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Florencia Ruiz

Singer Florencia Ruiz was born in Haedo, Buenos Aires in 1977. She studied guitar at the Conservatory of Morón, and also studied bandoneon and composition, in addition to faculty work and teaching in schools and kindergartens in the province of Buenos Aires.

Ruiz's musical work is devoted to the composition of songs. Between 2000 and 2005 she made a trilogy critically acclaimed albums : Centre (2000), Cuerpo (2003), and Correr (2005), which were produced/released in Mexico and Japan. In 2006 she made Campfire, an album of remixes and different versions of previous recorded songs, made by national and international musicians under the production of Seba Landro. In 2007 Mayor was released and Ese impulse superior , a wok in collaboration with Ariel Minimal. During 2008 both works were released with a joint album tour solo in Japan and Mexico.

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Florencia Ruiz: Luz De La Noche

Read "Luz De La Noche" reviewed by Mark F. Turner


Since her debut in 2000, Argentina-based guitarist/vocalist Florencia Ruiz has merited high acclaim in South America, Europe, and Japan as an artist of vision and panache. With a renascent spirit, she embraces a wide range of stimuli--folk, pop, jazz, classical, electronica, and visual arts in works with large ensembles. Her U.S. debut of Luz De La Noche (Light of the Night) continues her diverse ideas and introduces her to a wider audience. Ruiz's aura is at the ...

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Florencia Ruiz - Luz de la Noche (2011)

Florencia Ruiz - Luz de la Noche (2011)

Source: Something Else!

Occasionally I'll come across a record that sounds very pleasing to me and then realize that the music falls outside my usual areas of interest. Like, for instance, this new one by Florencia Ruiz that I've been listening to a lot in the last few days. Luz de la Noche is the name of her album, and it releases in the USA today. Ruiz is from Argentina and I can't even understand a word she's singing, as it's all in ...

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Luz De La Noche

Adventure Music
2012

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Luz De La Noche

Adventure Music
2011

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