What if the Huelva fandango was recorded in the Joshua Tree desert? That seems to be the idea behind Stone Fandangothe new single from Cristian de Moretwho joins forces with Rocio Marquez to take the most classic singing to stoner rock territory. The combination, as improbable as it is natural, is a flash of creativity where elf and distortion go hand in hand.
The man from Huelva, always unclassifiable, continues to open paths after Electro Petenera“Malagueña Soul” or the bulerías of The Almond Blossom. Their sound once again escapes any label in this new release that sounds as if Queens of The Stone Age and Molotov had been born west of the Guadalquivir. Here, the guitars weigh like dunes and the flamenco voices burn under the Andalusian sun.
The spark for this collaboration came from the documentary Fandango by Remedios Malvárez and Arturo Andújar, a film awarded at multiple festivals that traces the origins and journey of this flamenco style between Andalusia and the Americas. From that idea comes this song that sounds like a trip, a border and miscegenation.
Stone Fandango It is also a new track from Cristian de Moret’s next album, Berbe Apacherscheduled for this fall. An album where the artist explores the connections between American roots, North Africa and flamenco, always with electronics as a common thread. Among the confirmed collaborations, Raimundo Amador also appears, with whom he already shared “La Resaca de tu Adiós.”
After Supernova (2021) and red horse (2023), Cristian de Moret reaffirms his place as one of the most visionary names of new flamenco. With Rocío Márquez by his side, “Stone Fandango” sounds like sea and desert, roots and distortion, an Andalusia that is reinventing itself again.
