By José Gandue @Gandour
Due to bad habits, prejudices, a lack of information, and some poorly handled embarrassment, many of us have associated pop music only with sophisticated, frivolous, and pompous environments. It has rarely crossed our minds to add punk spice and militant discourse to an action that, in itself, if we realize it and think about it seriously, can be the most revolutionary act of each day: dancing. Yes, dance, push your body to the limit to the rhythm of the best music. Yes, in these turbulent times, with intense questioning of the established power and popular demonstrations across the continent, it's good to step away for a moment from the traditional, crude speeches we always hear at rallies and find a more frenetic and festive rhythm to accompany the protests. It's time to bring pop music into working-class environments, take it to the factories, and integrate it into the soundtrack of industrial production. To place texts that invite dancing alongside union pamphlets and, why not, to perform celebratory songs amidst the noise of manufacturing machines. And yes, that's what he did. Laika Russian Dog at Taller Zilio (the oldest metalworking shop in the city of La Plata). Recorded live with three cameras, and featuring a set of songs lasting just over fifty minutes, the Argentine band presents their show. Day.
Laika Russian Dog, group made up of Juan Badini, Gastón Figueroa, Guido Dalponte, Adrián Oviedo, Felipe Muñoz Jabre and Elías Zapiola, For this occasion, he has selected material from his latest albums, March I y March II, to showcase a very particular staging, where they coexist with the factory noise and the grease of everyday tools, also wearing the uniforms of the host company. Yes, despite what the manuals of disco splendor might say, there is revelry here, make no mistake. The cameras reflect the operators' desire for movement and the final editing is splendid in its effort not to lose the magic of the moment., that proletarian fantasy where the revolution accelerates with bodily oscillation and the beat constant of the tunes. In short, this is a video made to break the mold and keep you dancing. As they themselves say in their promotional statement: If we can't dance, it's not my revolution.
