Decolonial theory and its concepts have been a cross-cutting theme of She Makes Noise on numerous occasions. This year, electronic music is presented as a political, activist and anti-racist act, courtesy of the duo formed by Ale Hop & Laura Robles.
| Age: | From age 16 |
| Location: | Auditorio |
| Duration: | 1 hour |
| Price: | Alehop & Laura Robles - Entrada general: 12€, Alehop & Laura Robles - Entrada reducida: 6€ |
The Berlin-based Peruvian artists Alejandra Cárdenas, known as Ale Hop (who first visited Madrid to perform at The Magnetic Terrace 2021), and Laura Robles present their debut collaborative album Agua Dulce, a radical deconstruction of Afro-Peruvian music and dance traditions with a special focus on colonial history.
The duo’s performance revolves around the cajón, a Peruvian instrument originally made out of wooden fruit boxes after the Spanish colonialists banned drums in the 19th century. Robles also uses a homemade electric cajón to play dance rhythms like landó, lamento and zamacueca, while Cárdenas distorts sounds with abstract electronic music, breaking the tracks down into noisy traces “of past, present and future”. Presented at the 2023 Unsound festival, this performance represents the Madrid debut of the album.
*Reduced admission for under 30s, seniors over 65 and the unemployed, upon presentation of proof.
Doors open at 6.30 pm.
Ale Hop & Laura Robles
