La Roca Records debuts with Carcamán, by the Peyceré Trío.

A new label based in Buenos Aires

In Buenos Aires, producer Jorge Corcho Rodríguez launched his own record label, La Roca Records, and opened it with Carcamán, the album by the Peyceré Trío. It has been on digital platforms since Tuesday, November 3, and since Friday the 6th there is also a vinyl edition.

According to Infobae, worldwide distribution is in the hands of Sony Music. Página/12 confirms that the album marks the label's debut and that it will travel the world through that distributor.

La Roca Records was born as a nonprofit. Its stated purpose is to support artists and push projects of excellent musical level, and Carcamán is the first title released under that name, produced by Rodríguez. Infobae adds that the producer, with a long career in the industry, chose to pour it into a structure of his own built for artistic development rather than profit. It is, then, a label presented as a platform of support and not as a business.

Who plays on the record

The trio is completed by Gustavo Silva on piano and Víctor Sanders on double bass, while Sebastián Peyceré plays drums and leads the group. According to Infobae, he was a central figure both in the idea of the album and in its recording.

Página/12 presents him as a drummer with a notable career in local jazz and contemporary music, regarded as a reference for his generation. The same paper says the group seeks to innovate without losing the roots of the genre.

Ten tracks, half original and half borrowed

There are ten compositions in all: half belong to the trio and the other half reinterpret standards of the genre. The original tracks are La Roca, Miraditas, Carcamán, Respiro and Papers. Silva wrote Miraditas, Respiro and Papers, while La Roca and the title track carry the names of all three members.

The covers come from very different repertoires. There is an Evidence by Thelonious Monk, a One Finger Snap by Herbie Hancock, a Bolivia by Cedar Walton, an I'll Catch You by John Scofield and a Blackbird that belongs to Lennon-McCartney. Infobae notes that this selection takes pieces from different eras and styles and still keeps its coherence.

On the vinyl, side A starts with La Roca and ends with I'll Catch You. Side B opens with Evidence and closes with Blackbird.

Who recorded, mixed and mastered it

The album was recorded at La Roca Power Studio, with Álvaro Villagra in charge of the recording. The mix was done by Eddie Kramer, whom Infobae describes as a producer and engineer who worked for decades with figures such as Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin.

The mastering is by Bernie Grundman, who for Infobae is a world reference in high-fidelity audio. Página/12 specifies that his work corresponds to the vinyl edition. The technical credits thus bring together a different name for each stage of the process: who records, who mixes and who masters.

The photographs for the project are by Nora Lezano, a visual artist with a recognized presence on the Argentine music scene, according to Infobae. Página/12 sums up the result as a mix of creative freshness and respect for tradition, and places the Peyceré Trío among the most solid proposals in Argentine jazz.

To understand the context

Carcamán has been on digital platforms since Tuesday, November 3, and on vinyl since Friday the 6th. It is the first release of La Roca Records, a nonprofit label that Jorge Corcho Rodríguez introduced in Buenos Aires and whose worldwide distribution is handled by Sony Music.

The record has ten tracks, with five originals and five jazz classics, and it was recorded at La Roca Power Studio. To get your bearings before listening: the trio is drums, piano and double bass, and the covers range from Thelonious Monk to Lennon-McCartney. The sources consulted do not give a price or points of sale for the vinyl.