This Saturday, the Plaza de la Música celebrated its second edition of the Satélite festival with Emmanuel Horvilleur, El Zar, Nafta, Blair, 1915, Malen, Chelovecos, Letizia Vocos and Koino Yocan. The ship took off after 3 p.m. and traveled through the Córdoba sidereal space until early morning with the Click party.
The crew members occupied the outskirts of the Mercadito Alberdi early to get on the same page. As the afternoon fell, the venue began to fill and reached its peak when Emmanuel Horvilleur and later El Zar took the stage.
Rock, indie and pop made a stop at each of the artists who occupied the scene throughout the day and embraced wounds that we still preserve as a society. While the former Illya Kuryaki reinforced the feminist banner of “no means no”, 1915 remembered the struggle of the mothers and grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo with the issue The enemy.
The Buenos Aires band was the one that brought the pearl of the night by inviting Pancho Valdés to play the song with them Hangover. The man from Cordoba returned to the stage for the first time since the separation of his band and told The voice who was very happy to return to the place that gives meaning to the music he produces.
On the other hand, the biggest bet of the festival was to put on Nafta for the closing. Although the peaceful and experimental sound of the band could make many people decide to leave, the magnetism it provokes and the fame it garnered in recent times positioned it as one of the most anticipated of the evening and attracted a large number of people, especially couples who enjoyed pure dancing and kissing.
Blair, the preview and a Monopoly-style ticket system
After 6 p.m., Chelovecos and Letizia Vocos had already played, and Blair was giving it her all on stage. With a rock imprint, an angelic voice and a great backing band, the 22-year-old singer dazzled everyone present and gained a couple more followers who did not know her until that moment.
Outside the Plaza, spectators were trying to understand the system for purchasing and removing food and drink from the Mercadito Alberdi. Since only one canteen or empty bottle could be entered, each attendee had to purchase some paper tickets (in the style of the Monopoly board game) that they had to purchase in one of the two boxes provided.
To do this, you had to see the prices of what you wanted to consume, calculate it and then pay for it. The problem began to break out in the lines to collect food that overcrowded the gastronomic stands and generated some general discomfort.
Added to that, the space did not give refunds so you had to spend the papers purchased, resell them the old school way or lose them forever. Despite the complication caused, people tasted the dishes and drinks offered, although other complaints were added about the prices (the beer was at $7,000 and $8,500, the fernet at $12,500, potatoes with egg at $5,000, pizzas from $10,000 onwards and a tenera sandwich at $9,900).
1915, with a guest “more Cordoban than the Pritiat”
1915 took the stage on time and started his almost one-hour show with Foreign and continued with The future years, causing the audience an inevitable sensation of dancing with frenzy. “Good night! We are 1915, we come from Buenos Aires. How are you?” Cruz Hunkeler exclaimed before playing The enemy.
As explained by the singer (who is also the grandson of a woman who disappeared during the Military Dictatorship) in a note for Página 12, this song has a fragment of an interview that several media outlets did with the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo during the coverage. of the 1978 World Cup.
When that little piece of history began to play, people cheered them and it felt like a pampering of the fight that continues and is still present in many hearts. Immediately afterwards, the musicians invited Pancho Valdés to the stage to sing with them Hangover. In addition to being the first collaboration of the night, it presented a milestone in the Cordoban’s career since it was the first time he went on stage after his band split up.
“It was really nice. The guys who invited me were divine. I’m happy to step on stage again. It is my place in music, the one I enjoy the most and the reason why I make music,” he confessed in dialogue with The voice.
Koino Yokan and Emmanuel Horvilleur: an unstoppable party
From the late rock of 1915, indie and reggae came from the hand of Koino Yokan. The band stood out boldly on stage and performed songs such as I feel like spring and All day like this. Before performing this second song, vocalist Tomás Otero thanked a fan who congratulated him from the audience.
“This is beautiful. How beautiful to see so many people together listening to music, especially in these times,” the musician reflected. And then he added: “Thank you! “They just congratulated me because I just found out that I am going to be a father.”
After the beautiful moment that was experienced in the Plaza, an endless party took place that Emmanuel Horvilleur himself was in charge of putting at the top. With a lot of sensuality and great movement on stage, the former Illya Kuryaki opened his show with I am the disco and the festival ship landed at the best time of the night.
With Mona Jiménez-like steps, the musician made a quartet rhythm sound with the help of percussion, bass and keyboards. He linked I would give you 100 days and the glorious ones began hits of his solo career and in his beloved former band. With a groove resonant in the chest and in the feet he sang Call me, Not as and Crazy Love.
Minutes later, he paid a brief tribute to Gustavo Cerati with 19 (the song they made together). Then it was time to Your sister, a song with which Emmanuel decided to leave a message to the people, changing the lyrics. “If it can’t be with you, I would love to do it all with your sister. And if your sister says no… It’s no,” said the singer, while he received a wave of applause.
Later, it was time for the second collaboration of the night: Horvilleur invited Abril Olivera, the reigning voice of Nafta, who warmed up his engines for what would be his landing in a matter of a few hours. The “Kuriaky set” closed with the rap of Cover the bath, Ula Ula and the people danced their hearts out Juice and I make leather. The musician finally left with Radios and left the audience extremely happy.
El Zar and Nafta: two bands “to plate”
A few minutes before arriving at 00, The Tsar took the party helm that Horvilleur had left and took over the flashes of the night. What’s happening? and what we were They made the audience dance, with a different vibe than the previous artist, but with the same magical and sensory imprint.
Superstar and Imprudente lowered the electricity in the place a little and gradually invited the couples who had gone to the festival to get closer and closer. Some duos had their heads focused on what was happening on stage, while others couldn’t take their eyes off the love of their life.
That romanticism continued with Passionate and the cover of This is the heat from Grandparents from nowhere. The spark of the dance did not go out at any time and allowed the singers Facundo Castaño Montoya and Pablo Gimenez to play with the people and move with them from the stage.
The rest of the songs on the list continued their course and the singer marveled at the vocal energy that their songs had. fans. “Thank you Córdoba, you never cease to surprise me,” he exclaimed excitedly after performing The perfect moment among a sea of white lights that emanated from the public’s cell phones. The closing was in the hands of their biggest hit The declaration.
It was almost 1 in the morning, Nafta took the stage to crown a luxurious night in the Plaza de la Música. As they announced in a video that was uploaded to the festival’s Instagram account, they started with the theme Safe and later with until you leave.
The band was a bet for the production of the event because for many it could have been better to put it on earlier due to its very genre. chill and experimental. Perhaps many were expecting something more explosive (just as Bándalos Chinos did last year). However, so many people stayed exclusively to see them that the choice was very correct.
The same members thanked everyone for staying there to see them and thanked the other bands for their work throughout the afternoon and evening on Saturday. The cold Sunday morning made its way between the glorious voices of An Espil, Abril Olivera and Magamo and the magical fingers of the rest of the band.
The magnetism that their instruments emanated was just as hypnotic as the nuances they handled. It was colossal to hear the harmony that flowed between their singers and the level of professionalism with which they moved on stage.
In each action, each melody and each expression, Nafta made the audience feel as if they were in the scene of a film broadcast live, while generating a very interesting sensual tension (optimal for couples to give each other the pending kisses that they had started with The Tsar).
While love floated in the air, the party continued on earth. During the evening, Magamo told the audience that Abril was turning 25 and everyone applauded her in congratulations. “They are a mass. He’s been holding on for hours. Thank you,” said the showgirl.
As the set list continued, An approached her, wished her a happy birthday, and gave her a pick that made the entire Plaza scream. Averaging 2 in the morning, the band entered the final stretch and left with a small cover of Secret love of La Mona Jiménez and her great success I want to see you. Minutes later, the Click party started to add some vibe to the early morning and dance until dawn, even though there were few bodies left standing.
In photos: Satélite Festival 2024
