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Oktubre
Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota · 1986 · Track 6
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The song Motor psico begins with a riff that seems to come straight out of an electric nightmare, where Skay Beilinson's guitar twists into a pattern that never quite fits together. It's not a perfect loop, but something more organic, as if the engine that gives the song its title were on the verge of overheating. The bass and drums accompany it with restrained energy, as if each bass drum hit were a step closer to an explosion. Indio Solari's voice enters with a tone that is both whispering and menacing, as if he were revealing a dangerous secret in the middle of an abandoned workshop.
Recorded in 1986, Motor psico is part of Oktubre, an album that marked a turning point in the sound of Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota. At that time, the band was moving away from the raw rock of their debut Gulp! to dive into a territory where new wave and post-punk blended with lyrics that spoke of failed revolutions, oppression, and that sense of uncertainty left by the Cold War over Argentina. The album cover, designed by Rocambole, reinforces this idea: human figures in struggle, as if the album itself were a visual manifesto. It lasts 4:56, but within those minutes lie climates that range from hypnotic to chaotic, with a saxophone that occasionally emerges like a distant scream.