"Cima" is the brain child of two seasoned and dedicated musicians. Ricky Wascher-Tavares and Oscar Peralta met 15 years ago in high school, where they learned, studied and played together in SharpEdge, a group which saw Ricky and Oscar begin to hone their songwriting skills. SharpEdge was an 80’s influenced rock band, interpreting the “big hair” song styles of that era. After playing for approximately two years together, Ricky and Oscar parted ways and played separately in many bands, both in the United States and in Mexico. It was here Ricky got his first taste at writing and recording a studio album with the Mexican rock group “Digital”. After a separation of approximately 5 years, Ricky and Oscar met up again and formed "Cima", a musical project inspired by years of dedication to music, a vast array of experience and a love of playing and songwriting. This “reunion” gave birth to Cima’s first CD entitled “Vuelo” which contains eleven compositions of acoustic guitar-dominated rock in Spanish, or “Rock en Español”. In order to maintain the direction, style and “vision” of the music, written by Ricky and Oscar, “Vuelo” was recorded solely by both composers, who played all of the instruments on the CD. Waldo Estrada, a local keyboardist and friend, supported Cima with his keyboard talents throughout the recording. The music on “Vuelo” was well received by radio listeners and catapulted Cima onto a higher level, both locally and across Mexico. After a year of strictly radio promotion, Ricky and Oscar felt it was time to record a new CD, with a list of 25 songs ready to be picked for the next production. In April of 2000, Cima went back into the studio to record “La Elegancia de la Imaginación” which contains fourteen original songs from the songwriting duo, also in Spanish. For this project, Ricky and Oscar teamed up long-time friend AND drummer Mark Enciso. (Over the years, Ricky and Mark have played in more than half-a-dozen bands together.) Soon after its release, the duo parted ways amicably. In 2006, after a 5 year hiatus from writing and recording, Ricky decided to "dust off" the Cima name and began composing music for a new album - but this time without his long-time partner and co-writer. The new album, entitled "Uno" ("One" in English) is a testament to Ricky's first endeavor as sole songwriter and producer for a musical project of this magnitude. This project is ALSO Ricky's first recording in English, although it does contain two re-recorded Cima songs (in Spanish) from the very first album "Vuelo". - Ricky