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Gothenburg club and concert tips – May 16 – 18

Where to go out in Gothenburg this weekend? Monthly Magazine has the answers (Click links for more information)

Published: 15 May 2008 14:34 CEST

Backyard

Summer premiere for the backyard at Magnus & Magnus. Magnus (or Magnus) came up with the brilliant idea of starting a club in the courtyard in 200?. Ever since that first beam of sunlight hit our face in early spring, we have been waiting patiently for the day when Magnus (or Magnus) would open that magic door at the back and invite us to the perfect summer hangout. As sun sets and that tan of yours is starting to cool down, it’s time to hit the backyard for some electro tunes!

2000 lightyears from home

Feeling a bit homesick? This is the club for you! The organisers claim they want to make us remember our origins. Whether that derives from memories of the African continent or of outer space, we’ll leave unsaid. Their aim is to get everyone dancing and tempt potential guests with musical genres like funky folk, kraut pop and space grooves. Funky grooves and freaky beats for the masses! Count us in!

Universal Poplab

If you missed Universal Poplab last week at Storan, you’ll get a second chance tonight! The sound quality at Fängelse is supposedly so good that bands book this venue a year in advance. A concert with the hyped synthpop trio Universal Poplab basically means happiness, energy and a stage presence far out of the ordinary.

Baby Scratch

This Saturday, Kontiki opens early for all those anti-runners who want to enjoy a cold beer in the sun and watch the big sporting event of the year – the Göteborg half marathon. If you happen to be one of the runners, join in later and let the hip-hop beats keep your body in motion. Kontiki is just a moonwalk from Slottskogen, so get yourself a banana and a coffeshake, stretch your sore muscles and reload for an evening in Änggården.

Daevid Allen´s University of Errors

Daevid Allen was the founder of cult band Soft Machine in 1966 and Gong in 1968. Along with Pink Floyd, Soft Machine was one of the most influential bands in the English psychedelic scene of 1966-67. University of Errors’ music is rock with influences from psychedelia, space rock, punk rock and jazz. Stand by for a night of merriment, magic and amusement as Daevid Allen, University of Errors, and Here & Now descend on Frölunda Kulturhus.

MUSIC

Meet the Spanish rapper bringing flamenco and bossa nova into hip-hop

Spanish rapper C. Tangana was taking a big risk when he started mixing old-fashioned influences like flamenco and bossa nova into his hip-hop -- but it's this eclectic sound that has turned him into a phenomenon on both sides of the Atlantic.

Published: 23 May 2021 08:38 CEST
Meet the Spanish rapper bringing flamenco and bossa nova into hip-hop
Spanish rapper Anton Alvarez known as 'C. Tangana' poses in Madrid on April 29, 2021. Photo: Javier Soriano/AFP

The 30-year-old has emerged as one of the world’s biggest Spanish-language stars since his third album “El Madrileno” — the Madrilenian — came out in February. That ranks him alongside his superstar ex-girlfriend Rosalia, the Grammy-winning Catalan singer with whom he has co-written several hits.

C. Tangana, whose real name is Anton Alvarez Alfaro, has come a long way since a decade ago when he became known as a voice of disillusioned Spanish youth in the wake of the financial crisis.These days his rap is infused with everything from reggaeton and rumba to deeply traditional styles from Spain and Latin America, with a voice often digitised by autotune.

“It’s incredible that just when my music is at its most popular is exactly when I’m doing something a bit more complex, more experimental and less
trendy,” he told AFP in an interview.

And he is unashamed to be appealing to a wider audience than previously: his dream is now to make music “that a young person can enjoy in a club or someone older can enjoy at home while cooking”.

‘People are tired’

The rapper, who sports a severe semi-shaved haircut and a pencil moustache, has worked with Spanish flamenco greats including Nino De Elche, Antonio Carmona, Kiko Veneno, La Hungara and the Gipsy Kings.

In April he brought some of them together for a performance on NPR’s popular “Tiny Desk Concert” series, which has already drawn nearly six million
views on YouTube.

Shifting away from trap, one of rap’s most popular sub-genres, and venturing into a more traditional repertoire was a dangerous move — especially for someone with a young fanbase to whom rumba, bossa nova and bolero sound old-fashioned.

“I think people are tired. They’ve had enough of the predominant aesthetic values that have previously defined pop and urban music,” he said.

Parts of his latest album were recorded in Latin America with Cuban guitarist Eliades Ochoa of Buena Vista Social Club, Uruguayan
singer-songwriter Jorge Drexler, Mexican folk artist Ed Maverick and Brazil’s Toquinho, one of the bossa nova greats.

“What struck me most everywhere I went was the sense of tradition and the way people experienced the most popular music, and I don’t mean pop,” he said.

A new direction

C. Tangana started out in 2006 rapping under the name Crema. When the global economic crisis swept Spain a few years later, hard-hitting trap was
the perfect way to voice the angst of his generation. But after more than a decade of rapping, things changed.

“When I was heading for my 30s, I hit this crisis, I was a bit fed up with what I was doing… and decided to give voice to all these influences that I
never dared express as a rapper,” he said.

The shift began in 2018 with “Un veneno” (“A poison”) which came out a year after his big hit “Mala mujer” (“Bad woman”).

And there was a return to the sounds of his childhood when he used to listen to Spanish folk songs at home, raised by a mother who worked in
education and a journalist father who liked to play the guitar. The Latin American influences came later.

“It started when I was a teenager with reggaeton and with bachata which were played in the first clubs I went to, which were mostly Latin,” he said.

Studying philosophy at the time, he wrote his first raps between stints working in call centres or fast-food restaurants.

As to what comes next, he doesn’t know. But one thing he hopes to do is collaborate with Natalia Lafourcade, a Mexican singer who dabbles in folk, rock and pop — another jack of all musical trades.

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