429 Engaños – 429 Engaños [Cass] (1983, Not On Label)

 

After an incursion in a rock & roll group during his adolescence (Los Presumidos), Javier Corcobado (born in Frankfurt in 1963 and based in Madrid) formed in 1982 429 Engaños, a highly experimental band that lasted a couple of years. The group was completed by Gerardo Romera, Javier Rodrigo, Charly and Manuel Presas. They were clearly influenced by bands like The Residents, Cabaret Voltaire, Tuxedoomoon or 23 Skidoo. 

 

They worked on scores, but always leaving room for the random component that gave their music a certain air of controlled chaos. What was written for drums was executed for the keyboard. In the change of roles the difference was sought. At that time it was important, and decisively artistic, not to sound absolutely like anyone else. It is not difficult to imagine that, in those outbursts of strong creativity, more than one believed himself to be the legitimate heir of the Dadaists for a day. 

 

In the midst of the spiral of the "Movida", 429 Engaños remembers as their most outstanding concert the one they offered at the main meeting point of the cream of the crop of the time, Rock-Ola, in May 1983. That same year, Radio 3 broadcasted a couple of songs from their demo: "¿Qué es un Sentimiento?" and "Historia de Amor". After some more demos and personnel changes, the group was renamed Mar otra Vez, and later, Demonios Tus Ojos. Corcobado has continued his solo career with a first album in 1989, 'Agrio Beso', interspersed with the creation of the group Corcobado y Los Chatarreros de Sangre y Cielo between 1991 and 1995, with whom he released three more albums. He has also been producer of several groups (Esclarecidos, among others), lyricist (Los Enemigos, Clónicos, Luz Casal, Andrés Calamaro) poet and novelist with several published books. [SOURCE: GRUPOS NACIONALES NUEVA OLA 80]

 

 

Label: Not On Label (429 Engaños Self-released) – none 

Format: Cassette, Single Sided 

Country: Spain 

Released: 1983 

Style: Post-Punk, Experimental 

 

Tracklist:

A1 El Camaleón Está Cambiando 

A2 Historia de Amor 

A3 Qué Es Un Sentimiento 

 

Notes:

1983 Demo 

 

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