Klimax

Her spiller dei låta La Permuta frå den siste cden Solo Tu Y Yo.

Klimax skal på ein miniturne i Europa i sommer og er absolutt eit band ein bør få med seg.

Klimax: Solo Tu Y Yo

Released 2008;

"Piloto and his band have always been apart from the average timba band, in part because what he produces isn’t straight up timba, often mixing rhythms from around the Caribbean, and because his recording and production technique often sounds more modern and professional than the average Cuban recording. It sounds like he spends time outside of Cuba, which he does, and on Solo Tu Y Yo, he’s doing his traditional mixing of stuff. In case non-Cuban speaking people buy the album (something that’s been on his mind from early on), it comes with a Cuban-Spanish dictionary; the music’s the same, a salsa/timba/other stuff mix, all played perfectly. There’s some Latin pop schmaltz, per usual, but when this band starts moving down the road, get out of the way. Not only is Piloto a great writer, but his drumming is as good as it gets in the idiom, which is saying something. There’s the sense of musical heaviness you hear in great bands, whether it be the Coltrane Quartet or the Rolling Stones. Piloto’s invited a bunch of people to perform, from Omara Portuondo, Pablo Milanes, Tania Pantojo, Chucho Valdez and the goddess Haydee Milanes who’s pretty much brilliant on her track, offering a new set of melodies for improvisation. Dance music doesn’t get better than this, intelligent, driving, of a place, heroic.
Highly Recommended. "
(Peter Watrous, 2008-07-23)

Klimax

Giraldo Piloto og Klimax med Es Un Peligro frå plata Nadie Se Parece A Ti.

Klimax: Nadie Se Parece A Ti

"There's funny stuff all over this record; it's dripping street. Check out the last few seconds of "La Rompeamor de La Habana," a tune about a girl that breaks up marriages. And the first tune, "La Chica Perfecta," is worth the price of admission, a flat out timba rocker that moves into a long groove section, then into breaks. Recorded in the Canary islands, the music sounds modern, with a bass that grinds more than even the regular timba style. As usual, Piloto breaks up the rhythms, moving into shuffles that sound pan-Caribbean through timba and onto to cumbias. One tune opens with a synth-accordion that sends a friendly commercial wave to Colombia; it doesn't take long for the breaks to take over, turning the cumbia into a timba-fueled roar. This is the shiznitz, top grade Cuban dance music with an eye to the outside world.
Highly Recommended."

Kjelde: descarga.com, Peter Watrous

KLIMAX 15 års jubileum

"The most sophisticated and strikingly original of the major Timba bands, by a considerable margin, is Giraldo Piloto's Klimax. Descended from a long line of famous Cuban musicians and composers, Piloto has been omnipresent throughout the first decade of Timba history as a drummer, a songwriter and an arranger. He was a founding member of the first Timba band, NG La Banda. When La Charanga Habanera exploded onto the scene, their first big hit, "Me Sube la Fiebre", was written by Piloto and they followed it up with several other Piloto songs, including "Mi Estrella". When Issac Delgado left NG to form his own group, Piloto became his musical director and wrote a number of songs for him, including possibly his most important hit, "No Me Mires a los Ojos", which Issac still plays at nearly every concert. In January of 1995, after 8 years at the epicenter of the Timba revolution, Piloto decided to form his own group and in April of that year, Klimax played its first concert at the famous La Cecilia club on Avenida Quinta.
Klimax has released 3 CD's on Spain's Eurotropical label and has toured extensively throughout Europe and South America."

Kjelde: timba.com

Her er dei med låta Get Busy frå dvden De La Mejor Música Cubana



De La Mejor Música Cubana - Klimax... The Best Cuban Music DVD
DVD (Mundo Libre 15162), Released 2006;

"Those of you who have enjoyed the killer DVD Knockout — the collaborative effort by Bamboleo and Manolito — are gonna simply love this explosive Cuban music event hosted by drummer Giraldo Piloto and his red hot band Klimax. If the sheer polyrhythmic musicianship of this one-of-a-kind timba-son-salsa performance isn’t a splash of ice cold water on your face, well the dozen or so perpetually gyrating ladies on stage — will, at the very least, test your equilibrium. I wasn’t aware that the human butt could speak such immense volumes.
That would be enough for most of us, but “De La Mejor Música Cubana” goes further, featuring such a roster of high caliber special guests that it would be hard to image a more jam-packed show. Here are some of the performing luminaries: Vania Borges (the former queen of Bamboleo) who completely transforms the place, Cesar “Pupy” Pedroso, Roberton (from Los Van Van), Leoni (of Charanga Habanera fame), Cubanitos 20-02, Amaury Pérez, the legendary Chucho Valdés, Mayra Caridad Valdés and many others.
This superlative performance took place at the Avellaneda del Teatro Nacional in Havana. It is peppered with occasional commentary by Mr. Piloto and other luminaries like Juan Formel and Pupy Pedroso.
It’s one hour and thirty six minutes that goes by *very* fast.
Very Highly Recommended."

Kjelde: BP descarga.com,

Klimax

Her er Giraldo Piloto med bandet sitt Klimax og låta Es un peligro frå plata Nadie Se Parece A Ti.



Klimax: Nadie Se Parece A Ti

"There's funny stuff all over this record; it's dripping street. Check out the last few seconds of "La Rompeamor de La Habana," a tune about a girl that breaks up marriages. And the first tune, "La Chica Perfecta," is worth the price of admission, a flat out timba rocker that moves into a long groove section, then into breaks. Recorded in the Canary islands, the music sounds modern, with a bass that grinds more than even the regular timba style. As usual, Piloto breaks up the rhythms, moving into shuffles that sound pan-Caribbean through timba and onto to cumbias. One tune opens with a synth-accordion that sends a friendly commercial wave to Colombia; it doesn't take long for the breaks to take over, turning the cumbia into a timba-fueled roar. This is the shiznitz, top grade Cuban dance music with an eye to the outside world.
Highly Recommended."

Kjelde: Peter Watrous, Descarga.com.

Klimax i Danmark

Klimax som er ei av mine favorittgrupper var nyleg på ein liten turne i Europa. Følgande rapport er frå Dj Salsani juli -07:

" Super fantastisk koncert med cubanske Klimax. Tak skal du have. Hvilket brag av en koncert. Total energiutladning midt i Horsens. Det er længe siden at jeg har set og oplevet så godt en koncert. Mine fødder stod simpelthen ikke stille i den 2 1/2 time den varede. Jeg havde ellers ikke de store forventninger til Klimax. Havde hørt deres sidste album fra 2004, Nadie se parece a ti, og jeg følte ikke at det kunne blive den vilde koncert. Manden bag Klimax Giraldo Piloto er en af de helt store profiler i cubansk musik- han var medstifter av det efterhånden legendariske NG La Banda hvori f. eks. Issac Delgado og mange andre cubanske musikere har startet deres musikalske karriere i. Giraldo Piloto har skrevet hits til både Charanga Habanera og været musikalsk leder for førnævnte Issac Delgado. Jeg indrømmer at bandet aldrig har sagt mig det helt store og jeg spiller sjældent Klimax ude på salsatekerne. Men det skal der nok laves om på.
Ja jeg vover pelsen og siger at denne koncert var årets koncert og også de forgangene års. Koncerten startede ellers med en katastrofe af lyd hvor hele lydbilledet var ude af balance. Men det blev rettet op på hen ad vejen- men lydbilledet blev aldrig helt optimalt. Men jo længere vi kom i koncerten, jo mindre betød det- for de 3 frontfigurer gjorde deres arbejde perfekt.Glad og oplagt band der sparkede R.. Giraldo Piloto gav trommerne en ordentlig gang tæv og sprang også selv rundt på scenen i vilde danse sammen med de 3 knægte der vel nok vidste hvordan man skulle få pigerne til at hvine... Chippendales Go Home:-) Der var gamle velkendte numre som Oye Como Va og bandet sluttede af med 2 superfede reggaetonnumre af Daddy Yankee. 10 stjerner til Klimax. Glæder mig til at gruppen forhåbentlig snart udgiver en ny cd."