For Diles que no me maten, every note is a small step into the unknown. The five-piece Mexico City band have always operated on a first-thought, best-thought basis, drawing on a jam-based, krautrock philosophy to craft intricate constructions of wiry art rock spiked with bluesy balladry and poetic mysticism. While their fourth album Escrito en Agua (Writ in Water) is their most consciously crafted and accessible to date, their founding principle of slow, wide-eyed exploration is alive and well.
Founded by brothers Raúl (drums) and Gerardo (guitar) Ponce in 2017 in a CDMX scene set to bubble over, Diles bonded over a shared improvisational language that grew more complex and fluid with each revelatory rehearsal and electric live performance. The fiery mix of raw elements that fueled their 2020 debut EP Cayó de su Gloria el Diablo and LP Edificio coalesced into solid-built but shapeshifting entities on their breakout album La Vida de Alguien Más and its free-flowing follow-up Obrigaggi. Together with the Ponces, Andrés Lupone (bass), Jerónimo Elizondo-García (guitar, clarinet), and Jonás Derbez (vocals, saxophone) have crafted a sound that’s as unpredictable as it is distinct.
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DILES QUE NO ME MATEN
Diles Que No Me Maten is a Experimental / Psychodelic / Post-Punk / Krautrock group, originated and currently based in Mexico City.
The group was founded through the search of brothers Raul Ponce (drums) and Gerardo Ponce (guitar), while they were looking forward to forming a band in 2017. In this search, they stumbled upon bassist Andrés Lupone. Once aligned as a trio, their paths united with Guitarist Jerónimo Garcia and Lyricist/Vocalist Jonas, and finally they settled as a five-piece group.
From the anxiety and drama of a Mexican city (CDMX) overloaded with voices, tears and noise, Diles Que No Me Maten act as orchestrators and creators of symphonies of streets, avenues and structures of a metropolitan cloud that finds itself in a constant hurry.
The music of Diles Que No Me Maten is a glimpse into the intimacy of words and the song of daily routine; it’s consequences, repercussions, but also its glorious victories over an always unsettling reality where you do not know what will happen.
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Desde la ansiedad y el drama de una ciudad Mexicana (CDMX) sobrecargada de voces, lágrimas y ruido, Diles Que No Me Maten actúan como orquestadores y creadores de sinfonías de calles, avenidas, y nubes de estructuras metropolitanas que se encuentra en constante prisa.
La música de Diles Que No Me Maten es un vistazo a la intimidad de las palabras y el canto de la rutina diaria; sus consecuencias, sus repercusiones, pero también sus gloriosas victorias sobre una realidad siempre inquietante en la que no
saber lo que pasará.