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This Latinx Heritage Month Tiny Desk is celebrating with an ‘El Tiny’ takeover, that includes a big selection of artists from all corners of Latinidad.
“Amar y perder es mejor que nunca haber amado,” DannyLux sings — “To like and lose is best than to have by no means beloved.” His reflection is hushed and hesitant, and, possibly much more properly, a bit unconvinced: “Crеo que no entiendеs / Que esta situación me está cambiando,” he croons. (“I do not assume you perceive / That this case is altering me.”)
He is actually good at laying these paradoxes out plainly. However seated at ‘El Tiny’ between his cousin Eddy on bass and lifelong buddy Victor additionally on guitar, the quiet 19-year-old is grounded and positive, trying again on his childhood and the daydreams that led him to turn into a sierreño star. Between every track, he notes a chunk of his story, from being born in Palm Springs, Calif. to his dad and mom’ favourite music to writing songs in his room after his siblings left dwelling. The Chicano singer has skilled a dizzying ascent to fame since his TikTok star rose in 2020, infusing quite a lot of Mexican regional genres with a distinctly on-line moodiness and honesty. He sings simple lyrics for unsimple emotions; his tender efficiency of “TE EXTRAÑO Y LO SIENTO…” captures the closeness of these emotions as they’re unfolding.
For his final shock, the trio expands to incorporate two charchetas for nearer “ATRAPADO,” a joyful rendition of a very unhappy track; exquisitely, the horns hit proper on the phrase “obsesionado.” For somebody whose music is so centered round craving, Danny’s efficiency is extremely current, grounded on this second of group with all of the attendant gratitude and surprise that comes with a sound and creative identification solid with household and mates.
SET LIST
- “AMAR Y PERDER”
- “SI SUPIERAS”
- “TE EXTRAÑO Y LO SIENTO…”
- “ATRAPADO”
MUSICIANS
- DannyLux: lead vocals, guitar
- EddyJae: bass, standup bass
- Victor Ramos: background vocals, guitar
- Fransisco Ayala Martinez: saxor, alto horn
- José Guadalupe González: saxor, alto horn
TINY DESK TEAM
- Producer: Anamaria Sayre
- Director/Editor: Kara Body
- Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin
- Inventive Director: Bob Boilen
- Sequence Producer: Bobby Carter
- Videographers: Kara Body, Maia Stern, Zayrha Rodriguez
- Audio Assistant: Maggie Luther
- Manufacturing Assistant: Ashley Pointer
- Photographer: Elizabeth Gillis
- Tiny Desk Group: Suraya Mohamed, Joshua Bryant, Hazel Cills
- VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
- Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann
