A review of the Spanish copla wrapped in a cinematic imagination with the surprising production of Lalo GV, in which string instruments, trumpets, drums and percussion are combined with synthesizers and samples to compose a new electronic pop base that replaces the traditional orchestral lines of the copla.
A fusion in which voice and organic instruments, typical of the Spanish copla, are treated as current pop or electronic productions. Direct lyrics, powerful image and songs that can be sung or danced to…And the copla was the music of the street, the “urban” of the time, connecting with the stories of those songs that were theirs, and at the same time a way of expressing feelings, passion and pain, masked with drama, flowers, power and curls in the hair. As Carlos Cano used to say “The copla is the way to shout what pleases and what hurts”.