Is the new album, Oye, back to basics?
Hector: We started as a traditional rock and roll band – using bass, guitar, drums. We then evolved, adding instruments and getting to an album like Caribe Atómico, where we experimented with electronic music and used the studio as an instrument. Since then, we’ve returned to using our old instruments and using less electronic sounds, where the live drums are again present on this new album. Even though the electronic has been lowered, it is still present. The sound of a band is more present on the album. Ok, let’s retake it, let’s do it again. No, no, let’s continue, you guys can edit. It’s simply using different instruments from album to album. In this new record, Oye, the drums and the electric guitar are more present than in the past albums using less electronica. That’s why it sounds more organic. More rock-like. Do you think a protest song still has the same power today to “change” the world? Andrea: I think that any attempt at change is cool and healthy. And any massive change s
