Santianna (sea shanty folk metal cover with acoustic instruments)

El Pony Pisador - Santianna
(Matricular una galera 2019)

Santianna, (or Santiana/Santiano) is a traditional sea shanty in a folk metal style. We thought it would be very powerful if we thought about it as metal with acoustic instruments. We mixed it with two fiddle tunes, Catharsis (written by Amy Cann) and Tongadale (written by Farquhar MacDonald and Archie MacFarlane). We played this shanty in the stream we did with The Longest Johns.

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Santianna és un sea shanty tradicional. Va ser el primer que vam aprendre com a grup i durant la primera etapa el cantàvem acapella. El títol de la cançó ve del comandant mexicà Antonio López de Santa Anna, que va lluitar contra els Estats Units a la guerra de 1846. La vam gravar fa temps en un vídeo com a Santy Ano, una altra versió del títol, però la vam modificar per raons de caire anatòmic. 

Vam pensar que quedaria molt potent si la barrejàvem amb un estil inspirat per la música metal. Per això vam buscar dos reels, Catharsis (escrita per Amy Cann) i Tongadale (Farquhar MacDonald i Archie MacFarlane), que tinguessin una sonoritat menor i recordessin a grups com Children of Bodom. 

Vam intentar afegir-hi recursos propis del gènere, com els arpegis per terceres, les veus guturals, els blast-beats, etc. inspirats en bandes com Alestorm o Ensiferum. Vam adaptar la lletra per fer-la més piratesca i donar-li així un caràcter més agressiu.

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We are sailing down the river from Liverpool
Heave away, santianna
Them sails are set and the hatchers full
All across the plains of Mexico, and it's

Heave her up, and away we’ll go, away Santianna
Heave her up, and away we’ll go, all across the plains of Mexico

We're a fast clipper ship and a bully good crew
Capitain's got a wooden leg and a parrot too

The deeds we do will forever be told
We sail for fame and we kill for gold

We're hunting a treasure buried deep below
Around cape horn through the ice and snow

In Mexico I long to be
With a tankard of ale waiting up for me

In Mexico with the golden shore
Where the rum's so good you always ask for more

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Sea shanty: Santianna
Reels: Catharsis (written Amy Cann) and Tongadale (written by Farquhar MacDonald and Archie MacFarlane)
Arranged by El Pony Pisador
Mixed by Óscar López “Dumbleoscar”
Mastered by Ferran Conangla
Video recording and post-production by Adrià González Pintamones
Published by Coopula Editorial

El Pony Pisador are:

Adrià Vila: Mandolin, bodhran & vocals
Guillem Codern: Banjo & vocals
Martí Selga: Recorders & vocals
Miquel Pérez: Fiddle, snare & vocals
Ramon Anglada: Guitar, acoustic bass & vocals

www.elponypisador.com