese vaitaura chiSpanish uye yaive imba yaitaura chiSpanish. Handina kutomboziva kuti zvaindibata sei kusvika ndakura, uye ipapo ndakatanga kuita senge kudzokera shure uye kugadzirisa ese emimhanzi yakasiyana yandakanzwa ndichikura. Kumbundikira tsika dzangu pakukura kwandakaita, zvakaita semusanganiswa wezvose." Mai vake vaive "'80s mwana," sezvaanomudana norudo, uye mushure menguva pfupi muLos Angeles nharaunda yeWatts, De Anda nevabereki vake vakatamira pedyo neLong Beach uko, mumakore ake okuyaruka, akazvikanda munharaunda yepunk semutungamiri weboka rinopembererwa, Wild Pack yeCanaries.

Mushure menguva pfupi boka iroro rakaparadzana, munyori wenziyo akaburitsa toni-shifting yake yekutanga EP, Kubviswa (2015). Kuvhura nezuva "Zviratidzo zvePlumerias" uye nekudzvanya mitsetse yegitare isinganzwisisike yeThe Velvet Underground neyakapfava ye Andres Segovia, dambarefu rakasuma munyori wenziyo aiita seanokoshesa vateereri vainakidza kubva parwiyo nerwiyo. Kwapera gore, iyo yekuzvitsanangura yerudo yakapa iyo inofadza isina kunyadziswa LP, Kunonoka, Cadaver of a Day, iyo yairira kumarudzi akasiyana-siyana edombo—garaji, psychedelic, surf-uye inopera nekhibhodi-yakasaswa "Hazvichavepo," kuchema kwekurwadziwa asi kwekupedzisira kunorwadza kubva pamoyo.

De Anda anokweva kurudziro kubva pane zvaanoda kutaura nezvazvo "zvikamu zvakasiyana-siyana zverudo. Pane chikamu chichangobva kuchata, chikamu chinosuruvarisa, chikamu chekupa. Kune zvakawanda zvakasiyana zvikamu zverudo zvekuti unogona kunyora rwiyo nezvazvo." Uye kunyangwe mamwe magamba ake emumhanzi akanyora nezve mamwe madingindira uye zvaanofarira zvichienderera kune yekufungidzira ngano yaAldous Huxley., anoongorora zvine simba madingindira ekusingaperi erudo rwakadzikira, kuva wega, uye kurasikirwa paTender Epoch.

Yake yakakodzera debut album pasi pezita rake, kuedza kwemaminetsi makumi mana pakarepo kunofadza ne tropicalia-inflected opener, "The Mirror" asati apinda muhope "The Canaries" uye piano-yakabudirira "Mudikani." Yakanyorwa pamusoro pemazuva gumi nemana chete, iyo album kunyange zvakadaro inobudisa mapurisa anotaura nezvevimbiso uye maonero akajeka aDe Anda. Mupfungwa huru yezwi, mweya wemuimbi unopenya kuburikidza, sezvinoita tsitsi dzake kune vakasurukirwa uye vakaora mwoyo. Anoimba muchiSpanish nechiRungu pane iyo album uye, even if one doesn't understand one language or the other, it doesn't quite matter; his deeper purpose of connecting to the listener's innermost wishes comes forth.

As seen on the record's luminous cover art, the artist channels the musicians of years past, whether it be Sergio Mendes or Leonard Cohen, but almost ingeniously, he uniquely re-imagines their work. Discussing the album, anodaro, "It was that idea of, 'If I go tomorrow, I have to leave something here.' No one is going to know what I have if I just leave it in my brain and I don't vomit it onto a record. I needed to just get that kind of first homerun." Listening to the album, as De Anda closes with the shimmering "Abrasive," singing again and again, "Is it too late?," mumwe anonzwa kukurumidza kukuru mukati meDe Anda uye anonzwa kuti pfungwa yake yekuzvimiririra yaienderana nekugadzira rekodhi..

Tender Epoch ndizvo, pakupedzisira, rwiyo runozarurwa rwezvishuwo zvinotsvedza izvo vanhu vanotakura mazuva ese: nyemwerero yakadzoka kubva kune tsvarakadenga yepachitoro chekofi, dhizeti nemurume anoshanda nesimba mushure memaawa asiri, kushambira mumvura yeLos Angeles. Iri album yekuchengeta, yakagadzirwa nenyanzvi ine kenduru ichapfuta.