I'm on the trail of some electro-gagá, but in the meantime, I've been listening to this duet straddling the Canal de la Mona.
I'm really sorry I missed these ladies when they were at the Nacotheque event last week. But according to their MySpace page, they'll be back in July.
They're playing around with the repetitiveness of 90s merengue, gagá and other popular Dominican musics, the implied absurdity of tropical tropes and rhymes, and the scary sexuality of Chicas del Can vintage high-voiced singing.
I love their song "Darte" with the refrain, "lo que quiero es darte, lo que quiero es darte, lo que quiero es darte complejos," like some demented psychotherapy/merengue/minimalist art project. I've always had a weakness for art-school bands.
The only YouTube trace I found of them is this "Miti Miti Puppy" piece. Is it a riff on "perreo"? Is it a ñato-pride song? Is it self-indulgent arty shit? Maybe all of the above.
Bueeeeeehhhhnooo
Si eso arte y musica eto tiguere son picasso !!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_j-ozOc1As
Posted by: El pueblo | March 28, 2008 at 01:43 PM
Bueno, Pueblo, with these things I think there's sometimes a thin line between brilliant and disastrous. I still haven't figured out which they are. Pense lo mismo de la novela de la Rita, La estrategia de Chochueca.
Posted by: Caro | March 28, 2008 at 02:37 PM
El Pueeeeeeblooo!!!
Posted by: Kiko Jones | March 28, 2008 at 03:50 PM