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Buenos Aires, Argentina · 1942 — present

Moris

Mauricio Birabent, known as Moris, is an Argentine musician who fully immersed himself in Spanish rock. He is not just a name of Argentine rock, but of the entire culture of Spanish rock. His work connected Argentine rock with that of Spain, and today he remains a meeting point between both scenes.

In 1966, Moris got into a strange situation. He was part of Los Beatniks, a group that recorded their first single, *Rebelde/No finjas más*. To promote it, they made a scandal: they performed semi-naked in a fountain. The photos appeared on the cover of a magazine, and the government censored them. They spent three days in prison, but the impact was huge. The record was released, but the group disbanded shortly after. Sales were not good, and some attitudes of the musicians did not please the record company.

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1 album|s · 1970

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Although the group disbanded, Moris did not stop. In 1967 he wrote *Ayer nomás*, which was popularized by Los Gatos. While recording that song, he took a moment to record some of his own tracks. These recordings became the basis of his first album, which was released two years later. On that album participated people like Javier Martínez, Pappo and Claudio Gabis.

In 1970, he released *Treinta Minutos de Vida*, his first solo album. There was *El Oso*, his most famous song. At the beginning of the seventies, he started working on a more ambitious project. In 1974, he released *Ciudad de guitarras callejeras*, recorded in a studio with an eight-channel console. Several musicians participated in the recordings, among them Litto Nebbia, Juan Ciro Fogliatta, and the string director Rodolfo Alchourrón. The album cover had photos of Eduardo Pere, one of them showed Moris's face, another showed his figure alone on a street of Dock Sud.

The album opened with "Mi querido amigo Pipo", a song that reminded him of his coauthor of *Ayer nomás*. The sound was tanguero, with a twelve-string acoustic guitar and wah wah pedal effects. Moris sang with a deep tone, as if talking about a moment from the past. The atmosphere was melancholic, with a touch of soft strings. "I whispered the melody to Alchourrón and he transcribed it," he recalls. It was a moment of creativity and connection between musicians.

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Nacimiento
19 nov 1942
País
🇦🇷 Argentina
Género
Rock