Review: Canpamento Nec Nec - Presenta Alimana (or) nec nec in a tom tom bang

Posted on 23 December 2006 | No Comments

Filed Under: Album Reviews, Emo, Punk, World Music

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Molly Neuman is a founding member of the riot grrrl band Bratmobile and is also a co-owner of Lookout! Records. She (however) is now focusing on her brand new label called Simple Social Graces Discos. Which was (according to Neuman) started “to promote the most exciting emerging artists from the global underground.”

One of those emerging artists is Spain’s Campamento Nec Nec. They are a band that plays some seriously crazy (and I mean crazy) but really outstandingly awesome music. And while I should probably stop there, because words can’t really describe this, I won’t.

Spastic like Deerhoof and disjointed like Cap ‘n Jazz is a good tarting point. From there virtually unintelligible vocals and furious drumming that stops as quickly as it begins emerges from the glorious wreckage that is Presenta Alimana. Rhythmically and sonically dense, the sounds that Campamento Nec Nec spit out come so fast, it is hard for your ears to make sense of it all. I don’t mean to imply any real level of dissonance, but whenever that tiny fragmented bit of melody finds you, its like pure magic. Maybe what They Might Be Giants would sound like covering the Locust. A far fetched maybe. I’ve heard that this might appeal to fans of influential Spanish emo hardcore band A Room With A View, but that means nothing to me.

MP3 | Campamento Nec Nec – Corteza Mandril Presenta Alimana
MP3 | Campamento Nec Nec – Pinata Presenta Alimana