"Creemos en la idea de los discos como documentos de un período de tiempo, no como producto"
Mark Nelson (Labradford)
Atrás habían quedado los primeros años shoegazeros. My Bloody Valentine estaba en la congeladora hacía tiempo y los nuevos creadores se debatían entre la experimentación electrónica, el post rock, el minimalismo espacial y la computer music. En ese contexto Vinita Joshi edita a través de Rocket Girl el tributo a la banda psicodélica por antomosia. Un disco que congrega a grupos top de la época, algunos desconocidos y otros consolidados totalmente. Destacan las versiones realizadas por Bowery Electric de Things'll never be the same, un himno post-blues transformado en trip hop fuzz etéreo cortesía de la dupla de New York, la relectura a I Believe It por Accelera Deck donde Chris Jeely convierte la canción en una oda madchesteriana, algo así como un cruce entre Stone Roses y Alpha Stone, los hermosos Flowchart mutando Ode to Street Hassle en una canción new wave en vena Big City y Arab Strap con su ingeniosa y arisca reformulación de Revolution.
Presenciar este documento en tiempo real, hacia fines de los 90, justo en los días en que se publicaba el Data Rape de EAR, hizo de aquellos días finiseculares una temporada maravillosa, plena de innovación y transgresiones musicales en todos lados. No sólo en yankeelandia o Europa pero también en Perú. El radical símil entre Losing Touch With My Mind por Asteroid # 4 y los Espira del Electr-Om o cómo los gozamos en el concierto de las 7 bandas de Crisálida en el Árabe Pub el año anterior era innegable. Los ambientes y melodías de Flowchart al lado de Labioxina en vivo ídem. Cualquiera de las bandas de la escena de vanguardia peruana podía muy bien estar en este trip junto a Frontier, Transient Waves o Bardo Pond: I will never forget you 90's.
Wilder Gonzales Agreda.
PS: Y acá otro tributo lanzado hace unos años por la gente de Pléroma Discos de Argentina. Incluye mi versión de Fixin To Die como Fractal publicada en cassette en 1998.
20 Years of Spacemen 3's Tribute :. Things will never be the same
"We believe in the idea of discs as documents of a period of time, not as a product"
Mark Nelson (Labradford)
Spacemen 3 towards the end of the 90s was a totem revered by Tyrians and Trojans in the international underground. The most informed techno heads and guitar rock addicts recognized in them their innovative and radical stance. Spiritualized commanded by Jason Spaceman had achieved mass-media success with Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space the previous year and thousands of new comers/neophytes from around the world were wondering about their original band, Spacemen 3.
The first shoegazers years were left behind. My Bloody Valentine was in the freezer long ago and the new creators were torn between electronic experimentation, post rock, space minimalism and computer music. In that context Vinita Joshi edits through Rocket Girl the tribute to the psychedelic band par excellence. A disc that brings together top groups of the time, some unknown and others totally consolidated. Highlights are the versions made by Bowery Electric of Things'll Never Be the Same, a post-blues anthem transformed into an ethereal trip hop fuzz courtesy of the New York duo, the re interpretation of I Believe It by Accelera Deck where Chris Jeely converting the song in a Madchesterian ode, something like a cross between Stone Roses and Alpha Stone, the beautiful Flowchart mutating Ode to Street Hassle into a new wave song ala Big City and Arab Strap with their ingenious and fierce reformulation of Revolution.
Witnessing this document in real time, towards the end of the 90s, just in the days when the EAR Data Rape was published, made those fin-de-siecle days a wonderful season, full of innovation and musical transgressions everywhere. Not only in the Yankeeland or Europe but also in Peru. The radical simile between Losing Touch With My Mind by Asteroid # 4 and Electr-Om's Epira or how we enjoyed them in the concert of the 7 bands of Crisálida at Árabe Pub the previous year was undeniable. The ambiences and melodies of Flowchart next to Labioxina live ditto. Any of the bands of the Peruvian avant-garde scene could very well be on this trip with Frontier, Transient Waves or Bardo Pond: I will never forget you 90's.
Wilder Gonzales Agreda.
PS: And here another tribute released a few years ago by the people of Pléroma Discos from Argentina. It includes my version of Fixin To Die as Fractal released in tape in 1998.
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