As the world threw the knife and the uneasiness between the uncertainty and the screen had subsided, a voice from John Fante’s novel whispered: Hello, I just want to say hello. Fear was at the throat of a country, and its song was invited to name it and dance to the beat of a hymn that was being performed: In Spain we call it loneliness. rigoberta bandini He had guessed from the start: “I like when music makes you cry and dance at the same time.” And this slogan has always been his signature.
That summer, juggling the wire of freedom, Paula Ribó (Barcelona, 1990) gave birth to a son and a second self: Rigoberta Bandini planted the wings of her last dream and sang to Paula “We are not leaving this party”. ” Of course, the first answered him born “to be a bitch”, without a leash or muzzle, but neither had imagined that thousands of followers would shout this collective purification in chorus at the gates of Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona.
And maybe they didn’t even guess that she’s a singing indie diva. for the worldly and the spiritual, Knotting the lysergic excursions of MDMA insight crossing the highways, he would leave months later as one of the Eurovision’s favorite nominees.
In Spain we say “what should I do”, Rigoberta was going to admit that Paula had told her. But no one can forbid me to barkPaula would accept what Rigoberta told her.
And the blurring and staring nudity came with that instinctive cry of the mother’s echo from the inside out. Bitch, At the final premiere of Benidorm Fest, he placed a giant breast on the Turin stage claiming the power and beauty of the female body. in true Delacroix style.
very pointed star
And under his own name a polygonal star was born, ultraviolet and electric rays formed a constellation of infused songs, not very wide, but bright and full of effects, imitating the rhythm of piercing the heart. The artist records his style himself using his source. “black hype”means four beats per measure, which is equal to 130 BPM (beats per minute) and at the same time as the heartbeat.
This is how Bandini confessed in his first confession RigoTalk on his YouTube channel also singer C. Tangana, Contemporary of Barcelona and partially responsible for its viralization In Spain we call it loneliness those jail days
But this flutter dance also evokes the heartbeats from the womb—you, who tied your body tightly to my head—that gave that atavistic substrate to the Bandini universe. Between steely irony and the electronic party, it’s like an innate song that always refers to the celebration of the body, freedom and love.
Knitting style opens the latitudes of your planet with a postmodern aesthetic that intersects melancholy and perreo with the atmospheres of Franco Battiato, the whip strokes of Gigi D’Agostino, the sounds of Abba, the classicism of Mocedades and its homage to Mónica Naranjo. on the verge of questions from all ages and all women.
Last October, the artist reunited the songs of the firmament on his first record release, which he called La Emperatriz, perhaps because it brought together all the mirrors of his inner empire. great songs like Julio Iglesias, let Jesus come down, he danced like this anyone see what Additional Love songs to you, you and me, living is a garden and the emblem of the same nameIt’s like a fairy tale between hymn songs where he bids farewell as “La Rigo, the nun you trust.”
However, his reign abroad has come to the fore in a series of revolutionary concerts that swept across Spain in this last quarter of 2022, with two concerts in Fuerteventura in November including a stop to the Canary Islands as part of the Arena Negra Festival in November. Another one at Madrid’s WiZink Center and Barcelona’s Palau Sant Jordi are full.
His on-stage immediacy and spontaneity, his progressive dominance, was surrounded by his cousin and devoted aide Belén Barenys, AKA Meme, and comedian and musician Esteban Navarro aka brand new dance troupe and choir girls. Rigoberto and the artist’s emotional partner, in production and on the keys, completes a visual spectacle around the songs already flying alone.
“Some for Pussy”
Storming through the sky, Rigoberta loses Paula in the clouds. The heaviness of the hill is also nostalgia for picnicking on the beach and the singing almond-shaped Magnum. Party. Because mirrors get tired when there is no distance compared to the image. The public elevated Rigoberta to the position of Empress, but Paula had to turn off the music “for a long time,” as she explained last summer. Resistance“because I’m a little tired of certain things.” He didn’t promise a return ticket, but made the immortality of his songs a musical reference, from feminist shows to discos to his own rooms.
He gave his last concert last Friday. Empress and this primeval and meteoric phase of Rigoberta Bandini at the Príncipe Felipe de Zaragoza Pavilion. He said goodbye to his principles with a song before he took off the crown, Too many drugs Rigoberta and Paula seem to merge into one line once again: “I’m leaving,” she sings in tears. “Everything is fine, because it was always good. And it will be fine.”