Pablo Samuel Castro
March 20, 2023
Albums
I’ve been in bands since I was 12. In a parallel universe I’m a full-time musician :D. This page collects the albums I’ve released so far, in reverse chronological order. Enjoy!
the 45s - #1 (2024)
With my good friend Jean-Simon Diallo we started a new project where we release 45s (i.e. singles) consisting of two songs, one written by him and one by me. He does the singing, I do the production and play the instruments. Enjoy!
Listen to the album via any platform here.
Track listing
- The Water Flowing (p.s. castro)
- Bombshit (j.s. diallo)
gregor samsa - amorfo (2023)
With my good friend Esteban Nichols, we recorded this jazz fusion album during 2022. It was challenging because Esteban (and Matías) recorded in Quito, Ecuador, while I recorded in Ottawa! I’m quite proud that this album was made with 100% Ecuadorians. I hope you enjoy the tunes!
Listen to the album in Spotify, Apple Music, YouTubeMusic.
Track listing
- red carpet (p.s. castro)
- fell on black days (c. cornell, arr. p.s. castro)
- jigsaw falling into place (radiohead, arr. p.s. castro)
- reptile hands in the snow (p.s. castro)
- taiticú (p.s. castro)
- florie (e. nichols / p.s. castro)
- woland (p.s. castro)
Lineup
- Esteban Nichols - Drums
- Matías Alvear - Bass
- Pablo Samuel Castro - Keys, Guitars, Eurorack modules, programming
psc trio - brave new world (2018)
My good friend Claudio Palomares (with whom I played in ecos de portoalegre) encouraged me to start a jazz trio with some of the songs I had been writing. This was the product! This trio was quite active in Montreal until COVID ruined it all :(.
Listen to the album in Spotify, Apple Music.
Track listing
- espalda de vidrio (p.s. castro)
- claudius iraer (p.s. castro)
- mancuspias (p.s. castro)
- solipair (p.s. castro)
- brave new world (p.s. castro)
Lineup
- Claudio Palomares - Drums
- Olivier Hebert - Bass
- Pablo Samuel Castro - Piano
ecos de portoalegre - ecos de portoalegre (2009)
It was such a blast to play live with this 7-person latin jazz band, our highlight was at one of the big outside stages in the Montreal International Jazz Fest in 2008! It was such a joy to share the compositions with Claudio Palomares.
Listen to the album in Spotify, Apple Music, YouTubeMusic.
Track listing
- tierra nuestra (p.s. castro)
- sóngoro cosongo songo (c. palomares)
- nubladito (c. palomares)
- interlunio (p.s. castro)
- no me desampares (p.s. castro)
- historia del fuego (p.s. castro)
- móvil (p.s. castro)
- cumbres (p.s. castro)
- rumba pa’ fidel (c. palomares)
- sigue cantando (p.s. castro)
Lineup
- Anamaría González - Vocals
- Pablo Samuel Castro - Piano, Rhodes, guitars, and backing vocals
- Claudio Palomares - Drums
- Daniel Iturralde - Congas, bongos, percussions, and backing vocals
- David Carbonneau - Trumpet
- Matthieu Van Vliet - Trombone
- Olivier Hebert - Bass
- Hugo Larenas - Cuatro and tiple
- Diego Espinosa - Vocals on “nubladito”
- Papo Ross - Backing vocals
Jai Gurú - Jai Gurú (2002)
My first full-length album! This rock/funk album was recorded with friends I made in my first year at McGill University, and they are still some of my best friends to this day!
Click on each of the songs to listen to the track.
Track listing
- all is not lost (m. tetrault)
- middle man (p.s. castro)
- not his fault (m. tetrault)
- meant to be (m. tetrault, f. dagher, p.s. castro)
- feed my lust (p.s. castro)
- stranger (m. tetrault)
- wide eyes (f. dagher)
- dewdrop (f. dagher, p.s. castro)
- wild child (m. tetrault, f. dagher)
- somedays (f. dagher)
- don’t mess it up (m. tetrault, f. dagher)
- rise up (m. tetrault)
Lineup
- Marc Tetrault - Vocals
- Fadi Dagher - Vocals, Guitars, saxophone, percussion
- Pablo Samuel Castro - Guitars, Rhodes, percussion, backing vocals
- Hugo Chaput - Bass
- Daniel Gregoire - Drums
- Catherine Sabourin - Trombone
- Pierre-Luc Labelle - Trumpet
Cártel - demo (1996)
This was my first band during high school, in Quito, Ecuador. The friends I made there still remain some of my closest to this day. We won second place in a city-wide battle of the bands with my song “Mi Realidad” (incorrectly named in the picture below), which gave me a scholarship for my last year of high school. Right before I left to Canada, we recorded a demo. Click on each track to listen.
Track listing
- Nos siguen buscando (p.s. castro)
- Tres (p.s. castro, r. lalama)
- Mi realidad (p.s. castro)
Lineup
- Roberto Lalama - Vocals
- Pablo Samuel Castro - Guitars, backing vocals
- Cristóbal Jaramillo - Guitars
- Felipe “String” Durini - Bass
- Daniel Espinosa - Keyboards, harmonica, backing vocals
- Emil Klein - Drums
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