The Vetusta Morla group finalizes the details to publish ‘Dancing until the blackout’, a work based on the huge concert they offered at the Wanda Metropolitano
Anyone who has seen that concert by Vetusta Morla will always remember it. It was June 24 this year and those from Tres Cantos were joined by two folk groups: El Naán, from Palencia, and Aliboria, from Galicia. Some 35,000 people gathered at the Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid, a feat few groups can approach. In the middle of that mass celebration, the collective liturgy was interrupted when the sound disappeared. It was four minutes that became eternal but left their mark on that rousing performance. Far from becoming depressed or desperate, Pucho, the singer, let out a tribal cry. “Whatever happens, don’t let anything stop you from enjoying tonight. May we be fully aware of how damned lucky we are to be here. And the audience cried.
If the enthusiasm of that evening has not yet died down, the sextet will release the album ‘Bailando hasta el apagón’ this Friday, in double CD and DVD format. It is an opportunity to recreate the magic of that day, imbued with joy and the flavor of some forty songs, including all the songs from the album ‘Cable a tierra’. Memorable songs for a hypnotic night, combining the sound of rock with urban rhythms, the shrillness of the pandeiras with the vibrations of the electric guitar.
The work explores traditional forms and sounds to incorporate the sense of ritual, identity and community in a contemporary context. In times of galloping globalization, the public looks to the local and the authentic. In the audiovisual, surprising visual effects are combined with the presence of rustic and archaic instruments, ranging from square tambourines to goblets, through sieves, pandeiras, pepper cans, hoes and rabels. “With the digital disruption, people have started to listen to more traditional sounds. And the thing has enchanted them. Young people take it without prejudice, ”says Jorge González, the band’s percussionist.
Vetusta Morla, six battered guys with 25 years of history behind them, came up with a new show where rock was fused with roots music, the songs structured with the unpredictable verses of Wos, a freestyle rapper gifted with an unparalleled verbal wit. “The record is a way of somehow reviving the emotion of that concert, because when you perform, you pay attention to the millions of things that are happening in every moment,” says Pucho.
Despite the fact that the group struggles to blow up stadiums, pavilions and squares, Vetusta Morla’s felt a certain fear of heights when they proposed to record a grand live performance. “In the end, not only did we succeed, but we managed to create intimacy for 35,000 people. What gave us a lot of anxiety in the beginning has ended up being one of the most amazing experiences we’ve ever had.
The band has decided to respect those four minutes that sowed the mess. The lights didn’t go off, but the sound did go off on the fourth track, just as they attacked ‘El hombre del boco’. Only the microphones that picked up the mood of the audience worked. Calm finally returned after moments of fear. “The first thing that comes to mind is ‘shit!’ We didn’t know what was going to happen and if we could play again. A lot of people were working to fix it,” they say after the shock, a silence they reconstructed, but without the actual duration of the course. “Interestingly, the audience didn’t take it badly. And we, immersed in the party and the entertainment, knew how to overcome the situation,” Pucho argues.
It’s not the first blackout they’ve suffered, but the one at the Wanda Metropolitano was the one that happened in front of a huge crowd. “However, people sympathized with our suffering. You have to be very smart not to get something positive out of a technical problem,” says guitarist Guille Galván.
A remarkable moment, but not the only one. Equally memorable is the invocation to the ancestors embodied in the ‘Panaderas de pan duro’, a work song sung by the Naán, the group from Tabanera de Cerrato (Palencia), singing a kind of litany performed to the accompaniment of thrusts. on the table. “It’s people who bring with them important cultural baggage that we’ve gotten rid of,” they argue.
Although Vetusta Morla is a true exponent of Spanish pop rock, the group is determined to explore the folklore of various countries, including those on the other side of the Atlantic. It’s a music that gets new energy. There are Rozalén, Rodrigo Cuevas or Silvia Pérez Cruz as the most successful examples. “Our exercise is not an ethnographic exercise, it is a connection of the roots and popular music with our roots and our popular music, which is ultimately rock. And what better cathedral for rock than a stadium,” says drummer David García.
The album ‘Dancing until the blackout’ can be heard on all digital audio platforms, both in double CD format and in an exclusive and limited edition that will be delivered alongside the DVD.
Source: La Verdad
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