“Upon leaving the quarantine, many cult nightclubs that promoted eighties music on their dates did not reopen. At that time, the freedom party, an itinerant event in the form of a party so that the public can dance and enjoy the classics of the 80’s, both national and international, in different spaces of the Buenos Aires scene. The success of our proposal remains and increases every month,” he explained. DJ Notoriousthat together DJ PurpleRain founded the freedom party (@fiesta_freedom), the first eighties-themed post-pandemic traveling party in the Buenos Aires metropolis.
“Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, The Smiths, Inxs, New Order, David Bowie, Iggy Pop, B-52, Blondie, Madonna, Prince, Billy Idol, The Clash, A-ha, The Ramones, Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, Culture Club, Siouxsie and The Banshees, The Police, Queen, U2, Michael Jackson and The Cureamong others, are the stellar presences on our set list”, clarified the person in charge of Freedom, a name that pays homage to the song by the great British singer george michael and added: “We also offer the local side of the time, headed by Soda Stereo, Virus, Sumo, Charly Gárcia and many more”.
In the world today, the music of the eighties is in force for all types of public, which cross-cuts all ages. It is an international phenomenon that can be seen with the line up of the most prestigious music festivals. From the lollapalooza until the Primavera Sound, you can see the presence of emblematic bands of that decade or that were born in those years, such as the classic references of British postpunk The Cure or the champions of American alternative rock Jane’s Addiction.
On the other hand, the musical phenomenon also triggered its modality clubbing in different corners of the city of Buenos Aires. Both the Freedom Party, which takes place twice a month, or the Back to the 80, Fiesta de los 80 and Retrowave parties are some of the options that can be found in various clubs, cultural spaces or discos. In all these proposals, the musical coincidences can be observed in their theme, but above all in the age condition of their audience.
“It is a reality that, in our party and in others of its style, a very varied audience attends and of almost all ages, from 18 years old. On the dance floor of our event come people who lived through the 80s and 90s, and also those young people who did not go through those times and seek to live them through the music of Freedom”, he explained. DJ Notorious and I add: “The House of Luca Prodan, La Cigale, the Matienzo Cultural Club, Arkham Space, Melonio, among others, they were spaces that received our musical proposal on their track and stage. At all times we saw that the public was intergenerational, from 18 to 50 years old, approximately”.
“Music evokes memories and the feelings associated with them from deep within. For me, having been able to enjoy this music since the late eighties, which by age is the time when I began to enjoy the nightlife in Buenos Aires, is key. The eighties and nineties marked a before and after musically speaking in my life,” he said. Florence Fracaspsychologist and attendee of parties of this theme, and added: “The various musical genres marked many generations. Electro, new wave, post punk, pop rock, punk rock, synthpop, glamIn short, a colorful and creative diversity that continues to generate followers even today”.
this move nostalgic current, it also allowed us to rescue the magic of other legendary spaces and discos of the eighties. “There has been talk of many spaces as Cement, the Parakultural or Café Einsteinbut palladium He had certain qualities that set him apart from the rest. Aesthetics, at that time, defined it as the biggest place in the underground, where famous people on television crossed paths. It had an opening to dissidence, that, although it was not an LGTB place, various tribes were accepted and coexisted harmoniously,” he said. Francis Novick, documentary filmmaker “A Night at the Palladium“, soon to be released, and added: “The change in the era of how nightlife was lived in the ’80s influenced its owners Juan Lepes and my father. Inspired by movement new wave New Yorker and British.
“It is very attractive to listen to music at a thunderous volume, in its original versions and without commercial breaks, as happens on the radio. twenty-somethings will know these songs and consider them classics of music,” said Andres Accorsi, cartoonist and frequent partygoer of the 80s and added: “What was new to us in those days for young people is a choice of current musical taste. Anyone who likes music feels good with the sound of eighties, has a good rhythm, good lyrics, awakens joy and generates encounter, does good to the soul”.
On Saturday, August 26, one of the most referential stages of national alternative music celebrates its 25th anniversary. la cigale was the proposal of a group of music lovers who carried out a musical space for the meeting of bands and soloists with their audience. Located in the downtown area, on May 25, 597, various artists from the 80s and 90s began to leave their songs impregnated on the walls of the site and in their attendance. The solo stage of Gustavo Cerati, Charly Garcia Palo Pandolfo, Leo Garcia, Carca, Rosario Blefari and Francisco Bochatón they were there, on top of the stage, with his voice. Also indie and electronic pop bands of the time such as Flying G, Intimate, I can’t stand it, Proyecto Verona, Addicted, Interama, Tan Biónica and Miranda!.
“La Cigale was born from a meeting between seven friends. Three French, one Swiss and the rest were Argentines. We decided to open a bar targeting the artist, with live bands, art exhibitions and djs. In its beginnings, we left hand in hand with the unrockuptibles magazineby a common partner, and a link was generated with the public through a dossier of outings called the inrocks guide. The primary idea was a nocturnal space for art that, taking advantage of the fact that we were in the downtown area and close to offices, we opened the first happy hour of the city”, recalled Gustavo Subiza one of La Cigale’s partners, and concluded: “We come from the 80s, we love that music and that’s how the idea of creating a bar was born. When I came to the capital and went out to play, venues asked you to sell a certain number of tickets already “Sometimes you didn’t take anything. A delirium. That’s why we created La Cigale to protect the artist and we like that there are events like the Freedom Party that transcend generations with the music we love.”
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