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uva​-​uva

by Flash Amazonas

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Panda 04:31
Sanpo wo suru koto la noche está tan brillante Osake wo nomu koto Ato kintore suru koto Tonikaku yoku aruku koto da ne Shincho wo nobashitai to omoi masu Chokin! Totemo uruwashii kimitachi Qué hermosa y salvaje panda de viejas y viejos en yegüitas con palos escaqueándose del mal Tonikaku yoku aruku koto ¡Sí! Shinchô? Nobashitai
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Attakai toki 03:11
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Ululo 02:10 video
Los gusanos me quieren cautivar glorificando sus agujeros no quiero prefiero estar solito ¡Uh! ¡Oh no! Sus larvas me tientan pero esquivo haciendo hermosas filigranas los idiotas sabemos caer y yo espero, espero y espero Los chulos me quisieran domar pero sin miedo soy un tormento espero atento el mejor momento me hierve por dentro el resentimiento ululo en el viento...
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Ahí van los corderos con las manos sucias a perder el pelo ciegos de mentira Los meros mortales no se imaginaban que éramos capaces de tanta valentía Y nos inoculaban como a Michael Jackson que nunca había dado pasos en la luna y como descubría que la Reina madre era un gran lagarto me daban vacunas Surca el cielo negro relamiendo la humedad y monta un rayo y arrastra el viento del progreso y sonríe porque así siempre es mañana y a los radiotaxis les recubren nuevas hiedras y ahora la reina vengativa se dispara hacia la tierra Vuela sobre los jardines lacerándonos las matas de su sombra brotan huecos y montañas de hojalata el hollín cubre la tierra y una viejas guacharacas se autoinmolan en el aire incendiando el cielo y las cocheras camionetas y corbatas sube el río vengativo a invertir las cataratas y reviven viejas guacas que empuñando sus machetes decapitan las estatuas de de un apóstol de juguete se consumen las cortinas se revelan las arteras maquinitas del avance que sostienen estas penas vienen santos a caballo y fantoches de pelaje con maquilas y trampitas y agüitas en envase y en el cielo hay un pájaro en el cielo que se mete entre medias de nosotras y el deshielo y aunque parezca zafarme y desprenderme de mi carne y haga todo por lavarme despertarme refundarme desarmarme persignarme calcinarme esculcarme [ENGLISH] There go the lambs With dirty hands To lose their hair Blinded by lies The mere mortals Couldn’t imagined That were were capable Of such bravery And they inoculated us Like they did to Michael Jackson Who had never taken steps on the moon And since I discovered that the Queen Mother was a big lizard They gave me vaccines She crosses the black sky Licking the moisture And she rides a a lightning And drags the wind of progress And she smiles because That's how it's always tomorrow And the radio taxis are covered with new ivy And now the vengeful Queen soars towards the earth Flies over the gardens Lacerating our bushes From her shadow sprout holes And tin mountains Soot covers the ground and some old Guacharacas Self-immolate in the air Setting fire to: The sky and the garages trucks and ties The river rises vindictively To reverse the falls Old guacas revive And wielding their machetes They decapitate the statues of a toy apostle The curtains are consumed, The cunning little machines of progress That sustain these sorrows are revealed The saints come on horseback And hairy grotesque men in fur and makeup To bring us maquilas and little traps and little bottled waters And in the sky There is a bird in the sky That gets between us and the thaw And even though I seem to free myself And get rid of my flesh And do everything to wash myself Wake myself up Refound myself Disarm myself Cross myself Burn myself Search myself…
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Ballroom 03:25
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about

Colombian and Japanese art-rock duo, Flash Amazonas mix DIY punk bolero, scrappy Latin no-wave and the absurdist fervor of early Talking Heads on new album uva-uva, forthcoming on 60nice. Named after an Ecuadorian money transfer business, self-conceded "modern band emulating a 90s band, emulating a 60s band”, Flash Amazonas evoke the esoteric psychedelia of Connan Mockasin with the social satire of Ohio new-wave five-piece Devo on uva-uva, an eleven track medley of apocalyptic Spanish and Japanese-language lyrical theatre and hyperbolic existential realism.

First crossing paths at Red Bull Music Academy in 2015, the story of Julián Mayorga & Ryota Miyake aka Flash Amazonas, is a tale that travels from Montreal, Tokyo, Madrid and Ibagué. Meeting at a two-week residency in Montreal, Colombian avant-pop quirksmith, Julián Mayorga and prolific Japanese producer/multi-instrumentalist, Ryota Miyake (Crystal, Sparrows) returned to their respective homes in Madrid and Tokyo with nothing but a wav of wonky futuristic bolero and an old CD-R of Mayorga’s, handed to Miyake on his way to the airport. Two weeks later, the two unknowingly started working on their first record, Binary Birds (2019) and later, uva-uva, a name Mayorga explains is mocking old cheesy, gringo, 60s pop bands in suits and bow ties, singing about love and heartbreak. Uva also means grape in Spanish – “I imagine this album tasting like bubblegum-flavoured grape” says Mayorga.

“A garden of thousands of refrigerators and brass plants spread across the highways” sings Mayorga on Cuando vuelva a Ibagué en 2060, a gloomy vision of death in the family upon his return to his decaying home town, Ibagué in the year 2060. Below scattershot rhythms and jerky synth/guitar lines, previous Meridian Brothers collaborator, Mayorga’s sardonic, frenzied lyrics written in both Spanish and Japanese (using Google Translate’s voice recognition) fable bizarre accounts from murder scenes on ballroom dancefloors (Ballroom) to alien insect attacks (Hormigas culonas).

“I like to think about music as material. I like to work with something I can touch, its edges, its restrictions etc. Pop music is like this, but in my case, I want to break it. I want to smash it and play with it. What can I say for the material to explode”.

On first single, Panda (Gang), a gang of exercise-obsessed old age pensioners plot to poison Mayorga and Miyake over classic, mid 1990s Beck-esque riffs plodding along prickly melodies and synthetic trumpets – check out the music video. Ululo (I howl), is a high-velocity political number referencing gusanos (worms), the term working class Cubans describe anti-Castro, Miami Beach types (“its larvae tempt me but I dodge them”), tipping its hat to English punk groups, Buzzcocks and The Ruts but also contemporary punk tellers like King Krule. La Reina es un lagarto (The Queen Is a Lizard) is a post-pandemic conspiracy theorists fever dream of vaccine questions, reptilian overlords and Michael Jackson moonwalking controversy, set to a jarring & grimy Brazilian samba, not dissimilar to Sao Paulo guitarist Kiko Dinucci’s Rastilho LP from 2020.

Second single, Ululo (I howl), is a high-velocity politically-charged racer based around Julián’s play on gusanos (worms), the term working class Cubans describe anti-Castro, Miami Beach types (“its larvae tempt me but I dodge them”). The crazed video (edited and directed by Mayorga and Marta Orozoco Villarrubia’s film collective Poetas Menores) follows Mayorga’s depiction of political and corporate elites making deals with the devil and demon creatures, whilst Miyake’s driving riff tips its hat to English punk groups, Buzzcocks and The Ruts but also contemporary punk tellers like King Krule.

Growing up at either end of well over 14,000km and a twenty-hour flight between them, two outsider artists in their respective worlds, who have met only 3 times face-to-face, in 7 years are growing to compliment each other perfectly. “Japanese and Colombians don’t like to impose. We are both very polite people and rather ask than act. It means he will let me do what I want and I will let him do what he wants.”

With highly-stylized pop art visuals, a fierce DIY ethos and an infinitude of wild fictions, Flash Amazonas have all the signs of becoming one of 2020s most fascinating and arcane cult groups. “We don’t behave like a regular band. If you already know what is going to happen at the end, then the material won’t speak to you. When you are open, the material will speak its truth. “

credits

released October 28, 2022

Flash Amazonas are Ryota Miyake, Julián Mayorga, Owl, 狼, una panda de viejas y viejos, yegüitas, las olas de la convivencia, a Queen, トカゲ, zorrochuchos de hormigón, unas viejas guacharacas, two or more grapes, a ladybird that has eaten our eyes, 猫, a space goat, 300 hormigas, old and nuevos 友達

All songs composed, arranged, performed, produced, and recorded by Flash Amazonas in Madrid (Estudio Qarachupa) and Tokyo (Kotoriten Studio)

Mixed by Carlos Mas at Strongroom Studios, London
Mastered by Felix Davis at Metropolis Studios, London
Cover Ilustration by Camila Viéitez
Artwork by Marta Orozco, Sunao Maruyama and Ryota Miyake

We dedicate this dedication to Sunao, Martica, Setsuko, Elsa and Edgardo with whom we use our hands and asses to see the waves of coexistence.

Please send love letters and general complaints about the vicissitudes of existence to theflashamazonas@gmail.com

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