In a country that seems to be escaping memory, festivals preserve it. His, that of his audience, that of the music and that of the groups that nourished his youth. On the first day of Primavera Sound, New Order before and later Blur set the tone of a bygone era in their night wing this Thursday and it has to be said that the calendar’s progression hasn’t suited the two British formations equally well. Charismatic as a marabou, New Order made true that all times past were better, while Blur kept up with their Brit-Pop and a Damon Albarn who, while not the same as Gorillaz, knows how to maintain his stage pose. It is true that in colonial India there was, and will be, a certain aura of if not contempt then at least self-sufficiency in English over tea, but if he was forgiven as a young man how could he not be ? Gray hair and those glasses? Black so intellectual she wore it? They were two of the many faces of a festival that, like all successful phenomena, oscillates between criticism and misunderstanding: when people are there, it’s uncomfortable, when there aren’t people there, it’s a failure. From time to time yesterday was the first day and with the exception of last year it was never a crowded day.
Several people dance during the New Road Black Country concert on the first day of the Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona. Kike Rincon.Kike Rincon (Kike Rincon)
It is clear that the passage of time in music does not have to be an issue. An example of this is Robert Smith, who directs his Cure. Although her hair no longer suits her, she still sings very well, believes what she sings and sounds like angels, dark angels of course. On the contrary, Bernard Summer chose to sing like a rusty hinge, at least in the Primavera concerto, tuning as such. His way of moving about the scene, some guitar plucks that only required sticking your tongue out of your mouth to emphasize the effort, and an air of undisguised routine weighed down the group’s concert despite a few hits. Among them, and as a clear example of their conceptual demise, is a “Love Will Tear Us Apart” by Joy Division, a group they spawned from and long exposed as such with their somber song about divorce and the awkwardness of monogamy an earlier drunken anthem. to let the heifers run. Yes, they sounded good, which is the same as saying a taxi driver with four decades of driving experience knows the Highway Code.
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So it wasn’t a difficult time for Blur, especially with Graham Coxson ready to tear up his guitar. With a huge sign on the huge stage that read “Blur” so audiences wouldn’t confuse them with others, the group also made use of classics – including “Coffee & TV”, “Parklife”, “Girls & Boys”, ” Song 2” — and premiered two tracks from her forthcoming new album, an unexciting St Charles Square and The Narcisist, and the Years They Were Kings Are Revived. Or viceroys, everyone will like that. His less-than-brilliant staging – today everything is mostly summed up in a juxtaposition of lights and screens shouting “Don’t miss anything!” – had the particularity of watering down the images on the screens, an effect reminiscent of the melted images reminiscent of Dalí and hanging forms. The truth is that according to Coldplay, a laser is like a match if there’s nothing else.
English group New Order performs at the Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona. Kike Rincon.Kike Rincon (Kike Rincon)
Otherwise the night passed without surprises. The only notable thing is that the rain of the night before made small and sometimes invisible puddles on the artificial turf of Mordor (sea platform), so walking there easily felt like a marine dodging Vietcong traps. Nothing serious, the accident soaked the footwear a bit and that was it. With no queues in the bars, no crowds in the transit areas and the smell of the food stalls, it is indeed an unbearable advertisement that whets the appetite even when you’ve just finished dinner. The only thing that was really annoying was the noise pollution between stages. For example, the electronic beat of the one that comes closest to the two main musicians is a pumping bass that won’t be forgotten, and while Le Tigre spread their fun and ideological electroclash, with their lyrics on screen to make it clear that they do it voluntarily Hosting a chaotic party without losing the pretense of gender and political critique, the stage Loyle Carner performed on leaked if one wasn’t close to the North American trio’s stage. Difficult electoral process to reduce space without creating new inconveniences.
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The night left some other unforgettable memories. For example, Halsey’s pop nothing seemed crucial even after “New Order” – the North American played right after -; that Nigerian Rema, whose concert started late, has a spot at festivals with his hip-hop-focused Afropop, sung with a Barça shirt for more empathy; and that NxWorries, the collaboration between glossy singer Anderson .Paak and producer Knxwledge, created Neo Soul, perfect for elegance, swinging hip movements and affordable luxury. Warm black music of your life. Keep the party going.
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