— Balún

So once in a while we go off and do some music outside Balún that later ends up in the group. This one is the latest audiovisual collaboration between three of us in the band. La Aldea (The Village) is inspired and accompanied by the sensationalist documentary “Menace of Guatemala” (1934) which focuses on the threat of volcanoes in the Agua area of Guatemala.

This one is an interview after our “set” at the IRMF 2010 in Puerto Rico last May. Long story short we got to play only three songs because of rain and some disorganized dudes. So we had something to say. Also, look who’s back! Andrés! and his words are classic Andrés at it’s best.

We were invited by our friends from Frecuencias Alternas to be part of their Musica Realenga series which takes bands and musicians and asks them to play acoustic versions of their song in unusual settings around San Juan. We performed in manifestation that took part by students, faculty and other supporters from the University of Puerto Rico that at that moment were on a strike that lasted two months and paralyzed the whole public higher education system of the island. For this special presentation our first guitarist Andrés re-joined the band and we played as a quintet for the first time!

Read more about it at Frecuencias Alternas and…

Check out the acoustic versions for “El Arbol y las Otras Cosas” (from Memoria Textil) and “Senecio” (from While Sleeping EP) below!