Capullo, Informática romántica para avanzados

Si eres latino, or you really dig Latin music like we do. "Informática romántica para avanzados" will definitely make your summer (¡hizo nuestra primavera!).

Here we have, a couple of brothers under the name of "Led" and, a quite unique friend called, "Prima Sandunga". All of them from Aguascalientes, México; tweaking Latino grooves with very interesting electronic dance music and, in the way, having a lot of fun writing silly lyrics in Spanish about Mexico's day-to-day cyber love life misfortunes. So, in a way, yeah, this can definitely be considered as Mexican "Hot Water Music" (Aguascalientes stands for "Hot Waters").

Once you listen to Capullo's music, you'll probably wonder why we released it. Don't worry. We don't blame you. But the answer is pretty obvious, really: We're from Mexico. We're Latin, deep inside, most of us really like kinky silly music. And that would also probably explain why we have such shitty soap operas. It's in our blood. Maybe you should try ignoring your problems dancing and singing to this music too. Seriously. Besides, their music might sound happy, but the lyrics aren't, really. Consider Capullo as our REAL youth's (not the one online) latest "emotronica". Yeah, yeah. New World Music, Urban Latin Rhythms, yada-yada. Whatever you wish, mijo. But, please, instead of making a weird face, help us spread this music around your globetrotting and next door parties. You won't regret: More than one person will ask you "What the hell are you listening to?"

So, go on and go crazy, you kitschy music DJ. We're also very happy to come up with this unique kind of music. Enjoy!

// CAPULLO / INFORMÁTICA ROMÁNTICA PARA AVANZADOS //
01 - Prendo el ordenador DOWNLOAD
02 - Ritmo Prohibido DOWNLOAD
03 - Power point de amor DOWNLOAD
04 - Amor de Semana Santa DOWNLOAD
05 - Reencarnación DOWNLOAD
06 - Camionero DOWNLOAD

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En el apoyo al amigo tianguero, prohibido no compartir. Compártelo para que esté en el Ares. Toda la músca por Capullo. Aguascalientes, México.

Dedicado a isra el denevs, os GRU, pepepe, clubfonograma, watchman, nstrojans, alexico, majadero, lili y lobo, we just push play, fata y juan, waya waya, buhos sabios, chuntitas, to3.1416, rigan, santos, rubinskee, malandra, carlo, lalo, disena, mario de vega, mario proporciones épicas, lido pimienta, dulce carrillo y toda la chinche, las napoleonas, maira coilin, pixel over flow, doña anita y su imperio, nuestros ancestros, toto, colectivo autista, sweetvandals, prima jocelin, la patona, duguLoops, al chiquis, beto gtz., somos baobab, los abuelos y tía tere, charlyn dios te tenga en su santa gloria, chormatica, armando, a robert el maraca y todos los cornejo, golden rainbow kid, dulce maría rivas, kimo, peluza puente, bill gates patrocinanos, los chiquitwau, a la de los raspados picosos, insane co., mi abuela chilo y su esposo, a blanca esthela y guillermo, al mangueras, a e.lebleu, a luna y su carnal, al clan rodríguez, dantek y a los nuevos gatitos que están bien boonitos, aDIOS, o sea, bye. TQM A TODOS, SON PKM.

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E.lebleu: You, Me & The Werewolves

Four years can really make a difference. In 2005, Eric Gamboa delivered through Soundsister Two Years Off, a delicate, ethereal ambient folk album based on electroacustic experimentation, field recordings and noisy, warm introspection. But something changed. Gamboa is in a different place now, and with You, Me and The Werewolves (Poni Republic, 2009) he has a new goal: to make you dance!

In only 6 songs, this EP really gets diverse, taking elements from the wide dance territory, like techno/house/minimal/hiphop-ish beats, chopped vocal samples, wobbling basses, moving synths, clicks'n'cuts, you name it. The only vocals are provided by Poni fellow Nuuro, on the track "The Mothman", which sounds like a late-night England. This isn't the only collaboration: Mexican friend Rugoso adds flavor to "Polynesian Rush", while Gamboa wrestles with laptop artist Plug on a pretty fun, upbeat, live versus called "Pony Ride". Damn, I'm already tapping my toes.

This new E.lebleu release deserves at least a listen, but I recommend 2 or 3, just to have those beats burnt into your brain. So, who knows? If at first he took two years off, then four, then maybe in six years we'll get a grind / hardcore punk album or something like that. We'll wait and see.

Text by Cheky


// You, Me & The Werewolves EP //

1.- The Two Lines Between Us
2.- The Mothman feat. Nuuro
3.- I Wish You Were Real
4.- Like Tigers in the Back Seat of My Car
5.- Polynesian Rush feat. Rugoso
6.- E.lebleu vs. Plug - Pony Ride (Party In My Room Edit)

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All songs were produced and arranged by E.lebleu. Except "The Mothman", lyrics were written and sang by Nuuro. Artwork ("Ghostlar") by Gustavo Abascal. Eric would like to thank everybody involved with the making of this release. Especially Ainée. Peace out, you fucking satanist. Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.5 License. The Poni Republic, 2009.

Bufi, Homeless Hero EP

Divina juventud. Divino Bufi. Apenas tiene 21 años y su música yace embebida con el portento sónico que sólo dan los años. Sí, Mateo González Bufi tiene ese encanto de los pequeños genios pero no es nada inconsciente: su Homeless Hero EP es una tajada de severidad de cuatro temas donde el escucha se topa de golpe y sopetón, a un pastiche sonoro que tiene entrada y salida, exhalación e inhalación, golpe y morete, contusión y estado de coma. Cualquiera que se entere que Bufi es un defeño caza hypes dentro del ancho e interminable mundo de la web, podría darse un norte y sur de cómo es la música que arma, ata, programa y lanza a través del formato MP3.

Empero, Bufi no es un chicuelo que aprovecha su falta de sapiencia formal para la música y decide tomar el ordenador para facilitarse las cosas y “taparle el ojo al macho”. No, él estudia la Licenciatura en Guitarra Clásica en la Escuela Superior de Música del CNA y seguramente viajan en sus sinápsis mentales nombres de compositores consagrados de las seis cuerdas como Francisco Tárrega, Agustín Barrios “Mangoré”, Štěpán Rak, Nikita Koshkin o Leo Brouwer. Lo anterior seguramente ya da otro punto cardinal muy distinto a cualquier persona: no es “el chico” que pica teclas y prende computadoras, sino un músico joven que ofrece fondo y forma. O, ya más alejados de las suposiciones de etiqueta social, se divierte componiendo melodías ajenas a sus estudios formales. Cosa loable o no, lo hace con harta calidad. Que nos perdonen los colombianos por usar su caló pero Bufi se disfruta hartamente.

Pero las suposiciones siempre se quedarán cortas, así que no demos vuelta a la objetividad. El track abridor, “We begin”, es un chorro multicolor y multigenérico donde convergen décadas, gustos y tendencias como si fuera un lupanar hipotético de la Colonia Roma del Distrito federal. De entrada, existen tintineos del trabajo pionero del ochentero Double Duce. Enseguida los sintetizadores con repiqueteos a lo Miami y listones que jalan recuerdos de grupos como Cosmicity, vuelan por doquier. ¿Que si es un synthpop? Sí, pero las vocales melosas y el puente melódico de un teclado coqueto, nos lanzan a proyectos actuales de Europa como Sally Shapiro. La esencia de esta gema sonora puede compararse al de un clic de cámara réflex apretado una y otra vez, no por la búsqueda de la instantánea perfecta sino por la obsesión de encontrar un ritmo vital para tomar fotografías.

Con los tres cortes restantes, Bufi adquiere peso. “Like a child” es un ejercicio lúdico de capas y coros repetitivos, donde las partes que revientan la melodía con el paso de los segundos tienen algo de Daft Punk y de aquel añejo proyecto también galo de Comix, solamente sin tanto tuck-tuck en las baterías programadas. “Make It over” es la canción hipnótica, la que se mete al nido de lo reposado y basa su fuerza en el contraste de los sonidos de los teclados; es una fuga que no sigue tonalidades ni notas, sino sentimientos dentro de la pista de baile. Para el cierre, “Homeless Hero” es la parte casi carnavalesca e infantil. Es un viaje propulsado por la batalla casi épica de efectos en sintetizadores, samplers y voz, que repiquetean al tímpano como un trance dramatizado.

Escuchen a Bufi, no lo suelten. Es un maestro para “acomodar colores” y encontrar la textura exacta. Puede ser que con su computadora quiera convertirse en un pintor musical y eso es una afrenta que se vale con su pasaporte de juventud. Animotion, Junior Boys, Red Flag y hasta Hawaiian Pups, son influencias que van colgadas de la espalda de Bufi. Simplemente escúchenlo de frente y dejen que él haga el resto.


Texto: David Meléndez





// BUFI / HOMELESS HERO EP //

01 - We Begin DOWNLOAD
02 - Like A Child DOWNLOAD
03 - Make It Over DOWNLOAD
04 - Homeless Hero DOWNLOAD

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All tracks written and produced by Mateo González Bufi. Homeless Hero EP is courtesy of Le Touch and TTSO. Artwork by Ponitail. Photograph by Domestic Fine Arts. Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.5 License. The Poni Republic, 2008.

Todosantos, Acid Girlzzz EP

What Alberto Stangarone, Ernesto Pantin and Mariana Martin have in common besides their unique sound, is that each of their current members are highly notorious in Caracas' indie scene since the early 2000's. They've only released one LP entitled Aeropuerto, and that independent recording got them great reviews and gigs all over the world, including TV. Barcelona, New York, Austin, Caracas or Bogotá, it doesn't matter where they are, people dance, because their language is understood world-wide: FIESTA! FIESTA! FIESTA! You know what we mean?

Hit their mega bass with a quirky booty shake, 'cause Todosantos' grimey acid wave house and "tukky bass" is nothing we've heard before, though you can easily guess by listening tunes like "Pao!", that sometime during their NY tour last year, they took a shit load of happy acid and danced with white kids at a couple of Ed Banger's parties. You might consider doing that sometime too, you know, before you hit that ugly 35...

Acid Girlzzz is an audiovisual EP that contains 3 pods (or audiovisual & portable tracks) in mp4 & DVD format to be reproduced on your iPod, iTunes, DVD players or DVD mixers for VJ's. Heavy Bass & powerfull club tracks to set the room on fire.

You should also know what Todosantos re-released Acid Girlzzz EP through Flamin Hotz' Records in a packaging that includes marbeled colored vinyl, a DVD containing 3 videopods & high quality mp3s, 3-D artwork with custom 3-D glasses, and remixes by Cousin Cole, System D-128, Leif, and Cardopusher! Be sure to get that one too because THE VERSIONS ON THIS RELEASE ARE DIFFERENT than the ones featured on the Flamin Hotz' release, they are much more dancefloor guided and you can listen to them at their MySpace.

// TODOSANTOS / ACID GIRLZZZ MP3s //
01 - Acid Boys & Acid Girls DOWNLOAD
02 - OMG! We Got It! DOWNLOAD
03 - Pao! DOWNLOAD

// TODOSANTOS / ACID GIRLZZZ MP4s //
01 - Acid Boys & Acid Girls DOWNLOAD
02 - OMG! We Got It! DOWNLOAD
03 - Pao! DOWNLOAD

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All songs & videos produced by Todosantos. Music credits. Recorded by Todosantos + Claudio Ramírez @ cromo* Caracas. Mixed by Cardopusher @ home Caracas. Mastered by Jason @ Transition Studios London. Todosantos are: Alberto Stangarone (vocals/laptop/guitars). Ernesto Pantin (vocals/laptop/synths). Mariana Martin (Visualart). Contact: todosantos.com.ve.

Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2. License. The Poni Republic, 2007.