The beautiful electronic vocals in the tradition of Master Sword and the rap-bathed oral poetry of Laura Sam and Juan Escribano provide the remarkable rhythmic component of Rendibú 2022
When one attends the annual Rendibú festival, one of the most unpredictable, heartfelt and distinctive cultural events held in the region of Murcia, one has to subscribe to the famous quote of the Greek philosopher Socrates: «I only know that I know nothing». And in that certainty of doubt lies the key (and magic) of this fortunately unclassifiable event. Crossing the Rendibú Door, you enter a universe where anything is possible, from flying through the heights in a 3D experience to quickly responding to the musical call of the unknown. You don’t see it, but you hear it. You don’t recognize it, but you feel the excitement of dressing up as a detective and finding out what’s behind the doors. Lines of people wait impatiently for the unknown to open up and the treasure to be revealed. A sonorous vault accessible from the obligatory tranquility of shared waiting. In this edition, listen to the murmur of sound and when you reach the finish, an imposing door will appear in front of you with the text: ‘New Murcian Folklore. Castañetas and synthesizers’. You will receive the admission ticket and you will immerse yourself in a small room where the brothers Alejandro and Víctor Hernández wait with a shy smile, or what is the same, Maestro Espada, one of the most surprising and fascinating proposals of the current music scene. And what happens next, for a short but intense period of time, is pretty close to a miracle.
Behind the walls of the space in which this intimate format concert takes place that can accommodate up to fourteen people, a factor that transforms the performance into a beautiful face-to-face meeting with the artist without shields or reservations, the noise from the audience is deafening. It’s what the celebrations have, gathering reunions, motivating loud conversations, and stirring up the sublimity of friendship every second. However, Master Sword managed to build a kind of dream refuge where internal silence defeated the cry of others with extraordinary sensitivity, touching talent and excellent songs.
There were two songs that completed the feat, an unpublished precious that will be part of the highly anticipated album they are recording with Raül Refree, and the dazzling ‘Estrellica’. And I wish there were a dozen more, because we’re talking about one of those bands where every risk is a precious reward, every melodic shock basks in the light of the brilliant and every gesture, even if minimal, goes through the heart.
After several previous musical experiences, the Hernández brothers recently discovered the many artistic possibilities that populate the Murcian folklore, then decided to immerse themselves in the most recognizable sounds, harmonies and instruments. In this way Maestro Espada achieves an impressive and beautiful balance between yesterday and today, artisanal percussion and analog synthesizer, postcards from a bygone land and the validity of some essences that keep the memory alive. With a few hats off to vocal performances, a hypnotic curtailment, and an admirable ability to captivate from the minimum, the group needed the right time and elements to more than justify the hopes of their proposal. Ahead, the revelry continued, but in that tiny space, Master Sword gave us a memorable deli.
The word as a mirror, a reflection of broken glass, a minefield and quicksand. The word as a boxing ring, a pipe of peace, a cry to heaven and a view to the future. The word as a musical engine, a playground, a backyard of nostalgia for a future full of fog and abyss. The word, in the hands of the totanera poet and rapper Laura Sam and the imaginative musical bases of Juan Escribano, as the only flag, starting gun and arrival at the finish. His proposal isn’t for all audiences, and he doesn’t seem to intend to, and he doesn’t always make it easy, but when they hit the mark, and there are many occasions when it happens, rhyme and sound merge into a passionate meeting of electronic impulse, impulse of ink and literary torrent. So songs like ‘Nadie nada’; a great ‘I don’t want to be me’ exalted by fantastic guitar work; or the resounding ‘Spain’ and ‘Agurra’; all located in the recently published ‘La voz contra’, they result in a discovery of strength, personality, charisma and power.
A series of virtues accumulated in the theme with which they closed their show, “Siempre en Guerra”, a jewel that ends with some verses that deserve to end the musical memory of this Rendibú: «If I I’d prefer the wind, I’d change the fact that I don’t give more of myself for how much you want. I would be brave. And in fear I would sew such a sound.
Source: La Verdad
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