The feeling that a festival in Madrid is synonymous with failure in August should banish it. The public is provided if the proposal is good, and a good test is this debut of the Calorama Madrid who was held in IFEMA last weekend, parallel to his twin brother in Lisbon. A total of 34 artists with one foot or electronics who paraded a total of 41,500 attendees and under the leadership of two concerts of those who stay in memory: He Bolazo Monumental from LCD SoundSystem to complete the day of Thursday and the lesson of political musical activism of imperishable massive atack in Saturday.
Although it is true that James Murphy, Robert Del Naja and his respective crews have already born Kalorama, were not the only ones who sign a triumph. On the same day on Thursday, although Nation of Language, time and the silence they had to keep to, punished (for unbearable sections on Thursday, as Joe Goddard could confirm), The kills used him to his advantage with Alison Mosshart and Jamie Sewer’s hand with a filthy live but taken directly from the Averto. In a different but equally effective line, Ben Gibbard was able to sail in the middle of the night with his nostalgic tour that perhaps unraveled the best album from Death Cab for cutie and that miracle that his parallel project was in the postal service. A double set for him to switch to the outfit (completely black to completely white) and closed version Depeche mode. Above, difficult.
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Unless you call yourself James Murphy and has taken a lot of the best electronic rock with LCD SoundSystem since the beginning of the century. They gathered the witness of a good set of French folamour to offer an impressive, fun, Bailongo concert that the expected climax reached with Dance yourself clean yourself And All my friends. A summer luxury.
And what was most feared in August, Storms, who had almost left Milagro on Thursday, they said on Friday. An epic downpour that participated in the performance of Yves -Tumor and that of RayeForcing to engage spaces so that people could take. The rain did not regret those present. There were retired at home to change clothes and return. According to organizational data, a festival is very concentrated in one goal This demanding proposals are looking for: 74% of those present were between 25 and 44 years old. And just hit the ear, a lot strange. In what was maintained without rain, Beth Dithto left no one indifferent; More lost, it seemed prodigy, who seems to keep trying to find their way after the death of Keith Flint.
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Because Saturday was the last song, Massive Attack. Floats in the Madrid environment scary They reached the 2018 Madcool and although they returned to the festival festival to the capital, this was the right opportunity. And they benefited from her beautiful ones. An ode to music and political activism with bombing (forgiveness for expression) visually overwhelming. Through the set of Robert Del Naja and Daddy g Marshall paraded their usual employees (the researchable and spectacular Horace Andy and the supernatural voice of Elizabeth Fraser) and new values, such as young fathers, who went upstairs to sing Road” Mini Poppa And Voodoo in my blood. A lot of Safe for damage And especially a demonstration that has massive attack Pope Trip Hop was outdated a long time ago. They are of an elegance and strength in the sound and in the (often delicate) message that is an entity that costs costs to find similarities with other earlier or subsequent artists.
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A version that marks the Kalorama path for future editions. It brings quality in commerciality, even in August and in this Madrid without a beach, it always brings good income.
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