The
fifteenth edition of YHO was subtitled ‘Adventures
in Uruguayan Pop Music: 1965-1980’.
It was put together to complement a mixtape of vintage Uruguayan
sounds. The cover for both, beautifully
designed by Per-Christian Hille, featured Diego Forlan who with his team mates,
affectionately known as ‘the light blues’, lit up the 2010 World Cup. In a similar way explorations of Uruguayan
pop music proved be revalatory.
It’s
fascinating to trace the development of the music made in Uruguay during this
period, from the early garage and beat responses to the more psychedelic and
progressive sounds. Things got really
interesting as elements of African and Uruguayan traditional rhythms were
utilised, and the music evolved along the lines of the Brazilian tropicalia
movement, with its own enigmatic heroes like Eduardo Mateo. The political coup of 1973 made life
difficult for rock music to flourish, and as elsewhere under repressive regimes
musicians used folk music as a subversive outlet. There really was some incredible music made
in this period.
Among
those featured are:
Los
Mockers and Los Shakers
El
Kinto and Totem
Limonada
El
Sindykato
Eduardo
Mateo and Jorge Trasante
Diane
Denoir
Jaime
Roos
The
mixtape itself can be found here
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