Tajo Abierto

Tajo Abierto
Studio album by Francisca Valenzuela
Released September 9, 2014
Recorded November 2013-May 2014; Los Angeles, California and Santiago, Chile (at Estudio del Sur studios)
Genre Pop, synthpop, Latin pop
Length 46:49 (Standard edition)
47:19 (includes bonus track)
Label Frantastic Records, Sin Anestesia
Producer Vicente Sanfuentes, Jesse Rogg, Dave Sitek, Áureo Baqueiro, & Francisca Valenzuela
Francisca Valenzuela chronology

Buen Soldado
(2011)		 Tajo Abierto
(2014)
Singles from "Tajo Abierto"
  1. "Prenderemos fuego al cielo"
    Released: July 15, 2014
  2. "Armadura"
    Released: December 10, 2014

Tajo Abierto ("Sliced Open" in English) is the third studio album by Chilean-American singer-songwriter Francisca Valenzuela. The album was released on September 9, 2014 for download (worldwide) and physically in Chile, the United States, Mexico and Spain. The album features 10 Spanish-language songs and 1 English song.[1]

Production and writing process

The pre-production stages for "Tajo Abierto" began at the end of 2012, when Valenzuela began composing new material. Unlike her previous albums which were produced and recorded in Santiago, Chile, she relocated to Los Angeles, California to work on demos at her home and meet with producers in early 2013. This is her first album recorded outside of Chile. Valenzuela recorded the album with the help of four producers: Vicente Sanfuentes, Jesse Rogg, Dave Sitek and Áureo Baqueiro. Musically, the album is a departure from Valenzuela's earlier jazz and folk influenced sound. She remarked that the writing and production of the album allowed her to explore other genres and leave her comfort zone. She wrote and composed 25 songs for the album and chose 11 for the final track listing.[2][3] The album was recorded in various home recording studios in Los Angeles, with the exception of one song, "Cuequita del corazón", which Valenzuela recorded in Santiago, Chile with her band and a string quartet at Estudios del Sur. After writing "Cuequita del corazón", Valenzuela remarked that she knew she had to record it immediately with her band in Santiago.[4]

Singles

The album's first single, "Prenderemos fuego al cielo", was released on iTunes worldwide on July 15, 2014. It debuted at #2 on iTunes in Chile. It was also a commercial success, debuting at #9 on Chilean Singles Charts and is her fourth top 10 charting single. A lyric video and music video for the single were also released via her official VEVO channel in July 2014.[5] The second single for Tajo Abierto is "Armadura", a starry-electropop song released for airplay in Chilean radios on December 10, 2014.

Promotion

To promote her upcoming album, Valenzuela played Lollapalooza Festival in Chicago's famous Grant Park on August 1, 2014. She also performed in Oakland and Los Angeles, California later that same month. A mini tour throughout Spain is scheduled for early September 2014 and she will debut the album in Mexico City on September 25, 2014. A tour in Chile, after its official presentation, is also slated for November 2014.[6] [7] [8] On September 8, 2014, one day before its official release, the Latin American media site, Terra and Spanish-language online music magazine, Noisey by Vice, exclusively streamed the entire album. [9][10] For the US iTunes store, the song, "Armadura", was offered as an exclusive free download for the "Single of the Week" on September 8, 2014. "Estremecer" was the free "Single of the Week" for iTunes in Mexico, and "Perfume de tu Piel" was the "Single of the Week" for iTunes in Spain.

Release

The album was available worldwide for digital pre-order on iTunes on August 26, 2014. It was the #2 album on iTunes in Chile within hours of its pre-order announcement. The song, Siempre Eres Tú, was given as a free download for pre-ordering the album on iTunes.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Francisca Valenzuela. 

No. Title Length
1. "Prenderemos fuego al cielo"   4:29
2. "No Esperen Mi Regreso"   4:31
3. "Perfume de Tu Piel"   3:55
4. "Siempre Eres Tú'"   4:49
5. "Catedral"   4:29
6. "Almost Superstars"   3:57
7. "Estremecer"   3:49
8. "Armadura"   4:07
9. "Insulto"   4:23
10. "Cuequita del corazón"   4:10
11. "Tajo Abierto"   4:10

Release history

Country Date Label Format(s)
Chile/United States/Latin America/Spain September 9, 2014 Frantastic Records, Sin Anestesia CD, Digital download

References

  1. ↑ Rml (August 26, 2014). "IYa disponible en iTunes el preorder del nuevo disco de Francisca Valenzuela ‘Tajo Abierto’" (in Spanish). Rlm.es. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
  2. ↑ Bernardo Navarro (August 22, 2014). "Francisca Valenzuela: "Entrevisa con Francisca Valenzuela"" (in Spanish). El Mercurio. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
  3. ↑ El Mercurio (July 16, 2014). "Francisca Valenzuela: "En este disco busqué intencionalmente salir de mi zona de confort"" (in Spanish). El Mercurio. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
  4. ↑ Lifebox (August 30, 2014). "El Diario de Francisca Valenzuela" (in Spanish). Lifebox. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
  5. ↑ Diario el Dia (July 16, 2014). "Francisca Valenzuela lanza nuevo single: "Prenderemos Fuego al Cielo"" (in Spanish). Diario el Dia. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
  6. ↑ Fernando Aranda Lopez (August 29, 2014). "Francisca Valenzuela a ‘tajo abierto’" (in Spanish). Revista Mito. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
  7. ↑ Sue Strachan (August 2, 2014). "Lollapalooza festival fashion has an edge, newspaper and website reports". Nola.com. Nola.com. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
  8. ↑ El Dínamo (August 6, 2014). "Empezó venta de entradas para show de Francisca Valenzuela en el Caupolicán". Eldinamo.cl (in Spanish). El Dinamo. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
  9. ↑ Terra.cl (September 8, 2014). "Francisca Valenzuela lanza 'Tajo Abierto' ¡escúchalo gratis!". Terra.cl (in Spanish). Terra. Retrieved September 8, 2014.
  10. ↑ Noisey by Vice (September 8, 2014). "PREMIERE: ESCUCHA EN EXCLUSIVA EL NUEVO DISCO DE FRANCISCA VALENZUELA, 'TAJO ABIERTO'" (in Spanish). Noisey by Vice. Retrieved September 8, 2014.

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