Imagine arriving at a place away from the city, where after crossing a humid path full of trees in the middle of the forest, you find yourself face to face with a plain surrounded by vast vegetation, with a stage with huge screens in the center where thousands of fans enjoy madness the best proposals of Rock psychedelic and experimental. That is without a doubt the best description of the beginning of the experience Hypnosis, a festival that in this 2019 edition made manifest has grown enormously and is more than positioned as a benchmark in the music scene.
The event started with the capitals of Set Still, who featured the tracks from their newly released full-length debut album this year, including the single “Urban Guerrilla Tactics" After them and putting power to the event from early we enjoyed the sexy girls of The Darts US from the United States. They gave us a set full of powerful Garage Rock swift and irreverent with Nicole Laurenne singing barefoot lying on the floor and with the keyboard in her belly, while the other girls banged on their instruments wildly.
Despite the fact that the rain was a constant that came and went throughout the day, people were already prepared for it, and that is why for the presentation of Tajak we could see a large accumulation of raincoats that remained static as hypnotized before psychedelia shoegaze of the group. The distortion would continue with the Chilean project of Dream-hop The Holydrug Couple as would also continue the downpour that little by little turned the soil into mud. Crumb would be the next staging and his Rock Experimental would be highly applauded by people. Her very young singer holding pink balloons looked like a little girl, privileged with a soft voice with great tones and a lot of talent.
Between bands one could go to visit a market area where different suppliers offered clothes, accessories and other merchandise, or cross from side to side the place hanging by a zip line; and then go satiate your appetite to an area of foodtrucks with a wide (although to say the least expensive) variety of food to choose from, and sitting at the wooden tables set up in that area to taste the food. Meanwhile on stage the Japanese of Kikagaku Moyo they lectured with their sound which is like a sonorous roller coaster with valleys of Rock calm and melodic that rose from nothing to nothing in fast-paced and fast-paced rhythms; with the giant screen turned into a huge classic television that gave it a very visual appearance retro to the presentation. The time would come for the presentation of Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats, a band of Stoner rock malicious and aggressive that would give a real shock to the festival inciting even the first slams of the evening. Topics like "Death´s Door", "13 Candles" and "I´ll Cut You Down" they were complemented by images of occultism, burning witches and other dark paraphernalia on the screen.
Across the field there was also music on stage Van's, where several DJs were entertaining the entire event with their mixes for those who wanted to enjoy beer in hand with some electronic music. Back to the main stage Mild High Club he would lower the revolutions but not the enthusiasm of his followers with his much calmer proposal. Their singer dressed in a yellow raincoat would always seek to interact with people as the set progressed. After this presentation, the stage would dress up to receive a true masterful proposal, with 2 music geniuses combined in a single project that, as its name says, is delusional: The Claypool Lennon Delirium It is an experience of virtuosity that from the hand of the leader of Primus and the son of John Lennon give a Show which is to stand up. All with their top hats and with Martian views projected behind the screen, each one showed a privileged technique with his style and with his respective instruments.
The night completely covers the sky of Huixquilucan and it does not stop raining. But that does not matter because one of the most anticipated events of the day is about to start. All the glamor European would be present with Stereolab and his proposal Pop rock ripens. Despite the fact that the musicians and especially the French Lætitia Sadier they seemed to be suffering from the cold that had already chilled the bones at that time, its execution with themes like "Anamorphose", "French Disko" and " Lo Boob Oscillator ”It was just sober and engaging. English on the guitar Tim win created atmospheres lounge sublime on topics like "Metronomic Undeground“, “Table tennis" and "Percolator, Which in fact ended a set consisting of 15 songs in total. The way they were applauded upon retiring makes it clear why they are considered one of the largest influential gangs of the 1990s.
Although some people withdraw, the vast majority remain because the festival is saved for last to the most aggressive and bestial proposal of the entire cartel. Fu Manchu which was the band that would take over from the canceled Electric Wizard He debuted in Aztec lands with an overwhelming and devastating power. All the people were jumping and doing slam not caring to end up full of mud on topics like "Evil Eye", "Hell On Wheels" and "King Of The Road", and is that the combination of Stoner rock with dyes Punk of Scott Hill and company is a real bomb that forces you to throw yourself with everything to make yourself insane with his style as explosive. With themes like "Clone of the Universe ”, “Mongoose"And the spatial closure with"Saturn III”The band would close the festival with a flourish, except for those who wanted to continue the night in the after party From Stage Van's, where the DJs entertained the dawn until 5 am.
All photos by Rodrigo Cerda
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