Kiruba, debut album of the same name

Kiruba

Kiruba, female pop music group from Ecuador, was formed in Quito in 2003, consisted of 5 members: María José Blum, Diana Rueda, Mariela Nazareno, Cecilia Calle, and Gabriela Villalba...

 Ecuadorian pop group, released in May 2003. The first single, Quisiera (I Wish), released a month earlier, gained immediate acceptance from the public, not only nationally but also internationally. This album became one of the best selling in the history of Ecuador

Ecuador

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, with more than 15 thousand copies sold them earned double platinum disc for they label, granted, MTM Records

MTM Records

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The album was recorded in Audiovision Studios in Bogotá

Bogotá

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 (Colombia

Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

) for almost the entire month of February 2003 under the leadership of Javier Jara, who had also worked with Shakira

Shakira

Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...

, Carlos Vives

Carlos Vives

Carlos Alberto Vives Restrepo is a Grammy Award and three-time Latin Grammy Award winning-Colombian singer, composer and actor.-Biography:...

 and Colombian Popstars

Popstars

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: Escarcha

Escarcha

Escarcha was one of the most important groups in Colombia in 2002 born out ofPopstars. Escarcha disbanded in 2004.The band members were:*Natalia Bedoya*Carolina Gaitán*Isa Katherine Mosquera*Laura Mayolo*Vanessa Noriega...

. Production was in charge of the Ecuadorians: Eduardo de Narvaez and Fredy Camelo, while authors of some singles of the disc.

The singles from this album were Quisiera (I Wish), Camina (Walk) , Como Extraño Tu Luz (How I'm Missing Your Light), and Me Pierdo (Losing Myself). All of these reached the top on lists of Ecuador

Ecuador

Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...

 and Quisiera (I Wish) came to fifteenth in the counting top of TV channel of Latin music HTV.

Production credits

General Director: Javier Jara

Music Production: Eduardo de Narváez

Musical Arrangements: Eduardo de Narváez, Fredy Camelo, Aguera Carlos, Juan Antonio Macías

Production Assistant: Patricia Riaño

Direction and Vocal Arrangements: Sarhelena del Pozo, Eduardo de Narvaez, Sandra Serrato

Recording Engineer and Mixing: Andrés Landinez

Mastering: Mauricio González

Musicians

Guitars: Fredy Camelo

Batteries: Pablo Bernal

Bass: Juan Pablo Gasca

Piano and Keyboard: Juan Antonio Macías

Percussion: Luis Enrique Duque, Luis Pacheco

Charango and Sampoña: Omar Florez

Rhodes: Eduardo de Narváez

Male Voice: Eduardo de Narváez

Voices Guide: Carolina Pinzón, Conie Medina, Sandra Serrato, Karime Ramirez

Album Tracklist

Composed of a total of 10 themes, the list of songs, composers and length is the following:

01. Quisiera (I Wish)

Composers: Karime Ramirez, Fernando Arroyo

Length: 4:13

Single: First - April 2003

02. Como Extraño Tu Luz (How I'm Missing Your Light)

Composers: Julio Navarrete

Length: 3:18

Single: Third - August 2003

03. Me Pierdo (Losing Myself)

Composers: John William Upegui

Length: 4:01

Single: Fourth - November 2003

04. Dame (Give Me)

Composers: Fredy Camelo

Length: 2:55

Single: No

05. Mirando Como Un Bobo (Watching Like A Fool)

Composers: Claudio Durán

Length: 3:40

Single: No, although it used during the audittions in the selection process of the group

06. Te Llevo En Mi Corazón (I Keep You In My Heart)

Composers: Fernando Gómez Alejandro Gomez

Length: 3:31

Single: No

07. Camina (Walk)

Composers: María José Blum, Cecilia Calle, Mariela Nazareno, Diana Rueda, Gabriela Villalba

Length: 3:18

Single: Second, June 2003

08. Eres (You Are)

Composers: Carlos Aguer, María Tatiana Duarte

Length: 3:25

Single: No

09. Con Todo Lo Que Tengo (With Everything That I Have)

Composers: Julio Navarrete

Length: 4:13

Single: No

10. Mosaico Kiruba (Kiruba Mosaic)

Composers: César Guerrero (El Aguacate), Enrique Yepes Espín (Pasional), Gonzalo Benítez and Luis Valencia (Vasija de Barro)

Length: 4:08

Single: No, but it is a collection of important popular Ecuadorian songs, re edited and sung by the girls.