#hidrogenesse

La Mesías / The Messiah Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo. 2023

Church Pg. de St. Gervasi, 66, Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, 08022 Barcelona, Spain See in map

LGBTQIA_🎉 (A Spotify Playlist) [To listen, click HERE]

It is with great pleasure that I issue for this festive weekend (during which I define myself as blank-space), a playlist of some of my favorite anthems.

On the cover photo, I am holding a historic 1950s Tepco restaurant mug from Cooper Do-nuts in Los Angeles, the very locale of what is now viewed to be by some historians as the first modern LGBTQIA_🎉 uprising in the United States.

According to the “Cooper Do-nuts Riot” Wikipedia entry:

Cooper Do-nuts was a cafe on Main Street in downtown Los Angeles between two gay bars, Harold's and the Waldorf, and was a popular hangout for gay people. At the time, Los Angeles law made it illegal for a person's gender presentation not to match the gender shown on their ID, and this was often used to target and arrest transgender patrons. For this reason, many gay bars were hostile to transgender patrons and banned or discouraged them from entering.

Cooper Do-nuts was welcoming to the gay community and this made it a target for police harassment. Many LGBT customers had been taken into custody before. Novelist John Rechy, who was present at the riots, described the routine arrests in his 1963 novel, City of Night: ‘They interrogate you, fingerprint you without booking you: an illegal L.A. cop-tactic to scare you from hanging around.’

The playlist features Bronski Beat, Dead or Alive, Freddy Mercury, Azul y Negro, Kraftwerk, Samantha Hudson x La Prohibida, Javiera Mena x Hidrogenesse, Blur, New Order, Fangoria, Klaus Nomi, Phil Oakey x Giorgio Moroder, and Pet Shop Boys.

I would like to dedicate this playlist to Macha Colón, as it has a spirit of Neons Videotheque and the good times we spent there.

Photo: Goor Studio

Hat: @chariandco

Glasses: Sabine B

Do you love Pet Shop Boys, Sparks, Kraftwerk?

I highly recommend everyone to get into Hidrogenesse duo. They're awesome. They're from Spain (Barcelona).

To those who might want to check them out and want some references: they're like Sparks, Kraftwerk and Pet Shop Boys put on a mixer and have been / are influenced by them a whole lot. You can actually tell how much if you listen carefully to their sound, In fact, they always talk about how much they love them.

A couple songs to start out with / get to know their impecable and magnificent sound:

1) Their cover of a Spanish Eurovision Song Contest, titled ¿Quién Maneja Mi Barca?.

2) A song titled Se Malogró. It's one of my all time personal favorites.

It's a SO VERY underrated yet magnificent and truly outstanding duo. They're mostly minorities' preference.

I love them so much, so here's me, trying to get them some deserved recognition and love from all over the world.

They're so cute and lovely. They're magic themselves.

Enjoy Hidrogenesse!

This is a lovely synthpop suggestion on this lovely Sunday! I enjoyed both of these songs, especially Se Malogró, and will definitely dig more into their discography! Thank you for recommending them to us! <3

                                  Photo by Ricardo Roncero

TRIP # 120 - ¡Viva! Por El Vicio: Especial Los Punsetes (ES) 04.05.2018 (Vigo, Radar Estudios) || 13.05.2018 || Podcast! || Sonya SP 

* Interview with Antonna (Guitar) & Luis (Bass) of Los Punsetes (04.05.2018, Radar Estudios, Vigo, Spain)

(2006) Los Punsetes - Aceptamos Fracaso * (2008/18) Los Punsetes || LP1 + Maquetas y rarezas (2004​-​2009) Maricas * Pinta De Tarao Accidentes Fondo De Armario * (2010) LP2 Los Cervatillos * Tus Amigos De Moda * Dinero Por El Vicio * Hospital Alchemilla (2012) Una Montaña Es Una Montaña Alférez Provisional Tráfico De Órganos De Iglesia * Los Glaciares (2014) LPIV Tu Opinión De Mierda (2017) ¡Viva! ¡Viva! Tu Puto Grupo * Alphaville

Printemps (A Spotify Playlist). [To listen click HERE]

Beautiful melodies and airy sounds for Spring 2021...just because...

This playlist songs by Sweet People, Les Rita Mitsouko, Stéphanie, Spandau Ballet, Kylie, Fangoria, Hidrogenesse x Chico Blanco, La Prohibida, Limahl, Dead or Alive, and Pet Shop Boys.

In the photo, I’m holding a @pwrblossom crêpe-paper flower and wearing 32° Cool pajamas.