Spring Sound does not have enough with the hundred concerts scheduled in the Forum and the dozens of actions distributed in Barcelona rooms in a parallel way. There are also free concerts in the CCCB between the Wednesday and Friday, framed in the environment of the spring Pro. While different industry agents debate in the museum’s rooms on AI, the future of recorded and live music, or copyright; The local and visitor can see several concerts without paying “in an incomparable framework.”
Jenesaispop, as half a spring proner, has been there to tell you who can make a popularity leap in the future. The bet is clear for novel artists, from places outside the usual UK/USA binomial, for example through the Lithuanians Mélynaand for a stylistic diversity of not giving credit. Of the more than 20 scheduled shows, not one looked like any other.
The variety was such that for example Sofi Paez He offered a piano recital on Thursday, with long tickets or even entire instrumental clues. Nothing to do with what we saw the same day They have gaiden (In the image under these lines), close in mysticism to enigma electronics, only with a more spiritable and danceable outcome. Shortly after we enjoy jazz and reggae of Neone The Wonderermore abstract than the set of Lemfreckwho with a Barça shirt included winks to the trip-hop, rap and bossa. On Wednesday the leader of the Korean duo Hypnosis Therapy He appeared with gigantic ears, sounding halfway between rap and rock – for the road of Rage Against The Machine – and launching a very necessary water among the respectable. It was for its energy one of the most commented shows.
The guitar groups did not look like it either. Francis of Delirium They practice a somewhat emo rock, and their singer was hilarious remembering how once their musicians lost, one clothes and the other underwear, during their previous visit to Spain. He also left as an impact statement “my name is Jana and I live with my parents”, starting a laugh to everyone. His songs are chamber; On the contrary that those of the Irish trio BUCKETdelivered fully to loungeing and scream, with a very potent rhythmic section. The Bulgarians Hayes & yin tweezers, they bet on the Math-rock, while from Indonesia Milledenials They did it for the Noise Rock. For its part, the Catalan Guineu Indie Pop melancholy deployed, with ‘fucking Any’ as outstanding hit, and ending with a new song that will open was.
Speaking of Catalonia, the first day, Wednesday, the most massive in the CCCB by not coinciding with the spring sound, but only with its free opening day (that of Caribou and the Blue House), included the performance of four Catalan artists. After Guineu, the change was radical with Okdwwhich rapped on R&B rhythms and reggaeton, but always from a very pop and queer perspective. Nothing to do with XICUwhich began with a shyness and a self -absorption of The XX or La Plata, but then they were opening at different rhythms, urban included. Who congregated the most public were Remei de Cas La Frescathat we highlight among the 6 best spring shows, then.
Oska: The charm of a guitar
Spring pro opened Wednesday with the charming acoustic show of Oska. Despite acting alone with his guitar, he managed to connect with the public by being interested at all times for which of his songs they were like more, by dedicating a theme to the death of his dog -‘mona Lisa, to Girl’s Best Friend’- or joking about the sadness of his songs. “They can sing even if they are sad,” he said smiling, apart from warning: “They cool more with production.” ‘April May July’ is among those that clearly conquered us even “without production.”
Jenys: Trans art with 3 wine glasses
Jenys offered the first Apoteosic Spring Pro concert. As soon as he left, he presented himself as “a trans person from Russia”; His show began hesitant, with certain signs of indecision on the tables, perhaps due to a matter of context: they were still five in the afternoon, nor to make 30 degrees Celsius. But helped by the three white wine drinks that had strategically located on the DJ table, he began to present his songs “for the mentally sick”, to explain insulting terms for the trans community, to wore his tiny dressed or dance lying on the ground, while sounding the broken techno of songs like ‘Claim That Dress’ Virgin ‘. “I love gays and girls because you understand me,” he said, causing both each other to approach the first rows. After losing Sophie, how well he welcomes Jenys.
“Remei”: the great promise
If the success was ever measured by number of attendees, we must talk about Remei de Cas La Fresca, who congregated a couple of hundreds of people when the sun fell on Wednesday afternoon. With more and more assistants and all of them closer to the stage, they left the feeling that something is about to explode with them. Their songs can have a Kraut or Flemish melody touch, but above all they stand out the charism of his singer, who took out a Palestine flag and lined everyone with his adaptation of mine, ‘Tot the one who will voem okupar-you the Xalet’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bxchsolqyie
Juana Aguirre: dream electronics
Argentina was represented by the melodic rock of Isla women and for the splendid show of Juana Aguirre. No one had occurred to the projections screens and those of Aguirre, abstract, contributed to creating a reverie at an hour as unlikely as three in the afternoon (I mean, without falling into the temptation of nap). He started at Ambient Plan, had indiertronics touches, but above all he transferred a feeling of beautiful calm and spirituality, through issues such as ‘Fuego’. Do not confuse, by the way, in networks, Juana Aguirre with Juan Aguirre: it happened to us in the Instagram stories, although we hope that the amararal guitarist has discovered in her another of those artists of intimate electronics who like so much.
Naaz
Naaz was sold in his biography as a Dutch artist of Kurdish ancestry, known for disseminating this last culture in Europe. What we found was not so much that but an excellent vocalist with a beautiful vozron, perfectly capable of crawling on the ground interpreting a “Song” type wool type, as of representing the joy of the garden at the head of a rather pop theme. A great and very entertaining show by one of the most overwhelming “performers” we have seen these days. It was the most “pro” of spring pro.
Aleksiah: Rock with sugar cotton
Friday was the day of less influx in the CCCB, perhaps because people were already exhausted after having passed through the Forum and having thrown the rest with the apotheosic concerts of Charli XCX and Troye Sivan or CMAT too many hours before. Even so, proposals such as folk of Niamh Bury or the jazz of Yoni Mayraz. Among those who contain greater commercial potential, the Australian Aleksiah, who did acted with a band, with melodies close to those of the Taylor Swift and the Haim more pop. This is the case of casual themes such as ’24’, one about “being stressed” that repeats “I Should Stop” or ‘Clothes Off’, which presented as a song “About having sex.” His guitar had a heart shape, also reminding the Rock-Sugar Sugar Sugar from Olivia Rodrigo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlevpP0tkoc
