By José Gandue @Gandour
Belgrano R is a neighborhood in Buenos Aires of a unique beauty and unusual tranquility, in the midst of the hustle and bustle of a metropolis whose engine is running at full throttle.
Choosing this location was a smart move. to tell a simple story of missed connections, where everything unfolds slowly but the underlying intensity is palpable, even though it's by no means a frenetic story. The Argentinian artist Juan Manuel López Manfré He presents us with a preview of the second part of his album Mutant Biography, through a clip of the song Loving each other so much.
López Manfré, who in his previous work gave us acoustic guitar lessons with a marked influence of Bob Dylan and similar things, now he's messing with textures and cadences of Andean music, Sampled to suit its well-crafted pop sound, it surrounds the listener with cleverly adapted folk nostalgia. so that they do not stray from their intention to make urban music, and instead embarking on a sonic adventure that seeks to lend the urban environment an added mystery. It involves adding rhythms to which the residents are not very accustomed., but they quickly become integrated into the feeling of the streets. It is a work without anthropological pretensions; it is rather the use of resources that are appropriate in the evolution of a career that seeks to continue creating good topics for the audience.
Let's return to the video: It's a black and white work that chronicles... a couple who cross paths and long for each other but rarely meet. No unnecessary dramatic acting, rather a journey narrated with the help of the camera lenses that capture what happened. There is no despair, no anguish. The pain is portrayed without unnecessary embellishment, and the editing wisely complements the song that features in the video. It's a well-executed piece of work, and it definitely knows how to combine the available elements.
There's a good excuse to get to know this Australian artist. This video is enough to get to know him.