Jorge Natalin – Shaman Album

Sometimes, you need to dive deep into the material, examine all the compositions, pay close attention to all the elements, details, accentuations, and nuances, so you can fully appreciate and comprehend everything the artists intended to achieve with their recordings. Unfortunately, many of them try so hard without any success, often falling into the classic loophole where their music seems like they have overly exploited influences and reinvented the same wheel all over again. Thankfully, there are artists like Jorge Natalin, whose music tastefully, expertly, flawlessly blends various techniques and approaches, aiming to tackle all the senses. With “Shaman Album,” he successfully does that, proving that even in an oversaturated musical world, where artists and bands usually deliver the same old recording repeated over and over again, there is plenty of room for experimentation, examination, and reinvention. Natalin avoids being pigeonholed into a singular music genre. His music rather explored a comprehensive collection of different or complementary music genres, aiming to shape a perfect sonic imagery that will appeal to the ears of even the pickiest music enthusiasts. Even then, he leaves more than enough room for experimentation by implementing more or less fundamental elements that, according to his distinctive music taste, would do wonders for his compositions. Some listeners will notice implementation of alternative rock, indie rock, lo-fi, folk, yet there’s a subtle or more vividly hearable psychedelia, cinematic ambiance, experimental, and avant-garde lurking around. Jorge Natalin implements these qualities with such precision and finesse, thinking about even the tiniest sonic and rhythmic maneuvers. He uses all these additional sonic ingredients as more than necessary enhancements, accentuations, decorations, and other details to uplift these compositions to an entirely new level while simultaneously remaining loyal to the primary sonic direction. “Shaman Album” carries sound quality that meets all the trends in modern music production, yet you’ll notice a subtle touch of nostalgia lurking around, spicing things up, and making this comprehensive collection even more appealing to the ears. It exemplifies how experimental music could and should sound in the modern age, catchy, memorable, addictive, hypnotic, and irresistible. Jorge Natalin poured heart and soul into this material, thinking about everything while keeping the flow of the album so organic and detailed. His dedication to the craft shines through every sonic and rhythmic maneuver, without being overly produced and showy. Therefore, these experimentations with many different but complementary styles and various music genres resulted in a magnificent collection that will immediately resonate with anyone who appreciates cleverly assembled and flawlessly performed music.

Jorge Natalin’s guitar works make this epic sonic journey worth repeating over and over again. His understanding of harmony, melody, arrangements, and other qualities that define “Shaman Album” goes beyond comprehension so many times throughout the entire album. Also, it’s nearly mindblowing how all these layers articulate without overwhelming each other. The interplay between these layers creates calm, soothing, relaxing, ethereal, hypnotic soundscapes, which serve as a perfect backdrop for other instrumentations to shine upon. The entire amalgam of beautiful chord progressions and riffs collide with leads, themes, melodies, harmonies, accentuations, and other sonic maneuvers with such precision and finesse. These are the moments where Jorge Natalin’s experimentations unquestionably shine in the limelight, proving that he’s an outstanding songwriter and musician. Besides all these ear-appealing guitar works, you’ll notice how all those lush synths, samples, and other electronic music elements lurk around, supporting guitars to the max. Sometimes minimal, sometimes dominant, but always presented in the mix, these lush ambient pads, avant-garde movements, maneuvers, pulses, or more melodic shifts play a vital role here, making “Shaman Album” even more detailed and complex. Beneath all this orchestration lies a rock-solid low-end foundation that also plays a significant role in this sonic equation. You’ll notice all those profoundly detailed, vividly hearable, warm-sounding basslines, rumbling and contributing more heaviness, clarity, and depth to these compositions. Of course, “Shaman Album” wouldn’t sound complete without the rhythm section. Whether exploring entirely minimalistic percussion or more dominant beats, breaks, fills, and other percussive acrobatics, like those presented on the last composition, these cleverly assembled, flawlessly performed, well-accentuated, moderate rhythmic sequences keep the remainder of the instrumentation in line while dictating groove and pace. The last composition also showcases Jorge Natalin’s exceptional vocal performance that brings so much emotion and depth to this closing track. His calm, soothing, relaxing vocal harmonies invite you to revisit the entire album over again.

With “Shaman Album,” Jorge Natalin vividly showcases all his songwriting, composing, arranging, and producing abilities. Through brilliant ideas and marvelous musicianship, he constructs soundscapes rarely heard or seen on the contemporary music scene. Each composition exemplifies how alternative rock, when thoughtfully approached, examined, and transformed, could sound fresh, unique, innovative, and exciting. He poured heart and soul into this material, demonstrating all his experience, knowledge, creativity, talent, and skills, proving that he is one of the finest musicians the modern scene has to offer. Therefore, head to your favorite streaming platform and check “Shaman Album” out!