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Move your brainIssue #07
February March
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MUTATIONby: gUsTAvO MUjIcA
TrANslATION: MArTA AlMIghTy
According to the dictionary, mutation means to change from one thing or type of thing into another, for instance: a geogra-phic change (house moving) or even a chan-ge in the structure of genes and chromoso-mes.
Myb is something beyond our magazine for-mat. The articles and works of art we bring closer to you with each issue belong to the different uni-verses of different people, who at the same time, come together to make up a bigger universe to which we also belong.
Myb is a means of expressions that, as universes are bound to do, mutates. We are a door, a window, a train, a rock, a volcano, a demolition followed by the reconstruction. We are everything that is possible after the im-possible, just like every part of the universe that can be depicted. And this is far from our last vision.
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revIeWNo me Acuerdo
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MUsIcbeAch hOUse
09rAveONeTTes
09PAUl KAlKebreNNer
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rePOrTOde to ridiculeThe broken hip
MUsIcbeach houseraveonettes
Fritz KalkbrennerNautiluss
Musical schedule
ArTArt schedule
bAr 25 “days out of time”The censure scissorArts santa Mónica
serigrafíate
IllUsTrATOrsMaruka caleis
laura sanromándemagógica china
INTervIeWTsOWc
longIvlife
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MANAgeMeNTAlain Forton
cO-MANAgeMeNT & edITIONTeresa cienfuegos
ArT MANAgeMeNT & desIgNAlbert P. centenodaniel ródenas
PhOTOgrAPhy & AUdIOvIsUAls
caótica Nata
edITOr IN chIeFTeresa cienfuegos
edITOrIAl dePArTMeNTTeresa cienfuegos
Toni Tovargustavo MujicaMónica lópez
christopher Talotdani hueto
xavi Iribarrenblanali
eva Fernandesjohn Anguer
edgar Phanor bonet
TrANslATIONPablo vieites corbal
john Freeedgar Phanor bonet
carla castroMarta Almighty
PressAlain Forton
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Teresa cienfuegosedITOr Myb
TrANslATION: jOhN Free
Ode TO rIdIcUle
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«”divide and rule”, said Ma-chiavelli wisely»
A tiny sense of the ridiculous comes with great responsibility. Brea-king the rules of what one is suppo-sed to do and to surprise with an ex-travagant act that is so shocking that it causes offense, is not something tri-vial. Acts such as Rosa Parks, sitting where she was not permitted or Har-vey Milk, opening a shop in a Catholic neighborhood, were courageous acts of faith. Throughout history, humans have been sprayed with fluid that makes them want to break the rules and give it a try. To innovate is to have to go through that awkward moment of being able to do something at the moment that may seem ridiculous, but are normalized over time.
Today, we come across a ridi-culous institutionalized “mamarra-chismo” a way that has pulled down a supposed way to innovate. What if
there was no Lady Gaga or Nicki Mi-naj? No offense to something that only aims to fill its coffers, without providing anything interesting. Not all innovation is ridiculous, but it in-volves a whole new level of absurdi-ty. Play the role of hake frozen-faced, talented or nothing special, and just feed the swill they call that great mo-dern talent.
Want to transgress? Say he-llo when entering the bar. Thank the waiter. Smile. Now that would leave us all with crooked asses. Situations that do not know what the fucking time is have become the rarity, rather than normal. This attitude of cons-tant disappointment, irony and con-tempt is an automatic neighbor. I do more than to reaffirm the designation of renegade and I’ve always exists on the surface: the Lost Generation.
“Divide and rule”, said Ma-chiavelli wisely. And that is what they have done with us, turning the dance floor into schoolyards and ma-king us hate each other. The fear I have set to be different and suffer is ridiculous. This, in reality creates controversy and the results for being daring are grotesque. There’s a battle taking shape. There are many pupae per flower that can help bring us the Renaissance we need.
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TrANslATION: jOhN Free
The brOKeNhIP
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«At 75, the king has a broken family, a broken ma-rriage and, before him, a great journalist came with a broken toy.»
I have to admit that I have not seen the entire interview Hermida made with the King at 75 years old. Unbearably boring topics and propaganda. The interview of the King is for me a broken opportunity.
The set design, inspired by the spite of a high school principal, makes you want to close youtube. It makes you think that anyti-me Antonio Alcantara will open the door of that horrible room to tell Don Pablo, sitting behind the table, who has returned to stop the child. In this sense, the staff of the royal household can still smoke, because the smo-king ban has not reached the office.
As old as sosa. Not a picture to give Urdangarín the issue or anything. If I had been the press officer of Zarzuela, there would have been an elephant released in the garden and occasionally he’d have been seen
grazing in the royal gardens, through the window that was behind him. Hey, what’s up? This would have at least diverted the attention from the stunned viewers, from an oversized and extraordinary dewlap. On this issue, it is important to add that the judge suspected that part of the funds Urdangarín busted with Noos Institute stayed there, but this is still only research.
At 75, the king has a broken family, a broken marriage and, before him, a great journalist came with a broken toy. A heavy Hermida, slimy and verbose, whose ques-tions remain stuck with a tone of the office decoration (put here Herminda is a great teacher, a leader, etc...). Nor is it surprising that an interview that has given birth and Hermida has actually given birth to mons-trous things, such as Maria Teresa Campos for example.
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I think the poor person saw it was a Sunday “Such a happy time” and felt the need to repair the damage done to the Spanish, but I think that despite the good intentions, they fucked up. The only good thing I can say is it was well punctured; a moderate botox on her face, just put some sanity into all that was happening there.
But above all, there was a broken hip. “I want to be remembered as the king who united all the Spanish”, at a time when the national backbone is broken.No hips, no ba-lance. No questions, no answers. The King of Spain wants to break what is broken further
and proposes to Super Glue these people, in an interview where nothing is said. There is something that has been said that is right, yes, it’s true, things that break can be stuck back together. However, despite how good the make-up varnish or adhesive tape is, the cracks or scars always remain visible, remembering the reason they were created. With any movement or change of season, the anxiety and hurt can return again and the wounds re-opened.
Your Majesty, I believe that when something threatens to break, it is really already broken.
«With a broken hip, there is not balance.»
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MUsIc
beAchhOUse
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TrANslATION: edgAr PhANer bONeT
We feel like creating myths, so that we could fix difficult aims that look unreachable just to keep us excited. At least that’s the impression that “Myth”
causes
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«NO OTher grOUP Is Able TO cONsTrUcT A beTTer ONeIrIc ANd MelANchOlIc AMbIeNT, A MAIN PecUlIArITy OF ThIs sUb geNre lOded OF delAys.»
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What will be on without myths. We feel like creating myths, so that we could fix difficult aims that look unreachable just to keep us excited. At least that’s the impression that “Myth” causes, the first single of the fourth album Bloom from Beach House (Sub Pop Re-cords, 2012). An album that reveals the frightening, the temporal but also at the same time the beauty. It is like a fresh breeze of what one can experiment all trough his live. This piece of work produced by Chris Cody and recorded in Sonic Ranch Studios (Texas) approach us to the mysticism that Grizzly Bear realeases.
For both members Victoria Legrand and Alex Sca-lly, Bloom is different from their previous works. Accor-ding to the Baltimore duo “It has sense from the biginning to the end. Every chords and melodies are performining togethter as a whole. It was difficult to overcome their previous album Teen Dream (2010) and songs such as “Walk in the park” or “Silver soul”, but the band from Ma-ryland has proof that with this new LP they still the kings of the dream pop. No other grop is able to construct a bet-ter oneiric and melancholic ambient, a main peculiarity of this sub genre loded of delays. Moreover, songs like “New year” or “The hours” make us ponder about momentari-ness. “A fleetering vision of live with it’s whole fierceness, colour and beautiful even if it’s for a single moment”.
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The rAveONeTTes
«The “dreAM-POP” dUO lAUNchesObservATOr IN sPAIN»
by: xAvI IrIbArreNIllUsTrATION: AlAIN FOrTONTrANslATION: cArlA cAsTrO
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The Danish Sune Rose Wagner (guitar, voice) and Sharing Foo (bass, guitar, and voice) have been a decade mixing pure dark rock with new electronic trends. This duo has refined his sound to a great and exultant dream-pop sound over the years. Their new studio album and seventh album of the group, Observa-tor, still adheres to this style. In September last year, The Raveonettes released Observator and shortly after they started a tour that took them to the United States, Canada, and several European countries. Now they are in Spain. They will play on 21th January in Barcelona at Music
Hall, on 22th January in Bilbao at Kafe Antzokia and on 23th February in Madrid. So far, their last perfor-mances in Spain have been well received by critics and public alike. The name of the group makes reference to The Ronettes and the Buddy Holly song Rave On! Their music is also influenced by The Velvet Underground, The Jesus & Maria Chain or even Blondie. A decade later, in addi-tion to these influences, there are also The Raveonettes themselves and young emerging bands like The Drums, Dum Girls or Glasvegas who have shown their admira-tion for them.
«TheIr NeW ANd seveNTh
sTUdIOAl-bUM OF The
grOUP sTIll Adheres TO hIs sTyle.»
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FrITz KAlKbreNNerby: dANI hUeTO
IllUsTrATION: AlAIN FOrTONTrANslATION: PAblO vIerTes
«he IsINFlUeNced by hIP-hOP ANd The AMerIcAN FUNK ArTIsTs OF lATe ‘80sWITh ThecONcerNs AbOUT The ‘90s TechNO.»
“PerMIssIve elecTrONIc FrOM berlíN.”
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Definitely, to be born in Berlin in 1982 invol-ved growing up in the heyday of social freedom in a Germany separated by the Berlin Wall, which would not end up falling until 1989. Germany was opening to the world and a young Fritz, influenced by hip-hop and the American funk artists of late ‘80s, such as Wu-Tang clan, Eric b. & Rakim and KRS One, along with the concerns about the ‘90s techno instilled by his older brother Paul Kalkbrenner, explain the sound that has led him to participate in the Berlin clubbing scene. However, his grand launch to the world does not appear until 2008, when he collaborates with his
brother in the soundtrack of the movie “Berlin Calling” with the track “Sky and Sand”. It will be then when he reaches the top. Now and after a very prolific year, with the release of two albums “Soul Mates” (2012) and “Sick Travellin ‘” (2012) he visits us to perform live, in a permissive and rippling way that, thanks to his voice, seems to swing on rhythms electro-beats.
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NAUTIlUssby: chrísTOPher TAlOT
IllUsTrATION: AlAIN FOrTONTrANslATION: edgAr PhANOr bONeT
«POsTINdUsTrIAl lAbryNTh»
«Proposes questions and situations trough their music, but they never
give an answer.»
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If you are ever able to get inside a huge and abandoned industrial shed, in that precise moment when everything is dark except for the last rays of the sunset, but you can still distinguish the silhouettes of what surrounds you, if you have inside this mixture of sensa-tions between fear and adventure, between anguish and curiosity, without any doubt what we are listening to, that will be Nautiluss. Their music clearly fits with this experience: a down tempo and self-reflective electronic music, sounds that are turning around on themselves like the shadows at night, a corridor without walls in which each chord surprises you with a new sound.
These songs are always climbing; it is the policy of the more and more applied to music: always more and more, but never enough. Further, always further, but there is no goal at the end. A crescendo of rhythms, industrial sounds, and a way to produce that reminds you of dub step music. To sum up Nauti-luss proposes questions and situations through their music, but they never give an answer, their works move forward to nowhere just when you move on in darkness in a huge abandoned shed and after getting away without knowing what really frightened you: Try to feel it with the song Stygian.
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MUsIcAlAgeNdA
FebrUAry-MArch13
rAdIO MOscOW Place: sala Apolo2
February 02th 2013, 20:00.
Impossible not to be attracted by the powerful American trio that stole our hearts in 2007 with the album “radio
Moscow” produced by dan Auerbach of The black Keys.
jeThrO TUll (Festival Mil.leni)
Place: Palau de la Musica February 06th 2013, 21:00.
jethro Tull invites us through its various melodies that pass for jazz, blues, folk, art rock, electronics and
even heavy metal to commemorate the 40 year career of the british band.
AlOUd MUsIc FesTIvAl
(yndi halda, giardini di Mirò, The samuel jackson Five,
stories from the lost) Place: sala Apolo
February 08th 2013, 20:00.
The Aloud Music Festival was created with the intention to bring barcelona
instrumental bands, experimental noise musicians and eager to bring fresh air
to the music scene.
jOhN hOPKINs + MONOlAKe (Micro Mutek Festival)
Place: sala Apolo February 08th 2013, 23:55.
jeFF MIlls PreseNTs
jUNgle PlANeT + clIP!
(Micro Mutek Festival) Place: sala Apolo -
February 09th 2013, 23:55.
International Festival of digital crea-tivity and electronic Music to celebrate this 4th edition of 6 to 9 February 2013
in barcelona.
ellIOTT brOOd Place: rocksound
February 13th 2013, 21:45.
Ambassadors of “death country” elliott brood, this canadians presents
to us a variety of sounds, folk, soul and rock.
MeTzPlace: sala2 Apolo
February 15th 2013, 20:00.
Metz canadians with their debut lP for sub Pop has managed to be on everyone’s lips bring to barcelo-na their punk rock and its themes
dizzying round. A whirlwind!
sIgUr rOs Place: sant jordi club
February 16th 2013, 21:30
A brand new show coming to barcelona in their only performance in spanish
lands. sigur ros threatens to surprise again, leaving behind the trend of his
album “valtari”. Inevitable appointment with the legendary Icelandic group.
crysTAl cAsTles Place: razzmatazz
February 20th 2013, 20:00.
The canadian band that was formed in 2004 after his last visit back in 2010, at its best creative and nihi-listic. Prepare to waste energy in
abundance.
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The rAveONeTTes Place: Music hall
March 21th 2013, 20:00
The danish duo The raveonettes return to spain in February to present his latest al-bum, “Observator”, released last septem-
ber. A lovely album, capable and completely irresistible high voltage Pop live takes its
definitive meaning.
sKIP & dIe Place: sidecar
February 21th 2013, 21:30.
sensational electronic fusion band formed by vocalist and visual artist catarina Aimée dahms south African (known as cata.Pira-ta) and dutch musician and producer jori collignon, have just released their debut album crammed discs in October 2012.
FrITz KAlKbreNNer live!
Place: razzmatazz February 22th 2013, 22:00.
The “other” Kalkbrenner returns to razz-matazz again within his tour sick Travellin ‘World Tour to exclusively introduce their second album studio. A work that fuses
various genres and which take precedence over all the melodies and dance floor. A
burn slippers!
jUlIeTA veNegAs Place: Auditori
March 01th 2013, 21:00.
After selling over 10 million albums worldwide and won four grammys, ju-
lieta venegas is an undisputed figure of latin music scene.
AArON ThOMAs Place: sala sidecar
March 09th 2013, 22:30.
The Australian singer set to visit Madrid again to anticipate their third album freshly baked with brian hernandez, engineer and technician from el guincho, The Punsets
and extraperlo.
beAch hOUsePlace: sala Apolo
March 13th 2013, 20:00.
The first record of victoria legrand and Alex scally appeared in 2006 and with baltimore duo has suffered an ascent
that seems endless. each new release of Maryland receives more praise than the
last, both critics and audiences. In short, unavoidable.
cOdU chesNUTT Place: sala becool
March 13th 2013, 21:00.
The soulful troubadour cody chesnuTT this year embarks on a european tour
for the launch of his latest work, “lan-ding On A hundred”. The album, recor-ded at royal studios in Memphis that
gave life in their day to the most iconic albums geniuses of soul and blues as
Al green, buddy guy and Ike & Tina Turner, is a must for lovers of southern
soul more authentic.
MUMFOrd ANd sONs Place: sant jordi club
March 20th 2013, 19:00.
Next spring, barcelona will host one of the best groups of english folk. do
not miss Mumford and sons at the sant jordi club in barcelona presenting
their new album, babel. Attending the concert is a great experience in which the members of Mumford and sons are
flushed thoroughly. get carried away by his enthusiasm and his notes.
NeAl MOrse & The FlOWer KINgs
Place: razzmatazzMarch 21th 2013, 19:30.
Three hours with progressive rock stardom and a final glorious extrava-gance with Transatlantic. That’s what
we expected with the recent meeting of Neal Morse & The Flower Kings, led by
the legendary member of Transatlantic, roine stolt.
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ANAbel lUNAestudio linda Miranda
calle Ample Nº 23
Workshop consisting of threeblocks: content and style,
design and Typography, and blogger.Naomi sanchez and ester villaseca teach you promote your blog with
Anabel Moon, that will teach you how to leverage social networks.
eUlAlIA grAUFebruary 08th 2013, Macba
eulalia grau shown in his exhibition “No I Pintat Àngels Mai daurats”
his latest collection of mixed media collages that comunicacióncon press
time and photographs to express their ideas.
deMANOeNMANO February 10th 2013, cccb
demanoenmano is a marketmensual.se itinerant divided into two spaces: one for recycling and
second-hand clothes andvintage, and one for nuevascreacio-
nes craftsmen and designers.
dOcUMeNTAl “dAys OUT OF
TIMe”bar25
February 10th 2013, Pueblo español
The spirit of the berlin underground moves to barcelona thanks to the
documentary “days Out of Time” the now defunct bar25.exelente sound-
track and documenthistorical-musical: the best alterna-tive to overcome a hangover sunday.
ArT AgeNdA FebrUAry-MArch 13
el cUAdrO de lA cAllejA
February 22th 2013, Fundación Miró
Through this picture is supposed to children experiencing
the ecstasy of a divine apparition. With this starting point the artist
shows the process of research con-ducted around this history.
cUrsO de serIgrAFíA
March 02th 2013, Ferlandina 28
Antídoto28 raised craft a course suitable for all pockets
to make your own screen prints. Ma-terials are included
in the course.
exPOsIcIóN “FrOM here ON”
A partir del February 22th 2013,centro de Arte santa Mónica
composed of various works of nu-merous artists.
It explores the interaction between the impact of photography ‘telepho-
ne’ current and immediacysocial networks.
sANdrA vAsqUezMarch 21th 2013, galería senda carrer del concel de cent 337
sandra vasquez’s work is notable for its delicacy and irreverence.
described by connoisseurs as ca-refully cultivated, full of humor, sex
and politics.
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On the 10th of Fe-bruary, for one night only, the images, sounds, and a little piece of the Berlin underground scene will move to Barcelona. The legendary Bar 25, a long time meeting place for music lovers and fans of their uninhibited parties, will host a unique night, giving us a glimpse into the movement and a taste of what it was like to party in the once emblematic venue in Berlin. Although the Bar itself is now closed, the people behind it are still active and producing events around the world, along with it’s work as a record label, keeping alive what made this place so famous a few years ago. Artists like Acid Pauli, Oliver Koletzki, Niconé & Sasha Braemer, among many other big names, are part of the soundtrack that accompanies this projection.
Atendees of the event, which will be held in Poble Espanyol, will witness the documentary film that captures the spirit of this club, full of images
that record the exu-berance of their hedo-nistic parties and the pleasure seekers who frequented them. The projection of Bar 25 DAYS OUT OF TIME is further accompanied by the music that made
this club famous, Danny Faber and Philip Bader will be responsible for representing the Bar 25, along they Lyonel (Feeling Dope) and Denizer (Plötzlich am Bodden ) to bring more of the Berlin sound, plus Hit & Miss (Raw Indigo) from Barcelona.
All this and more will be held on the second Sunday of February, which also kicks off the car-nival season, in fact the organizers have decided to make a contest for the best costumes, the prize for which is an all inclusive weekend trip to Ber-lin! Just one more reason to be part of this special event that will take place in a select few European cities as part of Bar 25 tour.Not to be missed!
«The documen-tary shows the spirit of the mi-tic club 25, full of exuberant images of their parties.»
dAys OUT OF TIMeby: blANAlI
TrANslATION: edgAr PhANOr bONeT
«AcId PAUlI, OlIver KOleTzKI y NIcONÉ & sAshA brAeMer sOUNds dUrINg ThIs PrOjecTION»
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«creATIve, crITIc ANd AlWAys cONcerNed, lIKe AN eye sTArINg AT sOcIeTy. she WAs cONsIdered sOMeThINg
IN beTWeeN A vANgUArd ArTIsT ANd AN AcTIvIsT.»
The ceNsUre scIssOrs
by: jOhN ANgUerTrANslATION: edgAr PhANOr bONeT
Eulalia Grau, was one of the most critic voices of her generation. In the early sixties she started to peep out in the artistic scene of that period. Armed just with her scissors and a restless gaze, Eulalia started her career making collages, using images cut from the mass media. With the time these pieces of art became serigra-phs, emulsified clothes, murals, books, posters or films. A whole range of tools that she employed to transmit her ideas. She set her claims in the benefit of society, issues that affected or are still affecting our society. Violence, woman’s discrimination, social differences, the havoc of the technological development, the insti-
tutional and constabulary abuse of power, or the social restrictions trough the family, schools and the mass media. Her work makes us meditate about our society’s moral and the victories or failures that lead us to the situation we are nowadays.
Due to these reasons and this present speech, MACBA presents the exposition called “Mai no he pintat àngels daurats”,a retrospective of her work that we could enjoy from the 8th of February to the 26th of May. Don’t miss it!
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ceNTrO ArTe sTA. MóNIcAby gUsTAvO MÚjIcA
TrANslATION: edgAr PhANOr bONeT
serIgrAFíATeby evA FerNáNdez
TrANslATION: edgAr PhANOr bONeT
There are many companies that are in the printing business, but screen craft is so-mething else. If your ultimate goal is to do your work as you want to do it, you must do it yourself.
Monostereo is a handmade silkscreen work-shop in Barcelona with over 7 years of experien-ce. They produce limited edition graphic art screen printing on any media, and encourage local ar-tists. Monostero have printed posters with the li-ne-up from Primavera Sound 2013 and The Black Keys concerts in Madrid and Lisbon last year. If you want to learn the art, the Monostereo guys offer an entirely practical beginners workshop, on the 12, 14 and 15 February, in El Bigote del Sr Smith (The Moustache of Mr Smith) for 100 €.
Antidoto28 is a store-studio in Ferlandi-na street, which designs, manufactures and sells its own hand-crafted limited edition products. In addi-tion, they promote and organize art events. Antido-to28 also offer two handmade textile screen printing courses, for beginners and those with some knowled-ge. They offer a full course at affordable prices and with materials included, on various dates in March.
The Arts Centre of Santa Monica is so integra-ted in Barcelona´s everyday culture that it belongs to the local collective imagination as much as the most famous tourist sites belong to the imagination of the foreigners who visit us constantly. The most common phrase used when looking for information about the Centre online is: “from convent to Arts center.” More than a sentence, it is, along with its excellent program-ming, an important factor in their successful formula.
Until February the 23rd of this year, amongst other presentations, we can attend the exhibition “The War Correspondent Archive” by Placid Garcia-Planas (1963. Sabadell, Spain.) who is a journalist of “La Van-guardia” (a Catalan newspaper). His vision of the war as a correspondent blurs the lines between journalism, lite-rature and other forms of expression, coming to propo-se a new way of understanding the concept of ‘conflict’.
From the 23rd of the same month, the spotlight is directed towards “From Here On - The Post-photogra-phy in the Age of the Internet and Mobile Telephony”. Of course, you will say that no explanation is needed for this one. Yet I cannot contain myself, dear readers and need to share with you that behind this exhibi-tion, comprising works by different artists, are amongst others, Clement Chéroux (procurator of the Photogra-phy Department Centre Georges Pompidou) and Mar-tin Parr (Photographer of the Magnum Photos Agen-cy). Perfect to get to know and understand firsthand our own time. Two proposals, two very rich temporary approaches, especially for those craving for culture.
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Their new album, hope Only bring Pain, is a mix of electric sounds to burn
your ears and your foot. The best is swim in their songs to see the particular
light of this duo, instead the nihilistic title of the album
The sUIcIde OF WesTerN
cUlTUre
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by: TeresA cIeNFUegOsIllUsTrATION: AlAIN FOrTON
TrANslATION: jOhN Free
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«The revolution has to make people listen
bisbal and lady gaga»
«Post-rock, shoegaze, trance, all the scene of replex and Warp 90’s ... epic music and
soundscapes are our influences.»
FIrsT recOrd yOU bOUghT: jUANjO: KIllers IrON MAIdeN
MIgUel: OMd sINgle OF sMAll ANd lArge vINyl, A KINd OF MAgIc, ANd A blUe dOU-ble recOrd OF The rAMONes, The PrIcA .. hAd A gOOd vINyl secTION NOT sUre ..
bUT ,WITh My MONey, PArANOId by blAcK sAbbATh.
lAsT AcqUIsITION: cOMPIlATION F POsT-PUNK grOUPs, sAd-
MAN dj, reMIxes, MOgWAy ANd hOly OTher.
A recOrd OF shAMe: OK cOMPUTer
dIsc OF hAPPINess: Are severAl IN hOUse MUsIc .. TANgerINe
dreAMs PlANNer, KlAUs schUlze.
dIsc ThAT yOU WOUld TAKe TO The grAve: M. PINK MOON de NIcK drAKe...
UNKNOWN PleAsUres
sONg FOr AN AFTerPArTy: crIsPy bAcON..lAUreNT gArNIer
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The more times you hear ‘Only Hope Brings Pain’, it gathers more light. I believe that there is a positive outlook in your songs despite, its title, which is not very optimistic.
Maybe, many people tell us, it’s is a dark record, that’s for sure ..or happy, you can read it as you want, it depends. As we said the other day, “while there is life there is hope.” Unconsciously we have left a door open.
And each new listen finds new nuances. My favorite is “Hey, guys! I know the name of the culprits “, also gives a rhetorical start to the disc.
Yes, we always wanted to make an album to listen to and not just give you hits and leave it for good, this is all con-tent, we wanted to make this record, as we like adding all that we perceive. People like different tracks, but we have detected even in people who do not fall the har-dest for tracks, after giving an opportunity to the disc, it ended up being his favorite. From the first step with us, it accentuates sensations.
“Love your friends, hate Politicians” seems made to sound for these days, do you think of music as a means of revolution?
No. The revolution has to make people listen Bisbal and Lady Gaga. We are dead. The title of this particular track is inspired only by graffiti we saw in a skate park. Otherwise if politics if present, it is at a street level be-cause we have found .. No we seek, we have dealt with it hopelessly, our city is the third largest for unemploy-ment, we do this every day.
Also, it seems like there’s a turning point in the disc and gives entry to a change, is this true or am I ma-king this up?
We’re not sure ... if you think that change is gradual, ma-ybe. Without meaning to, but it can be, anyway thanks for listening so attentively to the disc.
“Spanish Republican Soldiers in French Retirement Homes” I saw the video, are you going to make one with this song? Do you plan to make videos for the rest of the album? Which songs?
The idea is to make a video of each song, as we always do we are working on it with people who love what they do. Well, the video for that song will be something very simple and yes, we are going to record it in a French retirement home if we can. With a powerful end. So far as I can read.
«We always wanted to make an album to listen to and not just give you hits and leave it for
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Do you think we can speak of a Catalan electronic scene?
No, because God it is really all mixed here. If it is true that Barcelona has something that has concentrated and attracts people there .. We love Barcelona, especially the neighborhoods, they are not all sold to the tourists yet. In the scene we meet people of the Canary Islands, Navarra, Madrid, Valladolid, Galicia, Mallorca, Chile, Argentina, Asturias, Sevilla, Figueres, Lleida, Uruguay ... all these and without much thought, and we’ll see who emerges. The city has hosted every god. Up to us who are on the periphery.
It certainly seems that your label, Irregular Label, the supports, if any.
If, (ha ha) but it just seems to me that we are the only Catalans on the label. We and the boss! Odd...
Your sound sometimes reminds me of the French sound. Influences?
Very spacious: post-rock, shoegaze, trance, all the scene of Replex and Warp 90’s ... epic music and soundscapes.
Your image (photos, video ...) is in line with your mu-sic: lies somewhere between this world and another dimension.
We do not care about the photos too much, especially when compared with the images that accompany us live or video clips. The photos are very spontaneous, made while we play or at specific times during our free time, nothing more. The images that we cover in the videos and direct these are so important and should convey emotions and sensations in music. These are for us.
The Suicide of Western Culture has given a lot of joy, at what point do you find yourself now?
Very pleased, because it was a hard record and people are getting it in the best possible way, I have heard ... we could not have done it without certain reactions we had to the first one etc. In the end we just want to share our music with the people and this is the meaning of everything.
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WOrK WITh TheIr hANds ANd TheIr IMAgINATION TO gIve NeW lIFe TO Used sKATebOArds.
by: TeresA cIeNFUegOsPh: AlAIN FOrTON & cAóTIcA NATA
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In a neighborhood of Horta, on a terrace with amazing views of Barcelona, Jordi and Oscar work with their hands and their imagination to give new life to used skateboards. Chance
led them to start this project: Oscar, and Jordi, a carpenter and a designer, are co-workers
in a clothing store. One day, Oscar found in a container of about twenty half skateboards, in a garbage truck. “This is mine,” he thought
and took them for re-use. One day at the store, Jordi saw Oscar’s board and was intrigued, so
he asked about it and his response was that he had made it himself.
Thus, one with artisan and one with artistic training, they decided to form Long IV Life,
a project with which their hands extend the life of your old skateboard: sanding, polishing and painting are some of the tools they use to revive old boards. It is their own adventure, Do It Yourself (DIY), a movement that reassesses
crafts and local consumption, opposite to mul-tinationals. It is a growing phenomenon, which
is helping to re-activate the small business economy.
«sANdINg, POlIshINg ANd PAINTINg Are sOMe OF The TOOls They Use TO revIve Old bOArds.»
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Sharing a passion for skateboarding and knowing the culture, Jordi says a “special bond” is created with the board. Long IV Life lengthens the life of your board and creates art in motion. Oscar, an Asturian, believes that there are many different groups, “and they hang out in the same group, they are bikers, surfers, skaters ... but here they do not mix.” Jordi, ins-tead, thinks that it is a closed culture when you are skating, “someone
approached me with their board and explained it to me.” What neither of them likes is the posing of this world, but then skaters haven’t escaped
the virus that infects us in so many ways.
The sound of the wheels on the asphalt is characteristic of Barcelona. From where we are, we glimpse an immense city, which seems full of
possibilities. For both, this city means a showcase of ideas and creativi-ty. In their respective crafts, they always worried about going beyond, to not only stay within the subject, but to develop their creativity out-
side the classroom. The clothing store is a means to live, but when they leave, they can feed their creative soul. Another common trend that is
spreading and developing and it is like a seed beneath the surface, whe-re young people try to take their chance. Eager to imagine and design,
the Lost Generation need to think outside the normal and search a little further. The solution is not where we say if we don’t look for it and build
it with our hands. Do it yourself.
«The sOlUTION IN NOTWhere We sAy IF We
dON’T lOOK FOr IT ANd bUIld IT WITh OUr hANds.
dO IT yOUrselF!»
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Move your brainIssue #07
February -March