Son al Son | Javier Olmo
1998
（not released. promotion CD only）
1. Esperanza
2. Le Due a Una Rosa
3. La Gloria Eres Tu
4. Muy Junto Al Corazon
5. Siento Renacer
6. Tu No Sabes De Amor
7. Aprende Muchacho
8. Son Al Son
Javier came to the studio when I was searching for a singer to sing “Siboney” in the film KYOKO. He was the son of José “Pepe” Olmo, who had been side vocalist of Orquesta Aragón, and was a member of the National Choir.
Most Cuban singers have a powerful way of singing. But his voice and singing were simply natural, transparent, flowing like wind or water — a voice that seemed like it might drift away and disappear with the wind or water, with nothing forced about it, a voice you want to hear again and again.
This album was published by Shueisha and is not available to the general public — it seems to be an extremely rare Album.
I found this video on YouTube through an image search.
When I reached out, it turned out to be a collector and DJ living in Cali, Colombia. The image used here was sent by him.
In1996, Ryū Murakami recorded Javier Olmo’s solo album “Historia de un Amor”. I searched for it several times but couldn’t find or obtain it. One day, searching with the feeling of “there’s no way I’ll find it anyway,” I found it on Yahoo Auctions. It was strange.
I learned that his name was not “Jabiel” but “Javier.” About a week after that, when I searched for Javier Olmo, Historia de un Amor came up.
In the comments I found: “My brother!” and “My cousin! He held me in his arms when I was born.” Since the liner notes of Historia de un Amor mentioned that Javier’s father had twenty-five children all over the world, I thought it was entirely possible for them to be siblings or cousins.
When I watched other videos on that account, in the comments I found a post from a cousin saying that Javier had passed away. It had been written around 2017, about seven years ago. The following day, I connected with the collector in Colombia, who sent me a photo of this unreleased Album.
All that day, I had a strange feeling.