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Los amigos invisibles
Los amigos invisibles




The funny "Llegaste Tarde" evokes the aggressive feel of '70s New York salsa and "Que Rico" suggests what a merengue might have sounded like if it were done by Motown in the 1960s. But in fact, they're not afraid to pull sounds from just about anywhere, any style or any period.

los amigos invisibles

In "La Vecina," they declare their love to a neighbor with a smooth, loungey groove with hints of disco and Marvin Gaye. Actually, "dedicated" may be a better word. But Los Amigos Invisibles are lovers, not fighters, and boy, do they want to have a good time. The outcome has been as diverse as the boys and girls plugging in their guitars. And they have had to make sense of it all while dealing with a reality of satellite dishes and cardboard shacks, CNN and realismo magico, digital technology and illiteracy.

los amigos invisibles

And why not? After all, musicians in Latin America have grown up with inescapable Anglo-American pop and rock but also distinct indigenous styles. Which is to say that while some parts are recognizable, the whole has a curiously warped feel.

los amigos invisibles

The lyrics-some nearly X-rated but too tacky to be erotic and too goofy to be pornographic-are a whole other matter.Īt times, rock en espanol suggests a fun-house mirror reflection of Anglo pop and rock. In "Arepa 3000: A Venezuelan Journey Into Space," the band's second release for David Byrne's label Luaka Bop, they casually bring up funk, merengue, French house music, salsa, techno, disco and acid jazz-and that's for starters. Los Amigos Invisibles, a rock en espanol sextet from Caracas, Venezuela, calls its music gozadera, a 1950s term that meant "party." The word is a play on gozar, which means "to enjoy" in Spanish-and gozar they do.






Los amigos invisibles