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2022 remix album by Selena / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Moonchild Mixes is a remix album by Selena. It will be released posthumously through WEA Latina on August 26, 2022. The album originated in 2011 by Selena's brother and music producer A. B. Quintanilla, who wanted to modernize previously released and unreleased songs recorded by Selena. This idea was shelved by EMI Latin in favor of Enamorada de Ti (2012), an album containing songs by Selena turned into duets with popular artists. A. B. revived his original idea in 2019 for a 2020 release, though it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout 2021, he continued production of the album using Steve Aoki's soundpack to remix songs selected for the album. He decided on 13 songs recorded by Selena prior to her contractual commitments with EMI Latin in 1989. Using computer manipulation, A. B. was able to de-tune Selena's voice, making her sound older than she really was in the original recordings. The album will be a mixture of cumbias and ballads, while the oldest track on the recording is that of Selena when she was 13 years old. Moonchild Mixes will contain previously released songs, though media reports erroneously reported it would contain unreleased material. It is the first album that A. B., their sister Suzette Quintanilla, and their father Abraham Quintanilla, have collectively worked on since Momentos Intimos (2004). It is the first physical non-reissue release since Lo Mejor de...Selena (2015).
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Released | August 26, 2022 | |||
Recorded | 1983 or 1984 – 1988 | |||
Studio | AMEN Studios | |||
Genre | Tejano cumbia | |||
Length | 43:00 | |||
Label | WEA Latina | |||
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Abraham believed public reception of Moonchild Mixes would be positive, believing it to be long-awaited by fans. News of the album's release sparked criticisms by fans who believed the album would not be authentic and questioned the motives of the Quintanilla family in releasing Moonchild Mixes. Critics shared fans' negative reactions towards the album, questioning the ethics of Selena's voice being retouched by computers. Joe Bennett, a forensic musicologist and professor at Berklee College of Music, said that the ability to digitally age Selena's voice is "a simple process" utilizing the proper digital software. Abraham has received negative comments from critics since Selena's death, he initially found them hurtful, but has since said they no longer bother him. The Quintanilla family has said that one of Selena's wishes was for her to "never go away", according to A. B. and Suzette, Selena collectively agreed that if anything were to happen to any one of them, their wish would be to continue on with their music. By releasing Moonchild Mixes, the Quintanilla family believes that they are upholding Selena's wish, though critics have questioned whether or not Selena would have wanted a project like this. WOAI-TV spoke out against the negative comments that were left by people on their Facebook posts on Selena, as seemingly insensitive.
"Como Te Quiero Yo a Ti" was released as the lead single of Moonchild Mixes on July 29, 2022.