Dreaming in Caracas (Play/Download)
Dreaming in Caracas (2005), is a record that conjugates songs created by Maruja Muci with personalized versions of Universal and Venezuelan music classical themes.
The general production of the record was made by the singer herself with the cooperation of two exceptional Venezuelan arrangements, Jose Manuel Pinto and Gonzalo Mico, along with the work of a group of great Venezuelan musicians.
Maruja Muci interprets her songs in Spanish, English and Portuguese, granting them the same identity and homogenizing her work. With precise and attentive arrangements, the use of varied instruments and her own vocal personality, this first record distinguishes itself by the musical quality and the genius of its interpreter’s voice.
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My Funny Valentine (Play/Download)
My Funny Valentine (2008), is a record that, in a jazzy key, versions thirteen magnificent songs, of The Great American Songbook. The cd was recorded live and counts with the participation of Benjamin Brea (sax and flute), Carlos Rodriguez (bass), Miguel Hernández (drums) and Alberto Lazo (piano).
Nadim Dao played the harmonica in the blues “Do I move you” and Pedro Vázquez played the cello in the ballad called “Every time we Say Goodbye”.
The song “My Funny Valentine” was arranged and interpreted on the piano by Gerry Weil.
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Tiempos Modernos
Tiempos Modernos (2010). In her third record Maruja Muci presents nine new songs composed by her, in an original and daring proposal, qualitatively boosting her musical career.
Her themes combine vanguard and tradition, duly mixing Venezuelan popular music with electronic music. Adrian Holtz’s magnificent production is the cornerstone of this work, along with his keyboards and programming, fusing perfectly with the Afro-Venezuelan percussions of Diego Alvarez Muñoz, Alberto Vergara and William Troconis.
Solid rhythms and ethereal sounds accompany the guitars of Carlos Camarasa, Adam Ross as well as Holtz’s. A surrounding chorus, basic beats and string arrangements make Maruja Muci’s voice shine, emphasizing it. A popular version of The Final Countdown by Europe, with a delicate and surprising production of Kurt Uenala and Adrian Holtz, closes as a bonus track, a round work called upon to be a reference for Venezuelan’s present day music.
This CD’s themes, recorded with the latest technology, reflect on personal relationships, censuring loneliness and communication problems brought by modern society, as well as on the claim of freedom as the ultimate human yearning.
