Torna Love
Who?
Torna Love is a musician from Ecuador, a country in the middle of the world. Son of a Cuban father and a half-Ecuadorian, half-Colombian mother, Torna Love shows in his music the cultural mix of South America while translating it to the American public.
Currently residing in Los Angeles, Torna Love writes, records, and produces his own music. This allows him to create a very distinctive sound that breaks the monotony of today’s pop charts.
In his music, you can find traditional South American genres like Tango, Son, Cumbia, and Pasillo, mixed with American Pop, Trap, and R&B. All of this written in English and Spanish, so it can be enjoyed by the multicultural population of big U.S.A. cities.
Torna Love is also “The Viceroy”, the name and Alter Ego of his new EP. This elegant and classical figure brings to us the sensuality, spice, and eroticism of the Latino culture.
The Viceroy
The Viceroy was created between Miami and Los Angeles. The songs were born as an experiment to unite Torna Love’s childhood sounds with those of his adolescence and adulthood, a mix between traditional Latin American genres and American pop culture. The EP consists of four songs: Cabaret Music, Push Me Down, Cinnamon Passion, and La Ciudad de Lluvia. Inspired by artists like Rosalia, Kali Uchis, C. Tangana, and Kevin Parker, the album feels modern while keeping the traditional touch, allowing it to be a timeless piece of art. The music production is filled with acoustic guitars, drum machines, electric basses, secondary percussion, effects, and little details that can give you a different feeling each time you hear the songs. The lyrics, written mainly in English, with specific parts in Spanish, bring a different sense of sensuality into the songs, one that is normally found only in the Spanish language. These lyrics are not a translation from one language to the other; they are English lyrics written as Spanish poetry.
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Cabaret Music
A sensual Tango mixed with Techno house, it has a very distinctive beat made on a wooden kitchen countertop, and a Drum machine. Tango used to be music for cabarets, elegant, sensual, and intense. This song embraces that.
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Push Me Down
A Son cubano mixed with R&B. The most seductive song in the EP, this is a song for a slow dance following the “clave” rhythm. The soft voice, deep bass, and unexpected piano create the perfect atmosphere for a warm evening.
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Cinnamon Passion
A Cumbia mixed with reggaeton, the most “Latino” song of the EP. This song was made for dancing; the catchy bass, cumbia percussion, and the crazy choir, makes it feel like a street party.
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La Ciudad De Lluvia
A Pasillo mixed with electronic. This music genre from the Andes Mountains is the sound of Ecuador. The only song in the EP that’s written only in spanish, it talks about a city that gets flooded with violence, and shows the double standard of the south american mainstream media.
