Monday, 16 May 2011 19:15
Tesis de Menta.
This is a young band, who have only been around for eight years, which I particularly like because they play what is known worldwide as AOR (Adult Oriented Rock), although I must stress, it is produced from a very indigenous perspective.
Tesis de Menta (Mint Thesis) preforms songs by Roberto Perdomo, among others, which allude to the existential odyssey of a human being constantly searching for love, complacency and failure in the real world, as well as the things man has undertaken in this new century.
Their followers and also their critics say that Tesis de Menta is in a full blown mode of creative and scenic splendor. The group has already been noted as: The Festival Cuerda Viva´s Best Novel Band (2005), nominated for their albums in Cubadisco´s pop/rock category (2006 and 2009) and were nominated in the Premios Lucas´s rock and premium opera categories (2006 and 2007) among others.
It´s important to emphasis Cuban rock´s rise and increased presence in recent years, which have come to be due to promotion and the possibility of playing on stages meant for programming of this type, as the Maxim Theater offers.
Tesis de Menta has been one of the beneficiaries of such changes. This group, for the quality, style and versatility, has conquered stages usually not visited by bands of this genre, like the city´s cultural institutes, nightclubs and cafes. For example, at La Zorra y el Cuervo, a predominantly jazz club, Tesis systematically preforms with fusion and jazz-rock songs, unfolding into a jam band, a location in which they had not preformed.
Tesis de Menta is committed to music, has professional instrumentalists and vocals and enjoys an established style—although with multiple influences—which allows you to move easily from AOR to progressive.
In my opinion, this band has value: their good compositions and arrangements, the Spanish lyrics that address areas in our reality with a universal perspective, and something that is very much appreciated in this genre: the aesthetics of good music.
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