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3.5.08

Jóvenes y Sexys, Bruno EP



Jóvenes y Sexys es un proyecto de música tan caprichoso como mágico. Eso sí, existe una determinada estructura que se rige por el manto de las seis cuerdas de la guitarra acústica rasgada como si el escucha estuviera en pleno campamento dominical, acurrucado frente a una fogata y en plena contemplación estelar.

Como el basamento se da en guitarra, existe suficiente "aire" para colar melodías y expandir la abstracción no hacia lejanos horizontes sino directo a las entrañas; en resumidas cuentas, es un pop casi fantasmal solamente que tras escucharlo, queda diseminado ectoplasma dentro de los conductos auditivos, cosa que asevera su presencia física más allá del mero goce auditivo.

La dupla de Ezequiel (Cheky) y Lorena Orlando (Loocila)túrmix de sangre venezolana salpicando suelo mexicano— han sucumbido ante las bondades del internet y aunque físicamente no perciben el sudor de cada uno, mandan vía e-mail sus caprichos compositivos para ensamblarlos en algún disco duro.

La música de Jóvenes y Sexys es como una carretera de cornisa: corre recta al borde del precipicio de la melancolía pero el casi silencioso teclado impide con sus notas que caigamos redonditos a un abismo. Mientras que la guitarra espina con folk, un pizpireto teclado rebota de aquí a allá. La coacción entre lo electrónico y lo orgánico se aviene más allá de la perfección; se adecua, embrolla y embruja. “Suerte” es un ejemplo capital porque entre arpegios cojos y ritmos con la taquicardia usual del bossa nova, se asoman capas y capas de dobles voces, xilófonos preciosistas y hasta el pandero casi autóctono. Pero si la canción anterior es el estandarte para identificar su estilo, “El reloj”, que planea entre la urgencia melódica acústica de grupos como Frente!, o The Sundays, y “Divine Hammer”, que vuela alto con sus melodías vocales superpuestas a lo Innocence Mission y su álbum Glow, son prácticamente banderas inmensas que cubren su horizonte.

Dentro de esta amalgama de naïvité desbordada, Jóvenes y Sexys se yerguen con soltura. En una comparación bajo los preceptos de lo versallesco, cada una de las cuatro nubes melódicas de Bruno EP poseen reminiscencias de Aurora y la Academia, pero sin Iñaki y cerrando algunas compuertas femeninas que llenaban de rosa y melosidad las melodías de este extinto grupo de féminas defeñas. Quizá la comparación sea descabellada pero en México —o al menos fuera del sobado circuito underground— no ha habido una banda que vuelva a atacar al pop que reposa plácido sobre la guitarra acústica, al igual que las melodías vocales que fluctúan entre el dramatismo y el susurro.


Texto: David Meléndez.




// JÓVENES Y SEXYS / BRUNO EP //

01 - El Reloj DOWNLOAD
02 - Suerte DOWNLOAD
03 - Gold Day (with joiejoiejoie) DOWNLOAD
04 - Divine Hammer DOWNLOAD

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RAR file, includes artwork



All songs written by Ezequiel Bertho and Lorena Orlando, except "Gold Day", written by Ezequiel Bertho, Lorena Orlando and Clément Marion, and "Divine Hammer", written by Kim Deal. Additional electric guitar, vocals, synth and programming on "Gold Day" by Clément Marion. Additional handclapping on "El reloj" and programming on "Gold Day" by José Ignacio Benítez.

All songs produced, mixed and mastered by José Ignacio Benítez. Artwork by Loocila. Caracas, 2008. Contact: myspace.com/jovenesysexys

Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.5 License. The Poni Republic, 2008.

13.9.07

Sunday Parlours/ Anois, Split EP



This is the kind of music you'd put together on a mixtape for one of those romantically hurtful soundtracks we all have lying around in our thoughts. Remember when hooking up split EPs was intriguing and exciting? Those times when two of your favorite bands were put together in one short record, just for the experience of sharing a couple of songs to each other?

Fortunately, these times are still going on, in different formats indeed, but the spirit can hardly be denied. Anois and Sunday Parlours mean so much to our label that the minute we heard this, we just stood there overwhelmed, kind of like when you have a crush. Silently happy.

Both projects were inevitably put together by destiny -or by accident, as Malte from Sunday Parlours says they met-, and we're absolutely celebrating the fact that we were able to put this release out to you for free. Somewhere between the development of Anois' forthcoming debut album and the latest release of Sunday Parlours, both couples were kind enough to gather a handful of precious folk pop lullabies for us.

Honest sounds, creative passages and pretty enjoyable nostalgic lyrics great for a weekend to stay home, open up that forgotten box of memories and abandon yourself to a set of melancholic whispers.





// SUNDAY PARLOURS/ ANOIS / SPLIT EP //
01 - The Words You Spoke DOWNLOAD
02 - Winter Stories DOWNLOAD
03 - November DOWNLOAD
04 - Homecall DOWNLOAD

DOWNLOAD EP
ZIP file, includes printable artwork


Tracks 1 & 2 written by Malte Jantzen and Saskia Melina Waldeck (Sunday Parlours). Tracks 3 & 4 written by Lars Kranholdt and Anne Bayer (Anois). Artwork by Anna Emilia. Germany, 2007. Contact: myspace.com/sundayparlours & pleasemutetoday.com.

Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.5 License. The Poni Republic, 2007.

10.3.07

Sunday Parlours, Self-titled



Malte Jantzen and Saskia Melina are the kind of persons who chill at their flats with no fear of staying there locked until late night, just sitting there, passionately silent, listening with infinite attention to their most favorite songs, mutually whispering, so they don't disrespect whoever is performing through the stereo.

Are you that kind of person too? We are.

Sunday Parlours is that kind of music that leaves you alone with your most intimate sighs and thoughts. Lo-fi bedroom folk from Nordhessen, Germany, that will dearly daze those who like the moods of Komëit, Quarks, Anois, or Spain, Ida, and Hayden.





// SUNDAY PARLOURS / SELFT-TITLED //
01 - Chapter One: The Matching Face DOWNLOAD
02 - The Cold DOWNLOAD
03 - Dear Annabelle DOWNLOAD
04 - Chapter Two: There Is Nothing But Emptiness When You Leave DOWNLOAD
05 - Passenger Seat DOWNLOAD
06 The Arrival of the Story of the Sailors' Wife DOWNLOAD
07 Chapter Three: Will It Always Be Like This? DOWNLOAD

DOWNLOAD EP
ZIP file, includes printable artwork


Songs for Sunday Parlours are Malte Jantzen & Saskia Melina Waldeck. Recorded 2006 by Malte Jantzen & Saskia Melina Waldeck. Artwork by Lars Kranholdt. Contact: myspace.com/songsforsundayparlours.

Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.5 License. The Poni Republic, 2006.