El Sonidito Explained

El Sonidito
Type:studio
Artist:Hechizeros Band
Cover:El Sonidito.jpg
Genre:Latin

El Sonidito is a 2008 Latin album by the Hechizeros Band known for its title track.

Composition and production

The band, which comes from Nayarit, Mexico, described its genre as a variety of Latin rhythms involving keyboards and vocals, inspired by cumbia, quebradita, chicote, and genres including ranchera, norteño, and Latin ballads.[1] They later called their genre "electrocumbia" and likened their rowdy ("reventón") dance music production to Sinaloan rhythm bands with a synthesizer in lieu of brass.

The album released on December 16, 2008. Their first single was the title track, "El Sonidito", followed by "Sunguirungui" later in 2009.

As of mid 2009, the band was preparing for a tour of the United States.

Reception

The album debuted at #44 on Billboard's Top Latin Albums in early 2009.[2] The album first gained traction on public transport in Mazatlán, Sinaloa. The title track became popular in Mexico and the United States, rising to #33 in Billboard's Hot Latin Songs later in the month,[3] reaching #18 in March 2009.[4] The band received a gold record in July for their sales in the United States.[5]

The album's title song, which Billboard described as a novelty, came at a time when regional Mexican radio was playing more upbeat, wacky, regional songs following Los Pikadientes de Caborca's "La Cumbia del Río", as compared to the radio's usual love songs and ballads (corridos).[6] The title track received strong criticism on the Internet, which the band acknowledged on balance with supporters who appreciated their presentation as simple and honest. The title track was further popularized by its inclusion in the 2013 video game Grand Theft Auto V.[7] It had become the celebration track that the Washington Nationals baseball team played after winning games by 2019,[8] [9] the year they won their first World Series.[10]

Bands who covered the title track include Chicano Batman.[11] A popular parody video created in 2010 edited clips from the German rock band Rammstein to appear as if playing the title track.[12]

Notes and References

  1. News: Sarabia . Martha . Amarga navidad . . 2008-12-22 . Spanish . 0276-590X . . Los Angeles, Calif., United States . mdy-all .
  2. News: Vicente Fernández sigue defendiendo el primer lugar con álbum 'Primera fila': BILLBOARD (columna) . EFE News Service . 2009-01-08 . Spanish . . mdy-all .
  3. News: Aventura defiende primer lugar de Billboard con el tema 'Por un segundo': BILLBOARD (columna) . EFE News Service . 2009-01-29 . Spanish . . mdy-all .
  4. News: 'Te presumo' de banda EL Recodo lidera lista de Hot Latin Songs de Billboard: BILLBOARD (Previsión) . EFE News Service . 2009-03-19 . Spanish . . mdy-all .
  5. News: Obtiene Hechizeros Band Disco de Oro en EU por su álbum 'El sonidito' . . 2009-07-01 . Spanish . . mdy-all .
  6. Ben-Yehuda . Ayala . Looney Tunes . . 121 . 5 . 17 . 2009-02-07 . English . 0006-2510 . . mdy-all .
  7. News: Romero . Axel . Soundtrack con toque mexicano . . 5 . 2017-04-01 . Spanish . 1563-7697 . . Nada como manejar un auto desenfrenadamente en Grand Theft Auto V al escuchar canciones ... "El Sonidito", de Hechizeros Band. .
  8. News: Fortier . Sam . Nationals take care of business in season finale, will face Brewers in NL wild card . . D1, D3 . 2019-09-30 . en-US . 0190-8286 . mdy-all . October 16, 2022 . October 10, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191010183727/https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/nationals/nationals-take-care-of-business-in-season-finale-will-play-brewers-in-nl-wild-card/2019/09/29/baad5f4a-e2d4-11e9-b403-f738899982d2_story.html . live .
  9. Web site: Hernandez . Juan Carlos . El Sonidito, himno de celebración de los Nationals . TUDN . 2019-10-02 . es-MX . 2022-10-16 . mdy-all . October 16, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221016175507/https://www.tudn.mx/mlb/el-sonidito-himno-de-celebracion-de-los-nationals . live .
  10. News: Waldstein . David . Hoffman . Benjamin . Nationals Win Their First World Series With One Last Rally . . 2019-10-30 . en-US . 0362-4331 . mdy-all . October 16, 2022 . October 16, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221016173948/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/30/sports/nationals-astros-game-7.html . live .
  11. News: Orozco . Gisela . Cumbia, soul y 'El sonidito' con Chicano Batman . . 15 . 2017-04-10 . . es . mdy-all . October 16, 2022 . January 15, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195827/https://www.proquest.com/docview/1944802100 . live .
  12. López-Cano . R. . 'The Who live in Sinaloa': videomemes musicales, punctum, contrapunto cognitivo y lecturas oblicuas . Revista Musical Chilena . 74 . 233 . 151–173 . Jan–Jun 2020 . 10.4067/S0716-27902020000100151 . 225602148 . Spanish . 0716-2790 . . mdy-all . free .

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