Estratosfera by GASCA

Under the name of GASCA hides Carlos Andreu, a young man from a village in the outskirts of Barcelona which composes excelent techno pop tracks with Spanish lyrics, full of mystery and melancholy, endowed with a subtle, enigmatic sadness: “Thinking about nowhere, sitting nowhere, sitting on no train”, Carlos sings in “Ningún Tren”.

Talking about the lyrics, the one in “Mal Ladrón” is the only one not written by Carlos but by his friend and neighbour David Rodriguez from BEEF, which also plays some guitars and synths and helps with the production as well.

Thanks to the highly experienced Pere Boada, producer of this record, and many others by BEEF, TELEFILME, ANTI to mention just some of his works, the songs come to us with a neat, transparent sound, in which vocal melodies are enhanced. There is also some space made for some horn arrangements (trombone and trumpet on “Nube Gris”).

Though GASCA was a one-man band by the time this CD-Single was recorded, months later this project turned into a proper band, thanks to the addition of Frank Gálvez (keyboards and programming), Oscar Roc (electric and acoustic guitars) and Francesc Puiggròs (trombone and vocals). The rest (bass, keyboards, programming and of course main vocals) is done by Carlos himself. With this line-up GASCA recorded their debut album “Telescopio” (Elefant, 2001).