Sobreviure a l’incendi: El documental de ZOO
This summer, Valencian musical collective ZOO, known for their blend of rap, rock, ska, and electronic rhythms, said goodbye after a 10-year career, at the peak of their popularity. This documentary explores the reasons behind their disbandment, the keys to their success, and the impact of the legacy of the biggest band in the Valencian […]
Rock Bottom
Rock Bottom, the masterpiece that Robert Wyatt conceived in Deià (Mallorca) and recorded with the help of Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason, Brian Eno, Fred Frith, and Mike Oldfield, has turned 50. This poetic and psychedelic animated film plunges us into the beautiful, fierce, and melancholic waters of the album and into the intense love story […]
The Fuzztones VS. The World
An in-depth look at the career of Rudi Protrudi and his life’s great project, The Fuzztones, the legendary NY band that spearheaded the garage revival of the 80s with their debut album, Lysergic Emanations. After 17 lineup changes and countless labels and albums, the camera interrogates this veteran of psychedelic punk on the occasion of […]
de caballos y guitarras
Following his psychogeographic and sensorial approaches to flamenco art alongside Gonzalo García-Pelayo (Nueve Sevillas and Siete jereles), Pedro G. Romero orchestrates an unclassifiable film that delves deeper into his experimental style. On one hand, it is a musical centered around a “guitar concert for horses” in the Tempietto di Bramante in Rome with performances by […]
Zeleste: El record de tantes ocasions
The story of the legendary concert venue that shaped Barcelona’s musical life for nearly three decades. Numerous vivid testimonies nostalgically recall firsthand how the venue, founded in 1973 on Platería Street, served as an eclectic refuge, or “galactic cabaret,” for counterculture. It hosted singer-songwriters, experimental jazz, popular music, Catalan rumba, poets, and all the “rock […]
Zambra
An immersion into the history and cultural contribution of Sacromonte, focusing on the ‘zambras’, the legendary flamenco gatherings of the gypsies in this neighborhood of Granada. Weaving together past and present, with the expertise of a folk celebrity like Curro Albaicín, the insightful gaze of French photographer Jacques Leonard, and intense performances in iconic scenarios, […]
Marisol, llámame Pepa
From Marisol, the child prodigy instrumentalized by Franco’s fascist regime, to Pepa Flores, icon of female emancipation and communism. With a wealth of testimonies and unseen material, this work goes far beyond chronicling her 25-year career in music and film; it is a study of a myth that embodies the contradictions of recent Spanish history […]
Blackcelona: una historia de metal satánico
Choral history of the black metal scene in Barcelona that extends the narrative to other formations that emerged in Catalonia throughout the 1990s. In addition to gathering testimonies from members of bands such as Asgaroth, Countess, Akerbeltz, Beheaded Lamb, Gorthaur, Sacrum Sacrificationis, Foscor, Blazemth, or Atman, it meticulously dissects the fundamental role of the MetaliKO […]
La simfonia dels herois
The journey of resilience, effort, fear, loss, trust, and friendship shared by Dr. Andreu Gabarrós, a neurosurgeon specialising in brain tumours at the University Hospital of Bellvitge, and a group of his patients. It follows the preparation of a big concert featuring the patients themselves, the doctor’s rock band Dorigen, and artists like Estopa, Antonio […]
Naturalesa Morta, la història de Sexy Sadie
Reconstructed from previously unreleased archival material, primarily recorded by the band itself –especially bassist Pep Lluís Sampol, who with his video camera simply wanted to capture memories with his friends– this is the chronicle of the 13-year history of Sexy Sadie, a significant figure in the “indie” movement and the most influential band in the […]
Morente i Barcelona
The first flamenco social club dedicated to Enrique Morente opened in 1970 in Verdum (Barcelona). The Granada-born artist then began his stays in Barcelona, where he joined neighbourhood struggles, formed bonds with the Taller de Músics, and discovered a fertile ground for experimentation. This included collaborations with emerging Catalan artists such as Mayte Martín, Miguel […]
Manolo Kabezabolo
The tumultuous life of Manuel Méndez Lozano and the unexpectedly long-lasting career of Manolo Kabezabolo. Two personalities intersect within a body devastated by lithium pills, lines of speed, and kalimocho, and in a nasal voice that is a living history of Spanish punk. Through their testimony, as well as that of friends and fellow musicians, […]
La Singla
When Antonia Singla took the stage to dance, she did so without ever hearing the music. Born deaf in the heart of a Romani family in the Somorrostro neighbourhood of Barcelona, she achieved international fame at the age of 17, captivating audiences with her powerful presence. At the peak of her fame, she disappeared, and […]
Studio 54: Nada que ver con todo lo demás
This in-depth and deranged account of the Paralelo macrodisco is a trip into the vibrant nightlife of ’80s Barcelona. Workers and clubbers recall how, amid balloons, confetti and go-gos, Studio 54 hosted the funk, disco, new wave and technopop waves that set the pulse of modernity, as well as historic concerts by Iggy Pop, Ultravox, […]
We Love Rocksound, la sala més gran de Barcelona
For 12 years and 4 months, the Rocksound BCN venue on the corner of Almogàvers and Pamplona was the temple of Barcelona’s rock underground. This is a heartfelt and humble tribute in which those responsible for it, as well as musicians, journalists and promoters, proclaim the importance of four walls that only urban speculation could […]
Material Sirles: un septenni
A mash-up of private videos, parties, chats and gigs of the Catalan garage punk-rock band Els Surfing Sirles (2006-2013), as chaotic and effervescent as the band themselves, which encapsulates, the humour, the craziness and the brilliance of a bunch friends who sang to junkies, heirs and “rumbero punks” and who laughed in the face of […]