with 21 years of career, 3 amazing albums to his credit and a mise en scene that seems literally taken from another planet, Sig Ragga dismisses year presenting this Friday, November 16, at Niceto Club.FILO contacted their vocalist and keyboardist, Gustavo “Tavo” cuts to talk about everything a little: the band, aesthetic, present awards and feminism.
SIG Ragga was born in Santa Fe in 1997 | “Photo: courtesy press resistance creative Surgida in 1997 in the city of Santa Fe, Sig Ragga – integrated by the brothers”Tavo”and”pepo”Ricardo Cortés, Juanjo Casals and Nicolás Gonzalez – arose from the very beginning as a form of resistance.” The question of resistance as we think it from our place which is art is what keeps us United and energized to go ahead: is resistance to oppression, to life within the market system, capitalism, authoritarian power arbitrariness, injustice, and a lot of situations that occur in postmodern life”, said the musician.
“This has enabled us to cope with life, having invented a form of combat that this invention we did with the Group creatively. It’s a creative resistance, as a power, as a way to create our life itself,”he added. And concluded: “I think that music has kept us alive and in hope of transformation, access to emotions, sensitivity, it is very important. Art has this transformative power because it is connected with emotions, with the issue of power moved and sensitized by an other. “In times that run think much longer and is super necessary”. World of fantasy as well as a pronunciation social stance, Sig Ragga stands out for its incredible staging, ranging almost alien makeup and a wardrobe to large amounts of smoke, play of light and a fanciful language.
Having already spent 21 years since the birth of the band, Cortes said that this form of presentation, among other movements influenced by German Expressionism and Surrealism, “has been suffering a lot of changes” but “there are still things that are connected from the same places”.” Our bodies speak, paint us, make-up, dressing room; all of this was already from the start, is that it was obviously not what we are doing now. Some of that spirit of playful play to be others, enter the world of fantasy, of these characters that are fantastic to speak their own language or that they do not speak, that they go for the real thing but at the same time they talk about real things , that I think that it is still, nothing more than what they were developing and intensifying. It has been mutating because it was long and keeps mutating and is going to continue mutating”, said the interviewee.
“Tavo”, the man behind the keyboards of Sig Ragga | Photo: Instagram @sigragga nominations = recognition?
Throughout his career, the Santa Fe obtained 7 nominations to the Latin GRAMMYs and one the Gardel awards. Asked about if believed that, as a result of this, their music was more valued internationally than at the local level, courts ruled out completely that possibility.” For nothing, not the rod of the measure are the prizes. For my recognition is another thing, or at least that my excites me and keeps me going. Nor do I make things for recognition, but it would be fallacious to say that doesn’t interest me at all what is wrong with what I do, because as doer is fundamental the question of reading the others, there is a need to communicate, that is real and one does not make the things only “for one, is going to meet each other”.
“We have a good recognition in Argentina, beyond of the awards. If not, no could be playing as we’re playing, so we are super thankful in that sense”, said”Tavo”feminism the collective”by + women music live”currently drives the sanction of the female quota Bill on the stages and Sig Ragga crossed by a current deconstruction process, welcomed this initiative.
“Both of this law as all demands that the feminist companions are carrying out are proud. “That boy I have always felt: see the existing inequality between men and women in all areas”, held “Tavo” to the respectoY closed: “it is real, in music there is a fairly misogynistic atmosphere and it is clear that all bands are men and all who worked” an are men, and it seems fantastic to me start to visualize and to consider these debates in all possible areas. With the guys from the band we are always talking about this and we are celebrating the moment we are experiencing much struggle and conquest.” SIG Ragga presented this Friday, November 16 at Niceto Club (Av. Niceto Vega 5510). You can get your tickets from $350 here.
