CD Cover: Tres Dedos Band

Tranqui - Tres Dedos / Single Cover

Tres Dedos is an independent duo of urban pop from Guayaquil, Ecuador. The band was born with the fusion of the musical influences of the members of the duo: John Taleb and Juan S. Piana.

After the big success in Ecuador of their second single “Por tu Culpa,” the band became very recognized winning several national prices and began been known internationally. In 2019, their new single “Tranqui,” required a new image of the band. A cover that will portray their new connection with their country and the ambition to keep pushing forward the music industry in Ecuador.

The song “Tranqui” is about the joy of being single. The word “Tranqui” is an abbreviation of “Tranquilo” which in Spanish means chilled or calmed. The lyrics refer to the part of life when you are single and you enjoy it. However, in some way, the lyrics were rhetorical for me. Following the same line of the lyrics composed by the band, a playful ironic approach was the solution for the cover. A moment in which the band is having a great time, but at the same time is living a difficult situation.

They were many typical things of Ecuador included in the lyrics, mostly jargon. The band was planning to release their new single at the middle of January (2019), the moment when “summer” begins for Ecuadorians that live in the coast of the country. Some beach vibes were also determinant to design the cover, not only because of the beginning of summer, but also to follow the thread of the tropical sounds.

One typical element of the summer in Ecuador is the pedal boat, whose design is very distinctive and peculiar in Salinas, Ecuador. To connect the fans with the band and to follow the thread of irony, a photo session was carried out in the middle of the sea with the band dressed “formally” standing in the pedal boat. In this context they reflect joy, but at the same time unconformity for the weird situation. “Tranqui estoy bien” is the chorus of the song, which means “chill out, Im fine.” Just what the cover rhetorically shows.