We have been anxiously awaiting news from Chenta Tsai. Yes, there are a lot of expectations about what this limitless and unpredictable artist is capable of doing. At the beginning of 2022, their new album, “JÁJÁ ÉQÚÍSDÉ (DISTOPÍA ABURRIDA)” will finally arrive. Maybe this is the album of a generation, the definitive hyperpop reference, but either way it is definitely going to stir up the music scene in Spain and in so many other places. A release like this needs to be savored little by little, to enjoy it the way it deserves to be enjoyed. And we will explain this new universe that PUTOCHINOMARICÓN has created piece by piece. JÁJÁ ÉQÚÍSDÉ is a fictitious place projected by Chenta that came about as a result of not being able to find a place where they belonged, of feeling like they were “from neither here nor from there”, and the desire was born to build a space where they felt like they could be their true defragmented self. That’s why we are bringing you a Digital Single with two advance songs, “DM” and “Chique De Internet”, where we can see PUTOCHINOMARICÓN’s obsessions: the reality of virtual emotions, communication in the XXI century and relationships in a digital world.

“DM” makes it clear that this new album has been cared for and tended to, to the last detail, with exquisite production that is defined by something that significantly characterizes these new songs: a legion of collaborators. In this case, we have RRÚCCULLA, which is to say, Izaskun González and her collection of sounds and blips that here create silky textures that serve a song about a romantic relationship that was formed virtually, with all its uncertainties. And that’s where Chenta’s genious shines especially bright, their capacity to carve away the excess and describe romantic relationships as they have been redefined in and by this digital world. The stereotypes have changed, expectations move in different environments. And the chorus is pure sugar. “Chique De Internet”, on the other hand, dances between high-speed house and hard-core. The digital play is infinite, the sound of the new songs is like nothing else. There are filtered vocals, rap, vocoder, autotune… And the co-production work comes from the London-based DJ, Andrea Guidi, aka UVCORE. Here, Chenta transcends the post-modern esthetic to illustrate the longing of a small mass who are searching for references, who are looking to break away from everything that has existed until now, without looking back, always looking forward. Both songs were mixed and mastered by Ignacio Redard.

And to top things off, we have this spectacular video for DM, directed by our beloved Daniel Cuenca (LA CASA AZUL, THE PERFECT KISS, Soleá Morente, Cristina Quesada ...) with a very unique story. They introduce us to BAOBAE, the phenomenon of the moment, a boyband formed by five bois that goes viral from one day to the next, breaking the hearts of pubescent teenagers carried away by the idea of romantic love. What their fans don’t know is that the five bois aren’t really human, and are actually industry plants – man-plants built in a greenhouse laboratory by Man A’ Ger, a selfish, greedy scientist whose Machiavellian plan is to make the perfect boyband to dominate the world through frequencies emitted in their songs which are generated through a machine called Main-x-treme. Man A’ Ger holds the five bois captive, hiding their hearts in a crystal box. And that’s all we can tell you; you’ll have to discover the surprising end to this story for yourselves.

Come to these new PUTOCHINOMARICÓN songs with your ears and spirit wide open, as well as your heart. There are folx who already embrace them as those songs in which they finally feel represented and identify with them. And to those are just getting here, little by little, your minds will be blown. We are sure of it.

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Some albums are destined to become references, the reflection of a specific moment, a snapshot of the sounds and realities that move the world. And we wouldn’t be wrong if we say that “JÁJÁ ÉQÚÍSDÉ (Distopía Aburrida)”, the third pack of songs from PUTOCHINOMARICÓN, is one of hyperpop’s / futurepop’s album of reference. And it is one precisely because of the way it accepts its imperatives and stretches them out, twists them, pushes their limits and mixes them with thousands of other styles and influences. At this moment, and thanks to artists like Chenta Tsai, a sound or a musical movement becomes a style, an ingredient that can be added to any cocktail. That’s what happens when we talk about JOY DIVISION and post-punk, or MASSIVE ATTACK and trip-hop, to give a few examples. And “JÁJÁ ÉQÚÍSDÉ (Distopía Aburrida)” does this with an immense and surprising collection of national and international collaborators who have made this album’s sonic map so tremendous.

Despite the long list of collaborators, despite the mix of absolutely innumerable styles, despite even the collection of ornamentation each song offers, there is something that stands out above all of that, and that makes “JÁJÁ ÉQÚÍSDÉ (Distopía Aburrida)” an unforgettable album, one that marks a moment in time and in the music industry. Ultimately, it is the work of the immense persona that is Chenta Tsai, someone with a gift, with the capacity to strip down the world they live in and transgress it, not only conceptually, but using art – in all the disciplines possible – as a powerful scalpel. That’s why “JÁJÁ ÉQÚÍSDÉ (Distopía Aburrida)” is an album about the times we live in, so difficult to understand (and thanks to this album we can be accept and interpret it better), and of course about the sounds that live in the ears of the post-millennial generation right now. This is a piece of work that could only be made by geniuses, unique personalities, who are so rare and so necessary. And we are lucky enough to live and appreciate one of them. Long live PUTOCHINOMARICÓN.

JÁJÁ ÉQÚÍSDÉ (Distopía Aburrida)

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Sometimes, some groups spread so quickly online and on social networks, and their songs and messages have such an impact that when their first songs are officially released they are already really well known. They’ve already been applauded by the media and stalked by the most unconditional fans. Such is the case with Chenta Tsai Tseng, better known as PUTOCHINOMARICÓN (CHINK FAG). A migrant originally from China, he is an architect, a musician, an activist, and a unique, inimitable character in love with pop culture from recent decades. Interviews in El País, La Sexta, El Confidencial, FantasticPlastic, Radio 3… Concerts where the audience goes crazy and songs that are authentic protest anthems for new generations…

"Corazón De Cerdo Con Ginseng Al Vapor" is his first album: techno-pop, with echoes of synth-pop, J-pop, disco and breakbeat, various brushstrokes of electric and auto-tunes.

“Miseria Humana” is trap, cyborg-pop, bubblegum, hip hop, synth-pop… A new album conceived to reflect the current way of consuming. A critique of the way we consume songs today, the consumer culture and the ephemeral life of all the things that surround us.

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