I started with the drums at my place but after a couple of days, the neighbors threatened to call the police, so I had to record the drums at Nick's house and finish the rest at my place.
It was done using only 6 tracks out of the 8 on a portable digital studio (for better quality). It was then mixed and mastered over a couple of days at River Studios in London.
The songs come from compositions I used to play through the nineties with my brothers' band, Bobby Peru (90/94) and Furtivos (97/98).
I wrote most of the music and brother Gino did almost all the lyrics. He thought I was going to make and all-instrumental album, and seemed dissapointed when I told him that this one had "words" in it.
We are still working (in Seattle) on the video for "Narcissus" (the only one with "hit single" potential, I've been told...). Gino directs and I play myself.
I believe that nowadays, there is no excuse for an artist not to put their own material out by themselves on their own small, personal record labels.
Like Peter Gabriel said (in DIY) "if you want some control, you have to keep it small".
Nick Boon: Lead Vocals
and Flashlight.
Sergio Montoya: Drums,
Guitar, Bass and Vocals.
Tracks:
1. The Public Enemy
2. Narcissus
3. Man in a Bubble
4. Pinchalos Despacito
5. Dreamer of the impossible
6. Gaijin Toroku
7. Las Ratas en el Cine
8. Morada/Cuadrada
9. Gringo McKenzie's Mine
Music by Sergio Montoya
(Except tracks 4 & 7, by GMB)
Lyrics by Gino Montoya
(Except tracks 2,3 & 6 by SMB)
A Note from the Author:
Recorded in the UK between July and November 2000.
Release date:
December 2000
Mixed by Leo Brown
Mastered by Steve Higgs at
River Studios
Sleeve by Rowan Pym
Camera Trap: Adam Perkins
Produced by Sergio Montoya
"Clomping out of the gate like a bar band Tarantino would love, the brothers Montoya soon settle into '70s rock swagger with an ease that belies their age. Witness “Las Joyas,” which sways around drunkenly for the better part of its verses and then suddenly challenges you to a knife fight under the bridge"
- Tablet Magazine
"The Brothers Montoya kick the door in, dripping with testosterone and tequila, and hammer out first cut “Jezebel," all blaring guitars and repetitive, slightly threatening choruses. After chasing you under the table and laughing gruffly at your timidity, they pull you out and buy you a round. By the first shimmery chords of next track, “Solo,” you’re lost in the delicate harmonies and trying to remember what all the fuss was about. And it only gets better."
- Kevan Breitinger - www.indie-music.com
"MONTOYA is the debut from brothers Gino and Sergio. Two guys makin' some basic rock and roll noise. Cool! At times, sounds like a Spanish version of the Black Keys but not quite as fuzzed-out. Basic power rock-and-roll. Track 6 - EL GATO - rocks! Awesome!"
- Pat Turlo - WHMB Waterville, 89.7 FM
La banda Montoya les trae una mezcla de canciones en Ingles y Español desde el submundo independiente. Montoya es el album debut de los hermanos Sergio y Gino.
