By José Gandue @Gandour Photo by Camilo Monsalve
They are called Morphonia And they started many years ago, in their first formation, playing metal and responding as authors of their work as "Mortfonia". But the experimental spirit and the encounter with other genres took the weight of death away from the name And from there, they embarked on a long journey, with few recordings but many live performances, musicians who came and went with some frequency, and a prestige that few Bogota groups can boast. Even the most critical of their work have praised their presence on the scene for more than twenty years, where their style was once called "gastrofunk" (a term we don't dare define without fear of making a spectacular mistake), and now, simply, based on what we've heard on their new album, we can affirm, Talking Old Ghetto, which are owners of a blender where, without any restrictions, we observe how they put inside rock, jazz, blues and aromas of folklore from all corners of Colombia.
How can we describe the result of this album? Let's start by saying that Talking Old Ghetto, throughout its 47 minutes, It's a well-planned chaos. Somehow we might come to believe that everything is designed to keep the viewer awake and alert every second, never letting them rest, since each of the 11 songs released there They are the sum of intense shocks that are impossible to label, much less predict. The album can be described as a truly Bogota piece: it contains the language, the chaos, the grime, and the despair of the capital. It also reflects that particular adventurous spirit not found in other parts of Colombia and perhaps not easily understood in the rest of Latin America. What Morfonia proposes to the listener is to enter a sonic jungle where there is no hope of smooth paths, tranquil roads, or sensations of conventional pleasure. Here, one is warned before embarking on this journey that the auditory odyssey can be exasperating, unsettling, and tense. There is nothing here like what the pop scene of these days offers. Morfonia is loud and aggressive, and, most irritatingly, he does it his way.. Ready, despite the warnings, to hop on the bus and listen? Welcome. The best tracks? It's recommended to listen to everything from beginning to end initially. Then, enjoy particularly... Rhinoceros, Chandoso, 11 South and their cover of Aterciopelados, Sons of the Tiger, with the collaboration of Andrea Echeverry herself.