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| Captcha Records, 2013 |
Force est de constater que le débarquement fortuit du bien-nommé Christophe Colomb aux Amériques entraîna dans son sillage, à l'instar de l'organe homophone au patronyme du dit navigateur, un déversement fétide de conquistadors, abjectes convoyeurs de funestes augures condamnant de fait quelques unes des civilisations les plus fascinantes que l'humanité ait porté à une fin indigne de leurs génies. Au cœur de ces conquêtes, là où se trouve l'actuel Mexique; Mayas, Aztèques, Totonaques et autres peuples de Mésoamérique vivant au rythme extatique de visions chamaniques et qui auraient pu légitimement disputer au professeur Timothy Leary la paternité du psychédélisme, furent balayés d'un revers de main par la soif d'or et de sang des européens. Plus de 5 siècles après l'effondrement des empires indigènes et alors que Coca-Cola parachève la spoliation de ces terres sacrées en puisant jusqu'à la dernière goutte d'eau des nappes phréatiques mexicaines pour engraisser des générations entières de névrosés élevés au narcissisme libertaire et qu'il ne reste de l'âge d'or des Mayas qu'une lecture grotesque de leur calendrier destiné à abrutir un peu plus ces mêmes générations à coup de blockbusters pompiers et risibles, nous pensions tout espoir de retrouver l'âme de ces antiques civilisations perdu. Et pourtant, sorti du ciel noir comme l'enfer de Mexico, ville jouissant du triste honneur d'être la plus polluée au monde, a récemment émergé Has A Shadow, parfait syncrétisme à la croisée des spiritualités précolombiennes et de la musique psychédélique moderne. Récemment signé sur Captcha Records aux côtés notamment de leurs non moins talentueux compatriotes Lorelle Meets The Obsolete le groupe offre avec son premier album "Sky Is Hell Black" l'une des plus belles pépites de cette année...
Obviously the fortuitous landing of Christopher Columbus in the Americas, bringing in its wake the arrival of the conquistadors, abject conveyors of ill omens, condemned some of the most fascinating civilizations that humanity has known to an end unworthy of their grandeur. At the heart of the conquest the New Word, where is currently located Mexico; Mayan , Aztec , Totonac and other Mesoamerican peoples living at the ecstatic rhythm of shamanic visions and which could legitimately argue the paternity of psychedelia to the Professor Timothy Leary, were swept away by the thirst of gold and blood of the European. More than five centuries after the collapse of these civilizations, whereas Coca -Cola completes the plundering of these sacred lands by drawing the Mexican aquifers until the last drop of water to fatten generations of narcissic neurotic, and all it remains from the Mayan's golden age is a grotesque reading of their calendar inspiring ridiculous blockbusters for those same generations, we logically thought that all the hope for finding the soul of these ancient civilizations was lost. And yet, out of the black sky of Mexico City, Has A Shadow has recently emerged, perfect syncretism at the meeting point of pre-Columbian spiritualities and modern psychedelia. Recently signed on Captcha Records alongside their talented compatriots of Lorelle Meets The Obsolete, the band offers with its first album " Sky Is Hell Black" one of the most beautiful gems of this year...
Obviously the fortuitous landing of Christopher Columbus in the Americas, bringing in its wake the arrival of the conquistadors, abject conveyors of ill omens, condemned some of the most fascinating civilizations that humanity has known to an end unworthy of their grandeur. At the heart of the conquest the New Word, where is currently located Mexico; Mayan , Aztec , Totonac and other Mesoamerican peoples living at the ecstatic rhythm of shamanic visions and which could legitimately argue the paternity of psychedelia to the Professor Timothy Leary, were swept away by the thirst of gold and blood of the European. More than five centuries after the collapse of these civilizations, whereas Coca -Cola completes the plundering of these sacred lands by drawing the Mexican aquifers until the last drop of water to fatten generations of narcissic neurotic, and all it remains from the Mayan's golden age is a grotesque reading of their calendar inspiring ridiculous blockbusters for those same generations, we logically thought that all the hope for finding the soul of these ancient civilizations was lost. And yet, out of the black sky of Mexico City, Has A Shadow has recently emerged, perfect syncretism at the meeting point of pre-Columbian spiritualities and modern psychedelia. Recently signed on Captcha Records alongside their talented compatriots of Lorelle Meets The Obsolete, the band offers with its first album " Sky Is Hell Black" one of the most beautiful gems of this year...
