DICEN QUE SOMOS DIOSES Y NOS SOÑAMOS HOMBRES

In 2000 another archival recording of Ledesma comes to evidence, an album said to be originally released in 1993 on cassette and survived now on CD format by the Mexical label Smogless Records.On ''Dicen que somos dioses y nos sonamos hombres'' Ledesma collaborates with his long-time partner and singer Margarita Botello and percussionist Raul Flores, while his guest list contains some 10 names, most importantly bassist Hugo Santos, later to become a bandmate of LedesmA on Saena and original member of Luz de Riada.

Most tracks show Ledesma performing on keyboards and traditional strings, Botello singing and playing the piano and Flores handling the percussion, but each of them includes one or more guests, the significant presence of whom directs the music to either symphonic, jazzy or folkier territories.Additional instruments include oboe, sax, guitars, pipe, cello, flutes, trumpet etc., so you can easily imagine how versatile this album is.But Ledesma has proven to be an excellent composer over time and he somehow manages to keep a tight bridge between all the pieces, this work appears to have an easy flow from start to the very end, despite involving pre-Hispanic, Jazz, Classical and even some experimental orientations.This link is propably the mood for an always romantic, elaborate and delicate music, propelled by the use of acoustic guitars, the clean, choir-like voice of Bottello and the elegance of traditional instruments.Some really great orchestrations in here, featuring a plethora of keyboard preludes and interludes, swinging with more acoustic textures and light symphonic movements with wind instruments and piano.There are of course still some electric Prog Rock in here, recalling Ledesma's stint with NIRGAL VALLIS and driven by soft keyboard/guitar interplays, but once more the true majesty will be found here in the originality of the more acoustic pieces and the unique combination of female voices, folky influences and keyboard arrangements.An album flirting often with Folk-Fusion through the mellow but very adventurous interplays and an overall jazzy feel in the acoustic interactions.

Among the great works of Ledesma.Remember, this is still 1993 and the music is pretty excellent for a style that has not fully returned.Lovely collage of Folk, Classical and Fusion the result is.Strongly recommended...3.5 stars.