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Sometimes it is as magic as this: the needle drops and straight away a bell dings, a drum pounds and a solemn trumpet marches in and, out of nowhere, we are deep into the ether, adrift in Jaco’s mysteries. Though Larry Rodríguez, his real name, has been an active player in Barcelona’s music scene for over a decade, this is his maiden album and was three years in the making. In what may be an unconscious reminder of the slow wandering that took place before the record finally found its release, Larry starts with the declaration of the need to heat up, as we are told: “Empiezo a sentir un calor que me mantiene aún encendido”, (“I’m starting to feel a warmth inside me that keeps me switched on”). He sounds so convincing that afterwards we cannot look back.
In less than 35 minutes, Jaco’s music offers us a glimpse of something located in the interzone between reality, dreams, and dystopia. Bureaucratic fake-news nightmares, surreal trips in Almería, sour reflections on human nature or thriller-like scenes in a video store are just some of the topics given lyrical treatment. The music is no less engrossing: usually percussion-driven, the rhythm is accompanied by a plethora of soundscapes enjoying a ride across the sonic spectrum, in and out, to the fore and back, bouncing, full of reverberations, treated sounds and textural synth lines.
We are living in strange times, aren’t we? As disorienting as it is, Jaco’s music delivers on the promise made by its album title and offers us something in line with the uncertainties of the times we find ourselves in. And, hey, that is quite something of an achievement, right?
A veces ocurren cosas tan mágicas como éstas: la aguja contacta con los surcos y en el acto una campana repica, un tambor percute, una trompeta desfila solemnemente y, de repente, caemos en el vacío, flotando a la deriva en los misterios de Jaco. Aunque Larry Rodríguez, su nombre real, ha sido una pieza activa de la escena Barcelonesa de la última década, este es su álbum debut, elaborado durante tres años. En lo que puede ser un recordatorio inconsciente de su lento deambular hasta la salida del disco, Larry comienza anunciándonos la necesidad de calentar: “Empiezo a sentir un calor que me mantiene aún encendido”. Suena tan convincente que a partir de entonces ya no podemos mirar hacia atrás.
En menos de 35 minutos, la música de Jaco nos ofrece un atisbo de algo localizado en la interzona entre la realidad, los sueños y la distopía. Pesadillas de noticias falsas burocráticas, viajes surreales por Almería, amargas reflexiones sobre la naturaleza humana o escenas propias de un thriller en un videoclub son solo algunos de los temas tratados en las letras del disco. La música no es menos fascinante: normalmente liderada por la percusión, el ritmo está acompañado por una plétora de paisajes sonoros que disfrutan de un paseo a lo ancho del espectro del sonido, yendo y viniendo, al frente y atrás, rebotando, llenos de reverberaciones, sonidos tratados y líneas de sinte texturales.
Estamos viviendo en tiempos extraños, ¿no es así? Tan desorientadora como es, la música de Jaco nos ofrece aquello prometido en el título y nos entrega algo acorde con las incertezas de los tiempos en los que nos encontramos. Esto, convendremos, es todo un logro, ¿no creéis?
Texto de Víctor Ginesta
credits
released April 2, 2021
Limited edition of 320 copies in black vinyl.
Edición limitada de 320 copias en vinilo negro
Composición, producción y mezcla de Jaco
Letras, voz e interpretación de Jaco/Larry Rodríguez (Excepto letra en B-02)
Mezcla adicional por Víctor L. Crux
Masterizado por Ruud Lekx
Grabado en el estudio de Jaco, La Isla Estudio de grabación por Pablo Miranda y Màgia Roja HQ por Víctor L. Crux entre 2017 y 2020
Trompeta en A-1 y A-3 de Pablo Volt
Saxo alto en A-5 y B-1 de Rafael Romero Ibáñez
Guitarra española en A-5 de Caramuerto
Voces y onomatopeyas en B-4 de Laia Arqueros Claramunt y Mar Cianuro
Grabaciones de campo de las procesiones de Semana Santa en Almería de Larry Rodríguez
Dirección de arte de Jordi Oms
Escultura de Laia Arqueros Claramunt. Baubo me salve, la comunión
Definied by The Quietus as Spain's most important label-slash-venue, Màgia Roja is behind
some of
Barcelona’s most forward-thinking and out-there parties and releases.
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Unique, cutting edge. Tribal but cold. Like if a female fronted hybrid of Throbbing Gristle and Esplendor Geometrico had the percussion of Roberto di Simone or Cut Hands. The rhythms are something else I can't put my finger on. Every song is quite different but feels like a whole. All hail the tribal wave! Liam DV
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