Feid: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

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Anamaria Sayre | April 22, 2022
From the line up of traditional Colombian instruments to the card playing interlude, every second of Feid's Medellín, Colombia pool hall performance invokes the feeling of charlando and cantando, chatting and singing, with friends.

Seamlessly anchoring all five tracks with a bass-emulating acoustic guitar and cajón-driven dembow, the new guard reggaeton royal brings unique instrumentation and culturally significant visuals to this Tiny Desk (home) concert for a deeply authentic portrait of a star on the rise baring a sonic piece of his soul to the world.

Flexing his multi-instrumentalist background, Feid brings in a new instrument for each arrangement of his hit tracks to represent the five different regions of Colombia in a comprehensive homage to his home. He opens with su propio region, using a tiple guitar from the Andean region on "JORDAN IV." Moving to the Llanos, his band breaks out a harp for a beautiful rendition of "TE MATA." He pulls in a tambor alegre on "VACAXIONES" to represent cumbia from the Caribbean region. Pausing for quick brindis, taking a shot, he closes out the show with two heartfelt numbers: First, an accordion-backed, vallenato version of "AMOR DE MI VIDA" for the Atlantic coastal region, and then a final pivot to the Pacific coastal region he mixes in a marimba de chonta on "SI TÚ SUPIERAS," before leaving the hall and riding off on a motorcycle.

The Colombian artist utilizes his full 15-minute set to depict an artistic and intentional musical image of his home and its rich sonic diversity, bringing the people, place and spirit behind a global genre center stage.

SET LIST
"JORDAN IV"
"TE MATA"
"VACAXIONES"
"AMOR DE MI VIDA"
"SI TÚ SUPIERAS"

MUSICIANS
Feid: vocals
Pedro Mejía: Music Director, guitar
Nicolás Guevara: cajón
Angel "Arpangel" Rodriguez: harp
Daniel Uribe: tiple
Mateo Morales: tambor alegre
Kike Riascos: marimba
Luis Javier Hernandez: accordion

CREDITS
Director: Sebastian Sánchez
Executive Producer: Feid, Sebastián Arango
Project Manager: Albert Piedrahita
Production Coordinator: Fernando Ríos
Personal Manager: Luis Villamizar
Assistant Director: Ana Isabel Duque
Director of Photography: unmojigato
Audio Engineer: Miguel Mass
Assistant Audio: Estefania Giraldo
1st AC: Camilo Gutierrez
2st AC: Lukas Restrepo
Ronin: Sebastián Escobar Gil
VHS Camera: Felipe Molina
DIT: Santiago Arango
Gaffer: Julián Echavarría
Lighting Engineer: Carlos Beltrán
Electric: Nilson Florez
Assistant Lights: Jhonatan Satizabal, Arnulfo Villada
Production Design: Camila Agudelo
Assistant Art: Elizabeth Rendón, John Esteban Isaza

TINY DESK TEAM
Producer: Anamaria Sayre
Video Producer: Michael Zamora
Audio Mastering: Josh Rogosin
Tiny Production Team: Bob Boilen, Bobby Carter, Kara Frame, Joshua Bryant, Maia Stern, Ashley Pointer
Executive Producer: Keith Jenkins
Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann