Fresh off the success of 2025’s Boleros Psicodélicos II, another star-studded collection of romantic ballads, Adrian Quesada formed Trio Asesino and took a slightly different path on their self-titled debut album. With his guitar providing the melodies, Jay Mumford’s drums the backbone, and Joshy Soul’s array of keyboards the texture, the set touches on hip hop, funk, jazz, laid back cumbia, and as it snakes and shimmies through eleven songs that won’t change anyone’s life but they will make it just a bit cooler for a while. The feeling is similar to his 2022 album Jaguar Sound, but where that felt like a producer’s album, this showcases Quesada the guitarist and prioritizes capturing a live band in a room. To that end, the sound is both punchy and relaxed, the group…
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Guitarist and producer Adrian Quesada made a big splash with his 2022 album Boleros Psicodélicos. On it he explored the lush and romantic baladas of his youth with the help of a stellar guest list made up of singers from across the spectrum of contemporary Latin music. The record was brimming with brilliant performances, wonderfully loose and occasionally funky arrangements, and enough moments of thrilling drama to give chills to anyone whether they are fans of romantic baladas or not. It all went so perfectly that Quesada figured he’d take another crack at it and 2025’s Boleros Psicodélicos II turns out to be another triumph. He sticks to the same basic idea of pairing vintage sounds with exciting vocalists on a batch of dramatic songs and it’s…