BIOGRAPHY

Ariel Aparicio knows rock and roll, and in his brand new 2008 release
“All These Brilliant Things”
he grabs hold of this knowledge and a host of life-experiences and hoists them
violently and unapologetically on the stage, for all to see. Cuban by birth,
Ariel is now a full-time brooklynite. Having gone from bartender to the owner
of two of Brooklyns hottest restaurants, Ariel is attuned to the abrupt highs and lows
of life in the city. Ariel spent three years cooking up these tasty numbers following
the release of his acclaimed punk-rock jaunt “Frolic and F***”,
which the Hot Indie News called “an indie rock classic”.

“Life and Times” is the record’s opener and also a perfect summation of the record.
Themes of love, death, illness, personal struggle, hope, art, addiction and finally birth
(Ariel had his first child less than two years ago), abound on this record.
Some of the records most exciting moments are the ones which celebrate this new
phase of Ariel’s life. “I’m The One” is the single available now for which
all proceeds are going to The Paul Chester Children’s Hope Foundation,
a charity dedicated to giving medical attention to children in developing nations.
It is an infectious piece of power pop on which Ariel belts out the chorus with
a swagger and spirit only attainable through complete self-possession.

These themes are evident not only in the simple lyrical beauty of these songs,
but in Ariel’s now patented vocal stylings which run the gamut from the monotone
ultra-cool Iggy Popish mumblings, to Bowie-esque pop-punk precision, to his very own
frequency in which he channels both the spirit of Allen Ginsberg and tone of Robert Plant
into a one-of-a-kind bone-chilling rock and roll howl. It’s a sound which perfectly captures
the underlying spirit of “All These Brilliant Things”, an epic autobiography of a life spent
in the spirit of true rock and roll, and a requiem mass for a lifetime of confusion and chaos
now being pulled into focus and set adrift.

Ariel’s inspiration for the record came from a desire to create a timeless rock and roll
album that would combine the majestic pop of Bowie’s “Diamond Dogs” with the
full-frontal assault of The Stooges “Raw Power”. Tracks often begin with the kind
of catchy, rhythmic riff-heavy stuff one might associate with “The Strokes”,
before oscillating into wave-like guitar solos and cascading into b-sections
of unpredictable melodic beauty. Songs like “Bones” travel from the unexpected
arrival of a drunken horn section to the smash of a balls-out rocking verse.
“Down In Tijauna” a short, lo-fi interlude on a record with otherwise meticulously
detailed production (Ariel majored in audio-engineering at NYU) harkens back to
his Latino roots with a brief Spanish language piece one could easily hear billowing
forth from a beat-up old transistor in a Havana storefront. “J&C” openly bemoans
lost days of addiction, “Don’t take my Jameson and Cocaine”! While “Hang Around”
is an anthem of optimism and perseverance written for his newborn son.

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