The song "Fortaleza de soledad" is a Spanish version of the song "Fortress of Solitude" by the Australian writer and composer Harris Smart. "Fortress of Solitude" comes from his music theatre production “The Yellow House” which is an account of the dramatic events which occurred in the town of Arles in the south of France in 1888 when the artists Vincent van  Gogh and Paul Gauguin lived together and tried to set up an artists' colony. 

This idealistic venture ended in disaster because of the conflicting personalities of the artists with Vincent cutting off part of his ear; he succumbed to madness and 3 years later committed suicide. In Arles Vincent had a platonic relationship with a young prostitute, Rachel, who was very kind to him. In the production of the Yellow House, she becomes an important figure and the song "Fortress of Solitude" is her loving call to Vincent to try to draw him out of his isolation and wretchedness.  

The original English vocal was by the Melbourne singer Cass Crawford with musical arrangement  by the producer/musician Chris Wilson at his recording studio. The Spanish version uses the same backing arrangement and was recorded in the town of Manzanillo in Cuba by the singer Olga Gonzales Rosaba. The recording and mix with the backing track was done by her husband Jesus Estrada Sabourin who is a musician, composer and producer. The translation of the English lyric into Spanish was done in Cuba by Andres (Samuel) Perez Morillas.

Fortaleza de soledadMP3

The song "En el fondo del bajon" is a Spanish version of the song "Underside of Down" by the Australian writer and composer Harris Smart. "Underside of Down" comes from his music theatre production “The Yellow House” which is an account of the dramatic events which occurred in the town of Arles in the south of France in 1888 when the artists Vincent van  Gogh and Paul Gauguin lived together and tried to set up an artists' colony. 

This idealistic venture ended in disaster because of the conflicting personalities of the artists with Vincent cutting off part of his ear; he succumbed to madness and 3 years later committed suicide. In Arles Vincent had a platonic relationship with a young prostitute, Rachel, who was very kind to him. In the production of the Yellow House, she becomes an important figure and the song "Underside of Down" expresses the downward spiral of her life after the events in Arles.

The original English vocal was by the Melbourne singer Cass Crawford with musical arrangement  by the producer/musician Chris Wilson at his recording studio. The Spanish version uses the same backing arrangement and was recorded in the town of Manzanillo in Cuba by the singer Olga Gonzales Rosaba. The recording and mix with the backing track was done by her husband Jesus Estrada Sabourin who is a musician, composer and producer. The translation of the English lyric into Spanish was done in Cuba by Andres (Samuel) Perez Morillas.

En el fondo del bajonMP3

The song "Fortress of Solitude" is by the Australian writer and composer Harris Smart and comes from his music theatre production “The Yellow House” which is an account of the dramatic events which occurred in the town of Arles in the south of France in 1888 when the artists Vincent van  Gogh and Paul Gauguin lived together and tried to set up an artists' colony. 

This idealistic venture ended in disaster because of the conflicting personalities of the artists with Vincent cutting off part of his ear; he succumbed to madness and 3 years later committed suicide. In Arles Vincent had a platonic relationship with a young prostitute, Rachel, who was very kind to him. In the production of the Yellow House, she becomes an important figure and the song "Fortress of Solitude" is her loving call to Vincent to try to draw him out of his isolation and wretchedness.  

The original English vocal was by the Melbourne singer Cass Crawford with musical arrangement  by the producer/musician Chris Wilson at his recording studio. Listen also to the Spanish version of this song "Fortaleza de soledad" recorded in Cuba.

FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE

The song "Underside of Down" is by the Australian writer and composer Harris Smart and comes from his music theatre production “The Yellow House” which is an account of the dramatic events which occurred in the town of Arles in the south of France in 1888 when the artists Vincent van  Gogh and Paul Gauguin lived together and tried to set up an artists' colony. 

This idealistic venture ended in disaster because of the conflicting personalities of the artists with Vincent cutting off part of his ear; he succumbed to madness and 3 years later committed suicide. In Arles Vincent had a platonic relationship with a young prostitute, Rachel, who was very kind to him. In the production of the Yellow House, she becomes an important figure. "Underside of Down" records the spiral of despair of her life after the Yellow House.

The original English vocal was by the Melbourne singer Cass Crawford with musical arrangement  by the producer/musician Chris Wilson at his recording studio. Listen also to the Spanish version of this song "En el fondo del bajon" recorded in Cuba.