There are revolutions that are not worth it if they cannot be danced. Because the lyrics, with dance, enter. And because social, class and gender consciousness must never be at odds with the playful spirit. There are few things more empowering than dance. Few spaces more free than a track. It is something that Núria Pons, Marina Bolea, Laura Honrubia and Maria Deltell know very well. Or what is the same: Maluks.
With only one album, the effervescent Som i Vibrem (Propaganda Pel Fet, 2021), and a good trail of singles. But his previous background and the richness of his sound nutrients is one that will take your breath away: digital cumbia, tropical rhythms, reggae and reggaeton, expansive electronica, dancehall, drum’n’bass of breaks and tears, dembow and even dub are given. quote in its irresistible shaker of sounds.
Mixture and multiculturalism from the Valencian neighborhood of Benimaclet to the entire world. Local action and global projection. 2019 was the turning point for these three vocalists and a DJ to join forces and begin to expand their first singles, with the same contagion power as a cluster bomb: “Fins l’alba”, “Comboi” “Contra l’ oblit” (with Carles Belda), “Olor d’Ones” (with Mireia, from Pupil·les) and “Me touches” (with La Fúmiga) paved the way for the publication of his first album, an album in which They also had Tremenda Jauría, Chalart58, Pa Lao and ZeBRASS. And so on until we reach “El nostre oasi”, his tropical hit of the summer of 2021.
Anti-fascism, feminism and unconditional support for their culture and language: these could be the three essential principles of a project that champions the hybridization of styles, the fusion of sounds, and that has already participated in massive festivals such as Feslloc, Festivern or Viña Rock. Places where their music, already festive, combative and happy, takes on its true dimension. There is a reason they have been nominated for the Carles Santos awards in the best tour category. Consciousness and dance are for them like the front and back of the same thing.