2008 // CD //La série des maîtres LSM01

El amor is a dictionary//compilation with all groups formed by roto el oso for over 15

years. All styles are represented: HIP HOP with the lo-fi gourmet MC PATATE, bisexual

songs with CHANTAL, noisy destructured blues by STEAK FROM DELTA and the bayou

folk style of LES FRÈRES D’EPINAY.

« Though I had heard a few mp3s of this band, when I first listened to the newest by

Oso el Roto, I was floored. I emailed friends saying, « Man, you gotta hear this band! They

play the best weird, fucked up country blues mutation I’ve heard in a long while! » And when

I found out that they were from Chile (now stationed in Paris), things clicked. Rather than

being some Euro freak Blues Explosion fans, these guys come from a rich tradition of

South American psychedelia/freak rock and the blues I hear is partially an assimilation of

Captain Beefheart. Ahhhh so these Oso el Rotos could be the legitimate heirs to the throne of

The Speakers! (well, much noisier & more punk). But the influences don’t end there: Also in

the mix is a dollop of Boredoms, a pinch of Blowhole, a bit of modern noisecore, and some

French absurdism. « 

Scott Soriano (SS records)