“We’re students of music and of society,” says Juliana. It’s where we feel good about ourselves and there’s lots of opportunities.”Ī cerebral outfit, as interested in questions of cultural difference as musical arrangement. And what were we going to be? The next Shakira? There were no opportunities and we were thirsty for live music, good venues, creativity. There weren’t good outlets and venues, not like in London for example, where everyone thinks they can be the next Bowie. Nico explains, ”we left Colombia because there was no opportunity for people like us who were obsessed with music. And it’s always the same things.” Of course, NYC is a fertile hotbed of new ideas, and so they both decided to leave, frustrated by a lack of possibilities. We have friends here in Brooklyn, and when they come round they play the shit we grew up with. This still exists in some extent in New York, Juliana makes clear: “This is something cultural, but Colombians love nostalgia. They used to play Guns and Roses on the radio, which they still do! You get in a cab and they play the same music I grew up with.” Growing up in Bogotá was kind of Westernized American. When we were growing up the show culture was all hardcore and metal, but now there’s everything, a lot of different indie bands so that’s amazing. I do know that there’s a very big scene now and I love seeing that there’s so many local bands and there’s more of a culture of going to shows. Juliana agrees, “Nico’s right, we can’t comment too much. So I can’t comment on what’s going on, but what I can tell is that there’s things happening.”
We’re more of a Colombian band in the diaspora. Nicolás is cautious, but says “I think it’s changed, but we can’t talk about Bogotá or Colombia now because we go there twice a year and we’re not part of the scene. They left Colombia frustrated, but those were the old days. Salt Cathedral: ‘a Colombian band in the diaspora’ It seems they’re more positive about the rolo scene than before. “I can’t see us moving back, but it’s more of a personal thing,” says Juliana. The conversation is long and winding, ranging from Sabbath to cultural change and evolution. Juliana has just got back from Norway when we talk over WhatsApp, and Nicolás is wandering around his apartment, seemingly never in one place for much time, saying “For us, we love having the opportunity to play in Colombia, we’re very grateful to be there.” They wax lyrical about their memories of the city traffic and university days.ĭespite being in much demand, they’re gracious and generous with their time. We’re going to do Paris in Spanish.” Strong Emotions just dropped, featuring a much more indie sound – look out for that in the set: One will be released before the festival. “The new stuff is very different to the album we put out,” says Juli, adding that they’ll be throwing them into the set: “Five new songs. New album Before It’s Gone is coming soon and it promises to be a big change, with hot-button topics such as climate change, tech and social anxiety to the fore. We’re super-prepared to give it our all, like always.” It’s unique, it only lasts for that 40 minutes. It’s like a ritual, like a special moment. No big shows or gimmicks, as Juliana says: “Just me and Nico, that’s it. Their music is ghostly and ethereal softpop – calming, occasionally melancholic music equally perfect for the rains of Bogotá or snowdrifts of Brooklyn. Because the music is in English and our whole career is outside, we see it as an international band.” They may be far away, but their roots are ever present. “We are not patriotic or nationalistic,” says Nico, “But we always try to help and promote anything from Bogotá. They’re from the same barrio in the big bad Bog, but Juliana Ronderos and Nicolás Losada met in Brooklyn, miles from the Colombian mountains. We’re focusing on local bands in the run up to the festival, but Salt Cathedral had to leave Bogotá for it to come together. They talked to us about Colombian music and culture in a marathon chat. Today it’s the turn of Salt Cathedral, a non-local local band. The chapters up to 11 are ficlets, everything after is commissioned artwork or me just having fun with My Heritage Deep Nostalgia app, Reface and Canva Pro.With Festival Estéreo Picnic just around the corner, we’re covering the local bands set to light up the event. My Heritage Deep Nostalgia app animatedĪ collection of ficlets, gapfillers and commissioned that flesh out events within my Dark Prince/Magnificat 'verse or represent characters within them.Original Male Character/Original Male Character.
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