Been There, Done That

Alo Alo...
Bueno... solo escribo por que me tengo que sacar el gusanito del fin de semana pasado...
El viernes 19 de sept tocamos en un festival que ya van varias veces que se hace aqui en Mexicali,
es uno de los mejores foros que hay en Mexicali para exponer lo que haces...
El caso es que nos pusieron a tocar a las 7 pm, super temprano, no habia nada de gente ( ja!, por cierto, GRACIAS
A TODOS LOS QUE LLEGARON TEMPRANO A VERNOS! )... cuando nosotros tendriamos que haber estado cerrando el area
de las bandas, no es por mamon pero ninguna de las bandas que toco ha andado por donde nosotros hemos andado
y ha tenido reviews en donde nosotros hemos salido...
No se... tal vez por que nosotros no mandamos correos a periodicos o convocamos a ruedas de prensa o lo estamos anunciando entre rolas mientras tocamos para que todo mundo se enterede lo que andamos haciendo nos pasa esto pero pues...
Asi son las cosas...
Por lo general yo nunca me quejo pero en este tipo de festivales que se hacen aqui en Mexicali siempre nos pasa lo mismo,
ya deberiamos de estar acostumbrados...
Anyways...
En octubre me voy a NY a tocar en el CMJ ( ups, cuantas de las bandas de aqui que tocaron el viernes pasado van a ir al CMJ? )... tal vez tenga que mandar algunos correos a periodicos y promotores de aqui de Mexicali para que sepan que no solo tocamos aqui en Mexicali ja!

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Organ Magazine Review

MANIQUI LAZER – I Learn Everything On TV (Soundsister) – Now it isn’t that clear as to when this cane out or indeed who they are or where they’re from or indeed how this tasty slice of noise landed here. They’re from somewhere on the edge of Mexico and it seems their TV has taught them all kinds of things – yes indeed, the box has taught them (in some kind of hyperactive way) about fat girls killing models, about the possibilities or lazer guns and sleeping with robots... Some kind of wired up electro fizz and shouty sinister synth explosions and Iggy attitude via Erase Errata and The Locust and giant 50ft monsters out in the desert with the cactus juice and never ending two lane blacktop. Screaming about lo-fi master plans and demands that the mannequin (or the maniqui) be killed. Sixteen maniac squats and slices and yelps and electronic stabs and casiocore violence and dance pills and electric fingers, each slice a short sharp shot from a place where passing the minute mark is to enter the land of the epic. Hang on, track fifteen is two and a half minutes long! Self-indulgent proghead Yes fan mutherfuggers! TV? Nah, I learn everything I know from the lies and half truths on the internet and Edgar Valenzuela films - www.myspace.com/maniquilazer or www.maniquilazer.com or www.soundsister.com and it might be worth you seeking then out on You Tube toooo, especially Horses Eating Horses, oh look, here it is...

y aqui esta el link...

Deafsparrow Review

If you aren’t bothered by fragmented thoughts and broken rhythms. Or by slices of music that spun little over a minute only to be superceded by something radically different in shape but linear in spirit. Or if you aren’t bothered by synth heavy disco friendly beats. Or by a hardcorian punk rock spirit that’s spastic at its rotten core, often times post punky in nature. If you simply aren’t bothered by a band that’s all about being many things at once, and pretty much excels at everything (though still only for a few seconds), then you might want to give this Mexican trio a chance.

Just two weeks ago I wrote a review of Seattle based Capillary Action, a band with the same bipolar tendencies but whose sound is totally different than the much more indie rock post punk orientations of Maniqui Lazer. In a world of generalities, both bands would be filed under the same genre. That would read ‘Mr. Bungle sound alikes’. Nothing further from the truth.

Maniqui Lazer belong to a completely different category. Yeah, we are still talking about a genre where the music jerks around playfully in a thoroughly childish and to some, sometimes annoying, fashion. The difference is in the lack of metal of Maniqui Lazer. Their second recording I Learn Everything On Tv brings to mind bands as varied as The Blood Brothers (though not as hard) and like it is mentioned in their MySpace page, bands of the same herky jerky fashion as XBXRX and Les Georges Leningrad. Maniqui Lazer’s sound is clearly dominated by the electronics prowess of Valentin Torres, who not only provides the grandest touch of modernity, but also makes of their music quite the heavy affair. It’s a leftist approach based around brief spasms of rage and energy. And it is a good listen. And certainly, aural proof of the overlooked talent boiling down south.

Source:http://www.deafsparrow.com/Maniqui-Lazer-review.htm

Chocolate by aleex

Rodo con Siempre me Dejas

GhettoBlaster (NY) Review by Michelle Geslani

MANIQUL LAZER
I LEARN EVERYTHING ON TV

Okay. Let’s say we took Ratatat and added malfunctioning
lasers, a broken DJ turntable, and screamo. Then we spiked their drinks with a psychedelic drug. We also kept them awake for over 48 hours and let then run crazy through a carnival funhouse. This is kind of what Mexico’s own Maniqui Lazer sounds like. They are a rambunctious synthetic pop trio that’s shared the stage with Sleeping People, Xiu Xiu, The Rapture, and the like. I guess I can’t quite put my finger on their sound or what they are trying to do, but eerily enough, despite the chaos, futuristic sound effects and unusual song titles (“Tamagotchi Machine,” “Tom Selleck Moustache,” “Fat Girls Killing
Models”), I kind of dig their energy. (Soundsister)
by Michelle Geslani

L.A 25 de septiembre

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Nuevo Remake de Sonic Sex

Hoy nos mandaron un remake de sonic sex que no pudimos
meter en el disco de remixes por que nos llego un poco tarde
pero aqui esta un link para que lo puedan bajar click it!
la banda que hizo el remake se llama Jovenes y Sexys, son 2 integrantes
uno de Caracas, Venezuela y la otra parte esta en Mexico DF
aqui esta el link de la banda click it!

saludos!