Life after 30 finds the original freak folker putting away hippy-dippy things. Meet Devendra Banhart Version 2.0: shorn, showered, shaved, engaged, focused and wearing a shirt. He’s also making the finest music of his career. New album Mala (Nonesuch) is the best thing he’s done since his debut. Guest appearances are few and far between, so what comes through is the thing that’s always been Banhart’s greatest asset: himself. He will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our recent print cover story on him.
Banhart: A beautiful song by Los Blops, originally released on DICAP in 1973, somewhat recently appeared on the soundtrack of a film called Christmas. It’s a song that Roberto Lange turned me on to. Roberto’s next with his new single! Gracias Pana!
Video after the jump.
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An Acclaration:
The song was recorded and published as the b side of the “Machulenco” single in 1971, not 1973.
Credits for the tune:
Guitar: Eduardo Gatti
Keyboard and bird whistles: Julio Villalobos
Flute: Juan Contreras
Bass: Juan Pablo Orrego
Percussion: Sergio Bezard
This was the last recorded work of the Blops classic line up (Julio Villalobos was the artistic leader, but gave up in the autumn of 1973. For Blops, he is someone like Syd Barrett in Pink Floyd or Arnaldo Baptista in Os Mutantes).