_Sónar 2015

// 20th June 2015 >> Niño + JC Quindós + Birikú Sistema

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We go with Niño in his performance at Sónar 2015 with a Live Cinema session that dives into the sound concepts that his songs convey and that are clearly reflected in his "Tratado sobre Música Absurda y Artificial". An experiment in audiovisual integration with a suggestive and complex narrative. Work done in conjunction with the photographer and visual artist Juan Carlos Quindós.

Translation in english from the original article:

The avant-garde (and unique) terrain in which Niño walks, was clearly evident in his live performance at Sónar. The abstractness of his beats took on a new dimension in a performance where some of his older songs -such as “Mallete” - and newer ones -such as “Suction System” (from his recent “Treatise on absurd and artificial music”) - left to be recognized at first sight to intuit within a story that multiplied its experimental side. A complex, meticulous, cosmic live show, with a great jazz load at times and that showed that the potential of the Valladolid producer is imposing, extraordinary and excessive. On the screen and accompanying the sound of him, images of Valladolid - the artist's hometown - could be seen, in black and white that managed to convey that cold temperature of the plateau. Visuals made by the artist Juan Carlos Quindós and Alberto Marcos (Birikú Sistema) that ended with the image of a Spanish flag that simulated burning (specifically, the one located in Plaza Colón in Madrid, the largest in Spain). Vindictive message to put an end to one of the most special live shows that have been seen at Sónar.

Original article in spanish:

El terreno vanguardista (y único) en el que camina Niño, quedó patentísimo en su directo de Sónar.  Lo abstracto de sus beats cobraba una nueva dimensión en una actuación donde algunos de sus temas más antiguos -como “Mallete”- y más nuevos -como “Sistema de succión” (de su reciente “Tratado sobre música absurda y artificial”)- dejaban de reconocerse a primera vista para intuirse dentro de un relato que multiplicaba su lado experimental. Un directo complejo, minucioso, cósmico, de gran carga jazzística por momentos y que demostraba que el potencial que tiene el productor vallisoletano es imponente, extraordinario y desmedido. En la pantalla y acompañando a su sonido, pudieron verse imágenes de Valladolid -ciudad natal del artista-, en blanco y negro que conseguían transmitir esa temperatura fría de la meseta. Unas visuales realizadas por el artista Juan Carlos Quindós y Alberto Marcos (Birikú Sistema) que terminaban con la imagen de una bandera de España que simulaba arder (en concreto, la ubicada en la Plaza Colón de Madrid, la más grande de España). Mensaje reivindicativo para poner punto y final a uno de los directos más especiales que han podido verse en Sónar.

Alicia Álvarez Vaquero - Beat Burguer (21/06/2015)

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