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Treinta minutos de vida 1970
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Treinta minutos de vida

When you dive into Treinta minutos de vida, you encounter the first work by Mauricio Moris Birabent, a piece that was conceived between 1967 and 1968, although its official release by the independent label Mandioca arrived in 1970. This album, which originally lasted around half an hour, was recorded at the TNT studios in Buenos Aires. The executive production was handled by Jorge Álvarez and Pedro Pujó, the masterminds behind Mandioca. The album's sound, categorized as Rock, Folk, and Country, has a particularity: a rawness that gives it a crude and authentic character. An example of this is the recording of De nada sirve, where Moris used a 12-string acoustic guitar, complemented the bass lines with the sixth string of a classical guitar, and the percussion was limited to a box hit with a stick by Javier Martínez.

Year
1970
Songs
8
Duration
32 min 40 seg
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About the album

Treinta minutos de vida, according to DoReSol

This debut album is a compendium of songs that marked Moris's path. While Ayer nomás is well-known, and Pato trabaja en una carnicería and Escúchame entre el ruido are also fundamental parts, the song that resonates most strongly is El oso. This piece, considered by many as a milestone of early Argentine rock, encapsulates the essence of the record, which fuses rock with hints of protest songs. Participating musicians included friends like Pappo, who contributed electric bass on several tracks, organist Richard Green, and members of Manal: Claudio Gabis on guitar and Javier Martínez on drums and percussion.

Over time, Treinta minutos de vida has been recognized for its value. Rolling Stone Argentina magazine ranked it among the best albums in the history of national rock, first in eighth place in the 2000s and then eleventh in 2013. The album had several subsequent releases: in 1973, the Talent label reissued it including the track Juan, el noble caballero. Later, in the nineties, Sony Music re-released it on CD with three additional songs: Juan, el noble caballero, Escúchame, and Muchacho.