Although the winners of the sixty -sixth Grammy Awards have not yet been announced, the Venezuelan Rawayana band has already achieved a professional teacher with the nomination of the fifth studio album “¿Quién Tranetas?” For Latin or alternative album.
“This nomination represents a very beautiful thing because of the place we come from and how difficult it is for our generation,” said Rawayana Alberto “Beto” Monnegro.
Under the independent BROCOLI Records brand, Montenegro and its colleagues Antonio “Casas” and Andrés “Fofo” and Alejandro “Abeja” abeijón took a different approach to music, and benefiting from a group of types of orbital pop to electrical fon. The group was formed in 2007 during the era of political turmoil, and the group looked to escape to its sound island, which led to the inspiration of the name from the Hindu epic in Ramayana, a story in which it helps well over evil.
During the past two years, the Funk-Facebook group has gained international popularity for “¿Quién Trae Cornetas?” NPR “el tiny” The acquisition of 7.2 million views. “Feriado”, a party party path around a person’s pregnancy day, received Rawayana’s first Latin Grammy Pop in 2024. The group is also scheduled to perform in Kochilla in April.
However, his latest breakthrough contrasts in starkly with the most famous situation before the group is Eliminate Their tour of the very expected homeland due to many of the threats that were contacted, according to Jabal Al -Aswad, who hardens the mystery of the Male of the Venezuelan issues.
At the same time, the decision to get out of concerts follow the comments made by Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro, who criticized the song Rawayyana and Rap singer Akpella “Fadica” In a march. Although many consider the term social insignificant against Venezuelan, collaborators are looking to restore the poster through the words of empowerment.
Then Maduro comes out and says Which – which … Al -Jabal Al -Aswad said: “Attempting to distort the truth of a song that expresses the reality of praise towards the Venezuelan.” “Most of us are greater, we are people who lead, and everything is beautiful expressing” Fika “, and more!”
However, Rawayana is still firm in their idea of spreading joy through their music. The Quartet Committee joins the Colombian Electrio Electric Band to form a super group called Astropical, derived from its joint rapprochement in astrology and tropical rhythms. They released their first individual song “I am Basa” On Thursday before their next album.
This is a very important time on the political, cultural and environmental level. “We need melodies and words like this as a way to take care of this moment,” said Somet, the main singer of Bomba Estherio. “This band has activated me, and inspired me to make more music.”
Currently, in the days before the awards ceremony, Rawayana enjoys Grammy’s nomination and thinks about the difficult journey they took to get there. Gilded Gramophone on hand or not, Montenegro views the nomination alone as a symbol of the group’s personal growth.
“[The Grammy nomination] Al -Jabal Al -Aswad said: “A beautiful representation of the elasticity of the Venezuelan.”
If they won this SundayThey will be the first Venezuelan work to receive honor in a common category to provide the best works such as Mana, Shakira, Kali 13 and many others.
De Los spoke to Montenegro Rawayana Montenegro before the February 2 party.
The following questions and answers were gently released for clarity and length.
It was the first time I heard about Rawayana “El Tiny” office Two years ago. Did you specify that moment A before and after the band?
completely. I think “El Tiny” is very beautiful because it is raw. When we finished recording the episode, I remember telling everyone that it was beautiful because it is characterized by bringing the charm of live music to the utmost expression. How beautiful it is that one of the highest levels in our career is a return to the basics, vocal music without special effects in the library’s position, and that it may generate such an active rush.
How do you feel nomination for my grace?
Yesterday I was wandering around Los Angeles and I was thinking about this. It is difficult to explain this, but it was hard for us. We are an independent project, and I was thinking about all those years in which we were intuitive, as we tried to do what we can in Venezuela where there is a lack of musical infrastructure. Then we had to leave our country and start zero, and I think it is now wild to be recognized by the Registration Academy.
We are now in Los Angeles working with producers with whom we did not imagine work. This is a beautiful reminder of life. We have done something slowly and enjoy it.
You look very emotional now.
It is very complicated. [The Grammy nomination] It is a beautiful representation of the elasticity of Venezuelan. This nomination is a very beautiful thing because of the place we come from and the difficult life of our generation. We are so vulnerable that we are, we are an example [resilience].
I won my Latin Grammy last year for your song “Feriado”. Tell me about it.
It was very unexpected because it was two years after the launch of “¿Quién Trae Las Cornetas?” We feel that the music industry welcomed us. We do not make music to win prizes. Our goal is to be essential, complex, enjoyable and sad songs. We have an impact and open talks for more dialogue.
Let’s talk about your album, “¿Quién Trae Las Cornetas?” What was the concept behind it?
It was a really complicated project. It was about facing uncertainty in life. The album begins with the words: “I jumped into the void in life, with or without the umbrella …” It also reflects our voices who come from a country whose major cities are on the coast, so we play a lot with those elements. We also worked in this album in Miami, Mexico, Los Angeles and Portorico, so he also has that character.
There were some criticisms from Maduro About your words in the song, “In you.” I also saw that Venezuela’s tour soon canceled his comments. Can you clarify this?
Regarding the cancellation of our tour, we were receiving threatening phone calls months ago.
There are many artists outside Venezuela who do not tour the country, and for us who came from the country, it was contradictory to not wandering in Venezuela. If we do not think that the country was able to host our party, we will not be nominated for my crime. … in our philosophy, we cannot give up our audience.
But well, the political situation in Venezuela in December was very tense. We have expressed ourselves freely around our voice in our favor, and because of the tension, the people associated with the government were transferring things to us, not good things.
Then Maduro comes out and says Which – which … Trying to distort the truth of a song that actually expresses praise towards the Venezuelan. The majority of us are greater, we are people who lead, everything is beautiful expressing “in you”, and more! They are trying to misunderstand this, as they have with other facts, which I try to ignore.
Did you think that your music may cause talks in Venezuela?
In the case of Venezuela, it is very complicated, because the policy has seized everything. We have political figures that have stored radio daily for hours and hours. We have political figures seem more interested in entertainment than the ruling. It does not surprise me that with the impact we are making on a national and international scale, they are trying to attract attention from this. It is sad because it stains the culture, and it stains music, and it is the stains of art … and “veneka” more than that. It represents flipping and reset the meaning of the word that was traditionally used to attack Venezuelans outside our country … “The Agency” means raising ourselves. “Veenka” realizes that despite adversity, we realize that we are the best we can be …
When I hear your music, I see it as a symbol of resistance in some way.
Did we not reach the point where the simple act of prosperity is a symbol of flexibility and resistance? Just an act to be able to survive.
What direction headed by Rawayana?
We will release our individual song, “Me Pasa”, before our next album. Aside from being a new album, it will be a new band that we form alongside Bomba Estéreo, which is called Astropical. It will be 12 songs, a project with Bomba Estéreo, and we will tour this year … so I am really happy because we have this new band! But we also explore music like Rawayana, and we think through new sounds and topics. Currently, we also enjoy the moment. We do not want to advance ourselves. We only focus on our flexibility, not only in the political sense but in terms of our personal resistance in life. The truth is said, we enjoy the moment.
