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i love

“i love” is a rock ballad, a song about finding love in the present moment, seeing it in the small details. It was written in Glen Park as I walked through the beautiful canyon, observing the trees, listening to the birds singing, and hearing people’s footsteps behind.

Listen here: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/razteria/i-love

Produced with Dave Shul
Keys by Bob Crawford
Drums by Ronnie Smith
Mixed by Razteria
Trakworx Mastering
Written by Renee A Penaloza

Photography/Videography:
Baïdi Le Noir Photography
Jeremy Snowden
Alex Zajicek

Hair & Makeup Artist Briana Raquel

Shot to the heart

“Shot to the heart” is about the “un coup de foudre,” the French saying for love at first sight. I wrote it one night while I was thinking about this person, who I had fallen for and listening to gunshots ringing in the neighborhood. The juxtaposition of love and death, when you feel so strongly it’s like you’re being split apart. Your blood..your love.. your tears are one in the same.

https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/razteria/shot-to-the-heart

Co-written and produced with Dave Shul
Drums by Ronnie Smith
Mixed by Razteria
Trakworx Mastering

Fade Away

“Fade Away” is about letting go of toxic relationships and being in a flow state, enjoying all that life throws at you. I wrote this when I was going through a situation with someone who I was holding on to knowing that I had to set myself free from the imagined future we shared, releasing myself and him without unnecessary drama, just letting it fade away.

Credits:
Vocals & Mix – Renée Asteria Peñaloza
Production & Guitar & Bass – Dave Shul
Drums & Backing vocals – Ronnie Smith
Trakworx Mastering

Qué vendrá

My dad inspired me to cover “Qué vendrá” by French artist Zaz, which combines French and Spanish lyrics. It is about what will be, will be and having the confidence to launch yourself into the world, come what may.

Credits:
Vocals & Mix – Renée Asteria Peñaloza
Guitar & Bass – Dave Shul
Percussion – Roberto Quintana
Trakworx Mastering

Il cuore è uno zingaro

Il cuore è uno zingaro
Italian cover song originally by Nicola Di Bari

My dad inspired me to do this song that I have heard him play for me throughout my childhood. The heart is a gypsy is the meaning of the title.. and I relate to the feeling of a restless heart.. There is so much to love in life and so much more love to discover. The first song I attempted in Italian.. and I hope to have done this beautiful song justice.

Credits:
Vocals & Mix – Renée Asteria Peñaloza
Guitar & Bass – Dave Shul
Percussion – Roberto Quintana

Trakworx Mastering

Por un solo hombre

Razteria’s single “Por un solo hombre” (“For one man”) releases on October 20, 2022. It describes her first reflection stamped in her mind when Ukraine was first invaded in February 2022, her gratitude for her life and her empathy for the Ukrainian people who suffer because of the madness of just one man. “Que afortunada soy, queda impresa en mi mente…” – “How fortunate I am, it stays imprinted into my mind…” the reflection of the millions of children who can’t go to school… and all the people who cannot return home.

For Razteria, the song describes how the concentration power in the hands of only one man, results in suffering. She states that she believes that there is a common desire to live simple, happy lives and hopes that the conflict can be quickly resolved to minimize all suffering on all sides. “Por un solo hombre” was co written and produced by Dave Shul and features Alcide Marshall on Drums. It was mixed by Razteria and mastered by Trakworx. The music video was shot and edited by Alex Zajicek.

Historia de un Amor

Song: Historia de un Amor
Artist: Razteria

Razteria’s reggae cover of “Historia de un Amor” (Spanish for “the story of a love”) was produced in collaboration with NJ-based UK-Jamaican musician Derek Brown and features Waddell Bell on bass, Dave Shul on guitar, Glenn Holdaway on trumpet, Liam Robertson on saxophone, and Joan Reggae Drummer. This classic love song, originally written by Panamanian songwriter Carlos Eleta Almarán in 1955, has been covered by hundreds of artists worldwide in various languages. Razteria’s rendition is accompanied by a music video at the historic Hotel Mac in Point Richmond, featuring a performance by the innkeeper Desiree Heveroh, shot by Alex Zajicek and was edited and directed by Jeremy Snowden.

Lyrics:

Ya no estás más a mi lado, corazón (You are no longer by my side, my dear)

En el alma solo tengo soledad (In my soul I only have loneliness)

Y si ya no puedo verte (And  if I can no longer see you)

¿Por qué Dios me hizo quererte (Why did God make me love you?)

Para hacerme sufrir más? (To just make me suffer?)

Siempre fuiste la razón de mi existir (You were always the reason for my existence)

Adorarte para mí fue religión (To adore you was my religion)

Y en tus besos yo encontraba (and in your kisses I found)

El calor que me brindaba (The heat that gave me)

El amor y la pasión (Love and passion)

Es la historia de un amor (This is a love story)

Como no hay otro igual (That has no comparison)

Que me hizo comprender (That made me understand)

Todo el bien, todo el mal (All that is good, and all that is bad)

Que le dio luz a mi vida (That gave light to my life)

Apagándola después (And then took that light away)

Ay, qué vida tan oscura (What a dark life)

Sin tu amor no viviré (Without your love, I cannot live)

 

Touch

“Touch” is a pop afro-beat crossover single by SF Bay area artist Razteria and Bako, an artist from Tanzania. A love song which speaks to the feelings you have when your loved one is far away. The SF Bay area and Dar es Salaam come together through this 100% virtual collaboration as you can hear and visualize in the music video. The song features Dave Shul on bass and guitar and was mastered by TrakWorx. The music video was shot by Alex Zajicek and edited by Jeremy Snowden.

 

“Touch” Credits: Music & Lyrics by Razteria and Bako Motz

Guitar/Bass by Dave Shul

Mix by Razteria

Mastered by TrakWorx

Official Music Video:

Videographer Alex Zajicek

Editor Jeremy Snowden