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Artist
Las Malas Amistades
12+ albums
experimentalfreak folkcalypsoBossa Novatropicalia
about
Las Malas Amistades were born in Bogotá, Colombia (South America), in 1994. None of its members were musicians (or intended to become one) but they all liked music. They had met in college, some were art students, the others studied film, so music seemed to be a good meeting point. The idea was just to make music. No dreams of stardom or commercial success or plans to rule the world. The adoring fans would have to come from other activities. Since the first session a routine was stablished: they would make a song, record it and, once they were happy with it, make another one. No repeats, no playing live, no future: music made in a vacuum, created for its own sake, captured on a tape and listened to whenever the desire arose. “What kind of music do Las Malas Amistades play?”, people ask. Impossible to say. “What instruments do you play, then?”, people ask next, irritated and assuming that the lack of description is a far-fetched manerism to leave people intrigued, or, worse, to keep the music to themselves. Well, that is not the idea. The impossibility of description is a fact, anyone that listens to any song can confirm that. The instruments, though, can be listed: there are two keyboards (one a casiotone, the other a massive pawnshop-found synthesizer), an electronic drumset, an acoustic guitar, a four string guitar (traditionally used for música llanera and called ‘cuatro’) and several small percussion gadgets. In some songs the sound is all electronic, in others all acous
