René Peñaloza Galván para Latin Pulse Augustus Pablo East of the River Nile Shanachie, 1977 (reissue 2002)In 1999 Jamaica lost one of its more brilliant sons, Augustus Pablo, maker of…
MUSICAL REVIEWS
Distrito Artificial: revival
January 10, 2003 for the Reforma newspaper by René PeñalozaThe electronic scene in the capital awakens one more year and this week many of its pieces reappear. It is too…
Distrito Artificial: vigorous variety
November 13, 2002 for the Reforma newspaper by René Peñaloza From an accessible and marathonic session of multimedia art and avant-garde music, to the exclusive presentation of a foreign celebrity,…
Distrito Artificial: a wider net
February 14, 2003 for the Reforma newspaper by René Peñaloza This week, Distrito Artificial displays a new format with the purpose of launching a wider net to the ocean of…
POETRY AND STORY
23 Staples
by René Peñaloza Galván Twenty-three staplesRise 8 along My diaphragm Twenty-three stepsOn a stairwellTo redemptionOr its cousinSelf-deception Twenty three bindsOn a wounded MonsterOf boundless interjection Twenty three fastened AmensThat say it is…
The Temple of Dandor (@the MET)
by René Peñaloza Galván Your eyes like two bright beaconsAtop your smiling cheekbonesShine upon the sandy stonesAnd I can almost seeThe ghosts of priestsGrasping at so manyUnanswered prayersAnd hear the…
Where did I go?
by René Peñaloza Galván Awake on a reclining bedMy insides felt like snow(No more? made?) fluids in hollow needlesThinking where did I go?
Chorus (?)
At the temple of DandorIs where I found my soulFloating face down in the NileBloated with all I did wrong. At the temple of DandorThere she fished out my soulThere…