There are many elements of Álvaro Lafuente that refer to his roots, beginning with the diminutive of his artistic name, which flows from the Aragonese town of his grandparents. Or that inseparable acoustic guitar that he also baptized him. One of the most promising artists of Spanish music will publish ‘La cantera’, his debut album, in 2022.
Led by Raül Refree, he has discovered the enormous possibilities of songs that explore different paths, but that do not lose the link with tradition. His music rebels against typecasting. He leans on folklore or poetry and digs into introspective sounds. At 24 years old, this Valencian is one of the most listened to independent Spanish musicians, thanks to a unique mix of influences that gives sound to «empty Spain». He has his own sound universe, made of Iberian, Latin American and Anglo-Saxon remnants and in which rock, flamenco, pop, singer-songwriters, guajira and rumba fit.
The other concerts on Friday
filovento
The search for experimentation and the exploration of sound are the ‘leitmotif’ of filovento, a name that goes in lower case and is the pseudonym of Kevin Magdalena Giménez’s enormous musical project. ‘Seeds of an imagined autumn’ is the first EP by this music education teacher from Murcia with training in music therapy and sound therapy.
filovento
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When
Friday, July 22 at 1:00 p.m. -
Where
Real Club de Regatas Terrace, ‘We are from here’ stage. Cartagena -
How many
5 euros
He takes the guitar as the epicenter of his music to combine the ethereal attitude of post-rock, the sincerity of folk and the telluric energy of traditional percussion. Plucking the strings he achieves naked and hypnotic melodies, which are combined with voices that lead to paths of intimacy and emotion. Sound moments that are accompanied by the strength and depth of traditional instruments such as the cajon and the square tambourine. The six songs on this first EP by filovento immerse the public in a sea of music, since they contain sound environments rescued from the Mediterranean.
Daniel, you’re killing me
When it seemed that everything was already sung in the bolero, they emerged to renew the genre. The fathers of this new era are Daniel Zepeda (voice, drums and electronics) and Iván De La Rioja (guitar, voices, keyboard). Together they make up the unique Mexican duo ‘Daniel, you’re killing me’. Audacity, spark and transgressive talent on stage to lead this new era: boleroglam, as they themselves have baptized it.
Daniel, you’re killing me
In its latest volume, the second, of ‘Greatest hits of boleroglam’ appear the voices of Mon Laferte, Niño de Elche or El Caloncho. Although his songs have also been sung on stage with Coque Malla, Valeria Castro or Rita Payés.
“When talent and sweetness come together, things like this happen.” Alejandro Sanz posted this message on the social network Twitter in 2007 recommending one of the cover videos that Valeria Castro used to post on YouTube. From that moment on, the algorithm made the musical talent of this Canary Islander born 22 years ago in La Palma go viral.
Giving her the impetus to start the path that led to her first EP, entitled ‘Chiquita’. A premiere that has confirmed that her success goes beyond the network, catapulting her in the eyes of critics and the industry as one of the great promises of Hispanic song. In her favor, she has a sensitive and fragile voice, conducive to chills, which gives life to lyrics loaded with memory and honesty. She belongs to that very new generation familiar with the terminology of trap, tanganas, reggaeton or perreo.
The newspaper ‘El País’ has written about this transgressive Dominican, which twists merengue, subdues samba and cumbia, fights with electronics and dismantles cabaret; that everything she does is fiery and wild. The newspaper selected the album ‘Mandinga Times’ among the best of 2020, a disastrous year for live music due to the pandemic, but very fruitful for recordings.
The ten songs on this album were produced together with the award-winning producer and composer Eduardo Cabra, from the acclaimed band Calle 13. In addition to being a composer and singer, Rita Indiana is a writer and screenwriter. She has authored four novels praised by critics (‘Papi’, ‘Names and animals’, ‘La mucama de Omicunlé’ and ‘Hecho en Saturno’), all published in Spain, in Periférico. Her time of her prolixity in her lyrics occurred during the ‘impasse’ between her cult album, ‘El Juidero’ (2010), which she recorded with the band Los Misterios, and this recent ‘Mandinga Times ‘. A decade away from music that she has put an end to with a triumphant return.
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