El Circo Del Brujo
Telekrimen
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TELEKRIMEN return to SlovenlyRecordings with a high-concept instrumental twin-spin as cerebral as it is danceable. "El Circo de Brujo"sees TELEKRIMEN building a swirling, organ led cumbia on top a 1982 offering from synth pioneer PatrickCowley: an experiment inspired by the neighborhood sound systems of Mexico, and its relationship withthe 1980s Hi NRG (high energy)movement. In those years, the banda and punk kids identified andadapted the coldness of Alan Vega with the transgression of Divine, generating a street identity inMexico City, since the sound systems have always been deeply rooted in marginalized neighborhoods allover the world, and Mexico was no exception. Taking to the streets was frowned upon, it was considereda rebellious and self-management act. Telekrimen considers this production an act of rebellion againstthe hipster movement of the garage and the now normalized psychedelic expressions of CDMX. A coverof Swedish novelty-rocker Eddie Meduzas "Reaktorn Lack I Barseback" - known in Mexico as "Himno a laBanda" - closes the 7" with a thumping, fuzz-surf twang for further cosmic longboard gliding.