Browse by Artist: KAKA DE LUXE

Artist:	KAKA DE LUXE
Title:	Las Canciones Malditas
Label:	VINILISSSIMO (SPAIN)
Format:	LP
Price:	$25.00
Catalog #:	MRSSS 007LP

The legendary recordings of the first Spanish punk band, Kaka De Luxe. In just a few months between 1977 and 1978, Kaka De Luxe laid out the foundations for what would be later known as "La Movida," the early-'80s Spanish countercultural movement that also included figures such as filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar and photographer Alberto García-Alix. Kaka De Luxe featured future members of Alaska y Los Pegamoides, Paraíso, La Mode, Radio Futura, Ejecutivos Agresivos, Décima Víctima, Zombies and Los Secretos, and only lasted about nine months. Their mythical status is due to the presence of essential figures of the future of Spanish pop music, such as Olvido Gara (Alaska), Fernando Márquez (Paraíso, La Mode), Enrique Sierra (Radio Futura), Carlos Berlanga and Nacho Canut, not to mention painter Manolo Campoamor. Briefly, the band also featured Carlos Entrena (later in Ejecutivos Agresivos and Décima Víctima), Bernardo Bonezzi (Zombies), Javier Furia (early Radio Futura) and brothers Javier and Enrique Urquijo (Secretos). During those giddy times, these teenagers -- most of them underage -- achieved a remarkable repercussion: enthusiastically backed by journalist Jesús Ordovás, they gigged frequently, finished second in the Villa de Madrid battle of the bands, and even made some recordings. Though that last detail must be qualified: broadcaster Mariscal Romero got them an audition for Chapa, the hard rock imprint started by record label Zafiro. When he heard the result, Romero was shocked by their amateurism and publicly rejected them; though, that didn't prevent him from releasing a 7" with four tracks: "Rosario," "Toca El Pito," "Viva El Metro" and "La Pluma Eléctrica." What we can hear on this record are in fact demos: several tracks start with the title and a "1, 2, 3, 4," followed by the track played all at once. The band members didn't have any experience in a recording studio, neither did they have a real producer who could try to give shape to this glorious and irreverent racket. Funnily enough, it's thanks to Mariscal Romero that we have the first recorded document of Madrid's new wave: precocious kids who had heard rumors about London punk and dreamed up actions equivalent to the daring stuff happening in the British capital, while at the same time recovering classic pop forms. They had met during the Sunday mornings at El Rastro (Madrid's main street market), then a sort of post-Franco agora for repressed ideologies and nascent subcultures, where people sold records and fanzines. The British do-it-yourself attitude encouraged people to take up an instrument and challenge social order. The provocations by their Madrid counterparts had a humorous tone ("Pero qué público más tonto tengo," "Pero me aburro" trans: "Some silly audience I've got," "But I'm bored") or were related to sex (the amazing S&M odyssey of the innocent protagonist of "La Tentación"). Kaka De Luxe was an eruption of talent destined to radically transform the face of Spanish pop during the following decade. Pressed on 180 gram vinyl in a limited edition of 1,000 copies only.

Previous Page Index of Artists Next Page