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“Into a dependency without dreams, we are continuing to lose our lives at work”, says one of their lines. Fear, silence or this hyperconnection that drives us further away and isolates us are just some of the scars of the contemporary world. It is easy to relate to Manual de Combate.
After five years as a band, – marked by little steps, touring – or the Chilean revolts, the rage of this album culminates in the thirteen minutes of Aparcoa, a jazz-inspired opera that advocates breaking with the frames of reference. In this fight against alienation – and oneself – the value of illusion is all-pervasive in this band, where post-hardcore, jazz, noise and hints of free jazz become one and the same. What is to be done in the face of this fire that reminds us that everything seems possible?
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“En una dependencia sin sueños, seguimos perdiendo nuestras vidas frente al trabajo” reza una de sus líneas. El miedo, el silencio, – o esta hiperconexión que nos aleja y aísla, – son algunas de las cicatrices del mundo contemporáneo. Es fácil simpatizar con Manual de Combate.
Tras cinco años como banda, – marcados por pequeños pasos, giras, – o las revueltas de Chile, la rabia del disco culmina en los trece minutos de Aparcoa, ópera de inspiración jazz, que aboga por romper los marcos de referencia. En esta lucha contra la alienación – y contra unx mismx – el valor de la ilusión impregna cada poro de la banda, integrando su inspiración por el jazz, noise, post-hardcore y free jazz, que vuelven uno. ¿Qué hacer ante ese fuego que nos recuerda que todo parece posible?
credits
released March 22, 2021
Recorded in Casa Brasil, August 2019. Mixed in Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires by Nahuel Martínez, Estudios del Valle. Mastered by Milo Gomberoff in Estudio Hukot, Barcelona.
Artwork, design and voice by C. Lagos C.
Choira by Nahuel Martínez and Francisca Parada.
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