{"id":33958,"date":"2022-10-30T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-30T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/traklife.com\/featured\/new-selena-album-moonchild-mixes\/"},"modified":"2023-09-16T21:31:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T21:31:54","slug":"new-selena-album-moonchild-mixes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traklife.com\/culture\/new-selena-album-moonchild-mixes\/","title":{"rendered":"New Selena Album: ‘MOONCHILD MIXES’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in March 2022, the family of the late Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla first announced their plans to release a new posthumous album<\/a>. Selena has skyrocketed in worldwide fame and icon status since she was killed in 1995 at the age of 23. Naturally, her devoted fanbase waited eagerly for new material from \u201cLa Reina,\u201d which the Quintanillas originally stated would be released in April.<\/p>\n

But April came and went with no sign of a new album, and the project appeared to be neglected. Yet when a newly mixed version of Selena\u2019s ranchera ballad, \u201cComo Te Quiero Yo A Ti<\/a>\u201d \u2013 which she originally recorded around age 13 \u2013 dropped on July 29, news of the upcoming album was revived.<\/p>\n

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MOONCHILD MIXES, <\/em>the latest posthumous Selena album, was officially released on August 24, 2022. All tracks were produced by A.B. Quintanilla III and Suzette Quintanilla, Selena\u2019s brother and sister. A.B. and Suzette were a part of the family\u2019s band Selena y los Dinos when Selena was alive, playing bass and drums respectively.<\/p>\n

In an interview<\/a>, Suzette Quintanilla described the meaning behind the album\u2019s title, MOONCHILD MIXES.<\/em> \u201cThe reason for the name of the album is very simple. It\u2019s because it means her name. In Greek, Selena\u2019s name means \u2018goddess of the moon.\u2019 So, hence, \u2018Moonchild,\u2019\u201d she explained. \u201cWe didn\u2019t want such a traditional name for this album, like \u2018Legendary\u2019 or anything like that\u2026 Her fans will understand it. They\u2019ll understand the connection because it\u2019s her name.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Selena and her siblings. From left: Suzette Quintanilla, Selena Quintanilla, A.B. Quintanilla III<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The album, however, is not quite representative of who Selena was stylistically during her career. Her voice, which has been slightly pitched down to mimic the maturity and tone of her vocals at the time of her death, is not the focal point of the songs. Instead, the overly produced remixes distract from the raw talent Selena was in her early teenage years.<\/p>\n

Songs selected for the MOONCHILD MIXES <\/em>tracklist were originally released on Selena y Los Dinos<\/a>\u2019 early albums in the 1980s, Alpha <\/em>and Preciosa<\/em>. Traditional ranchera ballads and conjuntos are replaced with EDM cumbia beats, corny synthesizers, and excessive sound effects. While Selena\u2019s voice sounds slightly deeper and fuller due to de-tuning, her original vocal energy more appropriately suits simplistic production. And by including multiple mixes of the same song over different beats \u2013 three versions of \u201cComo Te Quiero Yo a Ti<\/a>,\u201d two versions of \u201cDame Tu Amor<\/a>\u201d \u2013 the project sounds rushed and short on material.<\/p>\n

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One of the reasons Selena\u2019s music became wildly popular during her lifetime was her experimentation with her band. They blended traditional elements of Tejano music with a variety of genres. MOONCHILD MIXES<\/em> is less cutting-edge and more repetitive stylistically. As an EDM cumbia album, it pales in comparison to the sleek production of current dance and house music hits. Still, Selena fans will hopefully appreciate hearing her voice on these hidden gems from her teenage years.<\/p>\n

Listen below to MOONCHILD MIXES <\/em>by Selena.<\/p>\n