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Curiosities and faithful data that the documentary about Locomía projected

More than three decades have passed since a group emerged that, with its music, its choreographies, its styling and its fans, broke into a country that was struggling to progress and open up to the outside world. (Movistar Plus)

If you are between 30, 40 and perhaps more years of age, surely you have heard about the musical group from Spain, locomiawhich was characterized by the use of fans in his presentations and videos, a particularity that led him to fame. If not, in this documentary series with the same name you will have the opportunity to go back in time, to the late 80’s and early 90’s, and will make you vibrate between the electro, pop, glam and dance

The narrative it presents locomia (feature film available in Movistar Plus+ from June 22) is very exciting and striking due to the open expressions and statements of the interviewees (mostly members of the band), to tell their version of the conflictive history of the bizarre 90s group and the reason for its end. This takes the viewer on a journey through a story that goes far beyond a relevant event in pop culture.

Xavier Font, one of the leaders and creators of Locomía, giving his version for the documentary about the musical group. (Movistar Plus)

Her synopsis description teaches her as: “locomia It is the history of our country, of our music, of our popular culture. More than three decades have passed since a group emerged that, with its music, its choreographies, its styling and its fans, broke into a country that was struggling to progress and open up to the outside world”.

Between 1989 and 1991, locomia He became known with songs like “Rumba samba mambo”, “Loco mía”, “Loco vox” and “Gorbachev”, among others. They also made a concert tour of their native country and later throughout Latin America. In addition, their success led them to participate in major festivals, such as Acapulco 91 and Viña 92.

“Taiyo” is the name of the debut album of the Spanish group that came out in 1989. (Solrac Etnevic Music)

Then, in 1992 the initial members of locomia they began to have conflicts and the group split up. However, a year later, with new guys, the group reappeared on the music scene, but did not get the long-awaited success, since the relationship with the manager was not entirely smooth. This caused the famous group to come to an end definitively.

Elements faithfully portrayed in the documentary

The weight of the ego of its members and of the group in general

– aesthetics

– The image that showed the country

– The record industry

All the previous components represented, in their most faithful form, what was locomia for the world.

The Locomía quartet in its glory days.  (Screenshot from Movistar Plus)
The Locomía quartet in its glory days. (Screenshot from Movistar Plus)

“If Locomía were around today, he would have as many Grammys as Daddy Yankee.” This is the forceful affirmation with which the documentary begins. Which leads us to believe that when the group began, it was just brewing a media and musical monster. But unfortunately, not knowing how to handle it ended with them.

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