{"id":6098,"date":"2020-07-31T00:00:08","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T04:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazineampm.com\/?p=6098"},"modified":"2020-07-31T13:21:22","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T17:21:22","slug":"el-ano-en-que-el-primera-base-se-mudo-a-las-redes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazineampm.com\/en\/el-ano-en-que-el-primera-base-se-mudo-a-las-redes\/","title":{"rendered":"The year Primera Base moved to the networks"},"content":{"rendered":"

I want it to be clear, I came to Havana for music. In January of this ill-fated year, after 16 hours of waiting and more than 300 kilometers, I arrived at the Jazz Plaza Festival. It was a frenetic week, of concerts at all hours and days of never ending<\/a>. Havana never rests and without leaving that last concert by Tank and the Bangas, Trombone Shorty Foundation, Cimafunk and The Soul Rebels at the Sal\u00f3n Rosado in La Tropical, a flyer from Havana World Music (HWM) came into my hand.<\/p>\n

I remember that La Sintaxis, my Havana gang, made me swear that I would return in March. Fingers crossed, I said yes. It was then a difficult promise, but by February the circumstances brought me back and with an indefinite stay. With all certainty, the Havana World Music 2020 would be my welcome with pomp and honour.<\/p>\n

The gods laugh when mortals speak of the future. The coronavirus skipped continents, imposed quarantine and with it, silence. Of course, it paused existence, but not life. The HWM, in which friction is mandatory and crowded, had to reinvent itself and wait. And I swore to be in it.<\/p>\n

From March we passed to July and part of what would happen at the Jos\u00e9 Antonio Echeverr\u00eda and the Pabell\u00f3n Cuba went to the networks to reconnect with a distant audience. Thus, the Primera Base contest, a platform for noble projects with great ambitions, had three days of competition on-line<\/em> \u2014one per division\u2014in which each band had the opportunity to arrange their set and show themselves under a style and production that complemented their musical proposal.<\/p>\n

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The Milky Monkeys, winners in the Youth category. Photo: Courtesy of the Havana World Music Festival.<\/p><\/div>\n

The international feedback<\/em> of the public -always essential- was translated into online votes that not only determined winners, but also speak volumes about the notoriety of this contest that presents new talents.<\/p>\n

The opening on the 16th was in charge of the youth. Before reviewing more, I want to say that if this is the future to come, great things await us. Los Monos L\u00e1cteos won me over with their intelligent and fresh lyrics, and their attractive, diverse and complex sonority, which shows signs of happy creativity and insightful, virtuoso production.<\/p>\n

Cuadrigales failed in the selection of pieces to compete. Only the warhorses are taken to a joust of braves and they chose two equal themes in cadence, style and possibilities. Perhaps, if they had left the schemes of the vocal ensemble, the girls would have been an adversary to fear.<\/p>\n