Port Best Of: Oh, the modern post! – Vision

The port Best of begins with revisiting the Psicopátria album, the GNR

Rui Duarte Silva

Peter “Wolf” Bessa discovered GNR music of 30 years ago, precisely at the time of the release of Psicopátria , the album that would define the future sound identity of the group, markedly more pop. The admiration for the band of Porto is such that it is committed to every project LOBO album (leading), always give a new look to one of the songs from GNR. He did so in 2009, with the theme Post Modern (Rui Reininho considered better than the original), included in Aid to Castaways , and with Men Temporarily Alone , built in Reverberation , launched in 2015. “they are excellent songs and lend themselves to reinterpretation, especially if we take into account the production conditions that existed in the 80s,” he says Pedro. Wednesday, 9, the music produced in this decade by GNR will be revisited at the Rivoli stage when the band wire touch the wick the Psicopátria. and Pedro Bessa and his LOBO will be there to share the stage for the first time with their idols. Will be the first concert of Porto Best Of, a music cycle designed by Miguel Guedes.

It all started with a conversation between the lead singer of Blind Zero, Paulo Cunha e Silva, the former councilor of the Port Culture, and Tiago Guedes, artistic director of the Municipal Port Theatre, trying to understand how the concert hall, whose programming has been particularly marked by the performing arts, it could open the best of what makes the city a musical level. “We thought we could pay tribute to the Port bands that are part of the history of Portuguese music, asking them to recreate in full, an iconic album of his journey,” says Miguel Guedes, “and also wanted the concerts to include new bands who have a lot to show. “

the Best of Port opens, so with a flourish, taking advantage of the” happy coincidence “30 years of Psicopátria . Songs like fact , Bellevue , Give Fund , Front Shock and Post Modern will be reviewed in the light of the present time. “It continues to give us great pleasure to play these songs,” says Rui Reininho. “If we assume this as a mere order, it would be a sacrifice, but not the side kamikaze , a certain improvisation, remains in the band and we make some changes,” he adds. It also ensures Reininho, the band does not fail to face with humor “mistakes and shortcomings” that now detect the recordings.

the musician Pedro Bessa, the face of the WOLF project

the B-side of this first day in Porto Best of will consist of the concert LOBO, who obviously include new versions of songs from GNR. “It gives us pleasure to hear them, are very well played and we are faced with one side naïf of our makeup,” said Rui Reininho. The experience of being on stage with the GNR will be to Pedro Bessa certainly memorable. And makes a wish: “. I wish, with this concept, the audience remembered how good it is to hear original live music, it is increasingly difficult to find places to play”

By the end of the year there will be three concerts this Port Best Of, with many surprises. “We do not want the cycle to close around the pop-rock, there are many musical communities to explore,” says Miguel Guedes. But ultimately, what is this musical Port nerve? The lead singer of Blind Zero replies: “You are connected to the city’s idiosyncrasies, I have no doubt that the bands are very liable to pay the place where they live.”

Teatro Rivoli & gt; Pc. John I, Port & gt; T. 22 339 2201 & gt; March 9, Wed 21.30 & gt; € 7.5