Armando Peralta Este Fuego took five years to compose, arrange and PR-produce in San Juan, Puerto Rico-Armando's home at that time for eleven years. Armando was good friends with the sizzling drummer Omar Hakim a driving force for the uniquely crafted rhythms on the album. Giovanni Hidalgo, the number one conga player in the world, joined in as friend and performer. Steve Porcaro from Toto.
Working with this white-hot and stellar assembly of musicians out of the pop, Latin and Jazz worlds
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Armando Peralta Este Fuego took five years to compose, arrange and PR-produce in San Juan, Puerto Rico-Armando's home at that time for eleven years. Armando was good friends with the sizzling drummer Omar Hakim a driving force for the uniquely crafted rhythms on the album. Giovanni Hidalgo, the number one conga player in the world, joined in as friend and performer. Steve Porcaro from Toto.
Working with this white-hot and stellar assembly of musicians out of the pop, Latin and Jazz worlds
Jump to fall, 2008, in a recording studio Armando is remixing the tracks from his first album and adding in new compositions to create a full compliment of Eleven New tracks and an Illustrated Book of Poetry In a Special addition Release as well as the Standard Album Release will be avaialble at Amazon and Itunes among all other Major Retail stores.
Armando Peralta's new production titled "Hurakan" was given to it after the Taino and Mayan god of Tempest Storms as we know it as the Hurricane.
Armando defines this wonderful new "World Music " production as an album that speaks to our vulnerability in the midst of uproar and chaos to introspectively look inside ourselves where we can find the calm in our center like in the eye of the storm. That place that leads us to renewal and a healing process learning to look deeply feel deeply and experience all with courage going inside ourselves. This is a catalyst and renewal for both ouselves as individuals our families and our communities.
Armando is back with the all star musicians from the first incarnation of the sound that generated a wave of critical acclaim and fans in the world music and Latin crossover markets as well as new ones.
Armando Peralta's "Hurakan" is available as of Febuary 14th 2009 under the label World Pulse Music.
Armando Peralta and will be doing an international press and promotional tour beginning April 2009 including the USA, Canada, Mexico , Argentina ,Spain, Italy , Germany , Austria ,United Kingdom and Australia and Japan this spring and summer.
Quincy Jones Recording Partner Bruce Swedien called Armando's song "Maria" a masterpiece. Bruce is a 5 time Grammy Award winning producer withr Quincy Jones and most recently Jennifer Lopez as well as the soundtrack for Quantum Solstice James Bond Film .
Swedien impressed with Armando's efforts and talent the two became close friends in 1999. Swedien is very keen to work with Armando's new album project "Silence ".
"Silence" due out September 2009. And they are scheduled to work together in the spring.
Armando carries a remarkable heritage that blends his father's Argentine (grandfather was from Spain) blood and his mother's Carpathian Rusyn blood from the Carpathian mountain region of Russia.
Outside of music, Armando's most philosophic interest is his philanthropic projects still in development to help the orphans of Russia, Georgia and the Ukraine. "I am speking and coordinating with various Relief agencies, a UN connection, two archbishops of the Russian Orthodox Church, and several of the exiled Russian aristocracy living in the US to raise funds for these orphans. I am also on I dea of establishing a record label with a one yearly major release probono exclusively and specifically to raise money for these projects in benefit of the orphans."
Armando also has a cherished long-range plan to build a community a retreat for retired clergy of all denominations who do workshops for families and couples as well as summer retreats and counseling for families . The goal is to helping to reintegrate family values and sharing again like those of traditional family values .
Lastly he is also the custodian and agent for Russian composer Rachmaninoff piano. Armando has permission to use the piano for benefit concerts to raise funds for orphan programs.
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