This beautiful story begins on November 19, 2022. In the bullring arena in Murcia. PIPIOLAS and Rigoberta Bandini share a stage. They are nervous. They admire the author of “Ay Mamá”, “Canciones de Amor a Ti” and so many others. It is a magical night. They meet, they become mutual fans. An online friendship begins.

Fast forward to today. This friendship grows, feeds on itself, and finally, gives musical fruit. “La Niña Bonita” is a collaboration, a space of perfect juxtaposition between two artistic universes that understand each other perfectly. The story of a girl who feels sad and undeserving of love. A tour de force to the beat of electronic pop with lines that will definitely be screamed endlessly at concerts: “Dice que tiene pena / Que no vale la pena / Que ya no es quien era / Y yo no quiero esta suerte de mierda” (She says she’s sad / That it’s not worth it / That she isn’t who she used to be / And I don’t want that shitty luck). Because “La Niña Bonita” brings together with incredible skill the delicacy and heartbreaking spirit of a woman whose dreams are broken and who has the strength of those who wanted to teach her that love should never hurt.

An event like this needs a music video worthy of its stature. Raquel Calvo makes it clear once again that her exercises in animation are absolutely marvelous, and she takes children [ Read more ]

A few weeks ago, we told you about the release of LISASINSON’s “Un Año De Cambios” in Japan. And now PIPIOLA’s “No hay un Dios” has also received a call from the land of the rising sun. Hayabusa Landings Inc. will release Paula and Adriana’s debut album on CD, as a luxury Digisleeve, including a 20-page booklet. This booklet will include the lyrics in Spanish and Japanese, a text written specifically for the release by girlside, and photos. The CD includes two extra songs from their first single, that were not included on the vinyl edition of the album –  “Narciso” and “Club de los 27”. The best part is that for collectors and anyone who wants to have this album in CD format, we have brought over a few copies of this special release, which is already an object of desire among fans, collectors and followers of all Japanese things. They are already available in our online store, on our Bandcamp, and they will be in select record stores in Spain. There aren’t a lot of copies, so you’d better get moving. And keep enjoying the dazzling career of our PIPIOLAS, who are unstoppable.

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The previous singles have raised our expectations through the roof. Songs like “Romancero Propio”, “San Peter”, “Baby”, “No Soy Un XoXo” and “Pogo En Casa”, have given us an advance look at something great, crazy, unbiased, overflowing with attitude, with fantastic songs. And here it is, finally – “No hay un Dios”. With a gatefold cover and a yellow vinyl (did anyone else think “Wizard Of Oz” or “The Neverending Story”categoría The eighties, illustratedcategoría), designed, just like their previous singles, by Laurel Cala, and with the indispensable production work of Vau Boy. The new PIPIOLAS album makes it clear that what they are doing transcends the musical: coming from purely artistic studies and passions, their songs draw from multiple disciplines, with a special dramatic and esthetic richness, as well as emotional and spiritual. Don’t be fooled; this is also full of impertinence, partying, spite, rage, energy, joy and so much excitement. Because if there is no God, we have to have something to live for.

They work with eclecticism, the understanding that richness comes from diversity, that there are thousands of horizons to explore, and that we can find happiness in all of them. Because the punk hedonism of “Pogo En Casa” radically contrasts with the transcendental epicness of “Cuando Me Muera”. An ultrasensitive elegance resi [ Read more ]

There are just a few days left, we can almost count down the hours, until the anxiously-awaited full-length from PIPIOLAS is here. This album includes the heavily commented and played singles like “Baby”, “Romancero Propio”, “No Soy Un XoXo” and “Pogo En Casa”. But we couldn’t release the album without first showing you one of the most incredible songs on it, a collaboration with their friends GINEBRAS, who with their clean guitar strokes put “Todas Las Horas” in the Olympus of pop, dynamic and epic, full of rage and distortion.

To celebrate, and to prepare ourselves for “No hay un Dios”, this Digital Single comes with a music video where we can see the star of the video in the pool, letting time pass, making eye contact with a lifeguard who can’t seem to decide if she wants to talk to her or not. Our PIPIOLAS and the GINEBRAS watch this all take place while enjoying the best thing in the world – time with their friends. The music video is directed by Andrea Casaseca, who has received more than 50 awards and has been included in more than 300 selections in film festivals around the world, and who was candidate for a Goya in 2015 for the best short film for “Sinceridad”. She is without a doubt one of the most interesting and most promising storytellers in recent years.

The song is refreshing, the video takes us back to summer; this is new proof of the overflowing [ Read more ]

PIPIOLAS don’t stop. We have their new album just about to come out of the oven. They have travelled across half Spain, hitting all the summer festivals, winning audiences and critics over with their live shows. And now we have a short film, “Crying Mañana”, that includes two songs from this debut album, and which serves as a soundtrack. Fifteen minutes that tell us the story of Paula and Adriana (did we mention that they’re the starscategoría), who work for Banda Aparte (a tribute to Godard), a large and prestigious record producer. They answer to Alfredo, whose mission in life is to maintain his company on the cutting edge, but by exploiting his employees. But not all the young people are willing to follow his orders.

And our PIPIOLAS use what they’re made of to do their things. This time we get two new songs, that give the short film the right mood and that make up this Digital Single. “Pogo En Casa” is a techno-pop hit full of unleashed eighties stylings, powerful and unrelenting. And we already told you about “No Soy Un XoXo”. And if it weren’t enough leaving us in awe with that chorus that howls “Tengo la regla” (I’ve got my period), now it’s in the short film.

“Crying Mañana” also includes performances by Luis Heras, Abelo Valis and Nicole Wallace (AdrianaPIPIOLAS’ cast mate in the Amazon Prime movie “Culpa M&iacut [ Read more ]

We want you to know that the release date for the highly anticipated debut album from PIPIOLAS is getting close. Those of you who have seen them this summer of the festival scene already know that it’s going to be huge. And in case you didn’t already know, we have a new advance single that will be included on the album. “No Soy Un XoXo”. A punk anthem which, just like “Baby,” (in different musical parameters; it’s amazing how good they are at style-hopping) begs for you to dance until you collapse from exhaustion. A feminist anthem against objectification that is full of glorious lines that will we use on thousands of t-shirts, confessions that need to be shouted out, in the best riot grrrl spirit. Have you ever heard a chorus before that said “Tengo la regla” (I’ve got my period)categoría Well get ready: “Tengo la regla / No estoy en guerra / No todo es por ti, soy una buena cerda” (I’ve got my period / I’m not at war / Everything’s not about you, I’m a good little pig). And get dancing. And then proclaim: “Si a ti tu padre no te quiere / Lo siento mucho, eso duele / Pero no tengo la carrera / De puta enfermera” (If your dad doesn’t love you / I’m sorry, that hurts / But I am not certified / To be a fucking nurse). Because they know what they want. Relax. Release. Feel. Not everyone is going to help you. But don’t worry. PIPIOLAS will write music. And [ Read more ]

The third advance single from PIPIOLAS’ debut album. This is nothing close to “San Peter” and “Romancero Propio”. Because no PIPIOLAS song is anything like the rest. They are able to move through different musical parameters without losing an ounce of their personality or sound. And here we have an authentic hit for the dance floors. Merciless. This is a song that should be played non-stop in all clubs and festivals, on all the radio stations, on every platform available… With aromas pulling from trap and reggaeton (but with sufficient skill and originality to give it just the right touch and sound suggestive and elegant), and the powerful disco of THE WEEKND and DAFT PUNK. That bass! That chorus! To play the song once is to want to play it again, and again. It is impossible to not instantly imagine yourself giving everything you’ve got on a Saturday night, to every drumbeat. The production work is, once again, by Vau Boy and the cover by Laurel Cala.

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After that gorgeous 10” vinyl called “El verano que me debes”, that fascinating version of “What Dreams Are Made Of” and that amazing way of advancing their upcoming album with “Romancero Propio”, we continue to pull out Digital Singles that will give us the dimensions of the highly anticipated full-length debut from PIPIOLAS.

And Paula and Adriana have done it again. They surprise us again, showing us that their music explores multiple grounds and is laying out its own identifying marks. And “San Peter” is an exercise in energy and aggressiveness. Rage and spite. Sarcasm and celebration. Between punk and synth-pop. As they themselves say: “Nos habrán robado la dignidad, nos habrán robado el tiempo físico y mental, nos habrán robado hasta canciones que ya no podremos escuchar; pero, nene… Al menos devuélveme las bragas” (They may have robbed us of our dignity, they may have robbed us of mental and physical time, they may have even robbed us of songs we will never be able to listen to, but, babe… At least give me back my underwear). Literally. That is this duo’s goal, while trying to elude the police, in the music video directed by Jorge de la Cruz. A secret operation to get back what’s theirs. An explosive, epic, immediate single, with production work once again by Vau Boy, with guitars, bass and drums recorded [ Read more ]

After surprising strangers and loved ones alike with their first release, the 10” Maxi-Single, “El verano que me debes”, PIPIOLAS, or in other words, Paula Reyes and Adriana Ubani, give us an advance from a debut LP full of surprises and expectations. Expectations because Adriana and Paula’s profiles are not the norm in the indie pop world: they are trained, dedicated artists, with backgrounds in various fields and who pour all their creativity into this joint project. And “Romancero Propio”, the advance single, makes this all very clear.

With classic evocations (the cover, a work of art from the designer Laurel Cala, is inspired by “Romancero Gitano”), they take their music to the next level, with the tension of M83, the rhythmic power of THE WEEKND or DAFT PUNK, and the lyricism of Björk, with a touch of VAINICA DOBLE in the lyrics and evocations of Jeanette that give them that exceptional aura, that sensation that they are breaking new ground that nobody has dared touch until now. Injecting readings and spoken word between a chorus that overflows with multicolor pop lets them build a fable about a fight with oneself, as they explain so perfectly: “Romancero Propio” isn’t a romance with rhyming verses, but with oneself. The story of dependence on antidepressants and anxiety meds to be able to try to have a love story of one’s own that never comes to be. When being human hurts too much a [ Read more ]

AIKO EL GRUPO and PIPIOLAS join forces in a concert that promises many surprises.

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On 5 February in Madrid, one of those planetary conjunctions that happens once in a long time will take place, a musical event that promises to be overwhelming and that is set to be an essential date this winter: the concert by AIKO EL GRUPO and PIPIOLAS as part of the Inverfest festival in Madrid.

Two of the bands from our label that have had the longest run in the past year and that have given us the most to talk about join forces to remind us that they are here stomping their feet and that they don’t intend to stop. The concert will take place at Lula Club and will start at 20:30h. Tickets are still available, but considering the streak they boast, we guess it won’t be for long.

AIKO EL GRUPO

They are the Rrriot-punk dream come true. The quartet formed by Tere, Bárbara, Lara and Jaime released their first Mini-LP, “Va totalmente en serio…”, in 2020 and it sold out almost immediately. Their songs are fun, with a lot of personality and full of shameless acid humour. Their live show, forceful and spidic, makes an impact. With the distortion pedal on 11, with a lot of strength and an unstoppable attitude, they are a steamroller of youth and freshness.

Since their first release they have been very well received by the public, who sing their choruses wherever these girls perform. With a large number o [ Read more ]

Damos un repaso a la trayectoria del joven dúo durante este 2022

PIPIOLAS, el grupo formado por Adriana Ubani Álvarez (1997, de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) y Paula Reyes Morillas(1995, Alcorcón-Madrid) y son la revelación de esta temporada y eso es un hecho. Su entrada en el panorama pop nacional ha estado llena de detalles y adelantos sorprendentes y los pasos con los que se han presentado en sociedad han sido muy cuidados y llenos de momentos reseñables. Con un espíritu artístico arrollador. Con ese “algo” que las diferencia de todo lo demás. La clave es ellas.

Tras entrar a formar parte del sello a principios de año, en el mes de septiembre estrenaron su primer EP “El Verano Que Me Debes” dentro de la colección New Adventures in Pop, un trabajo  repleto de referencias (a FAMILY,  ALVVAYS, SANT ETINNE o incluso la indiscutible Cecilia) con una personalidad propia, llena de carisma y magia que no deja indiferente a nadie. Un estreno que las disparó desde la casilla de salida a una carrera llena de acontecimientos  que vamos a destacar a continuación y que confirman que este viaje ya no se detiene para las dos artistas.

En el mes de octubre formaron parte del ciclo Radar Joven organizado por la Comunidad de Madrid que agrupaba a bandas emergentes del panorama nacional en diferentes conciertos por salas de la capital de España y [ Read more ]

TRACKLIST: 01 Club de los 27  02 Domingo raro (Feat. Bego)  03 Narciso  04 Un poco triste 🙁

“New Adventures In Pop” collection [Issue 056]

Those of you who are regular followers probably figured this was coming. A vinyl was imminent. And here it is – the debut from PIPIOLAS in 10” Maxi-Single format, as part of our “New Adventures In Pop” collection, which includes a list of names to date that makes your head spin, like PAPA TOPO, TRONCO, LISASINSON, CARIÑO, AXOLOTES MEXICANOS, PUTOCHINOMARICÓN, MARINITA PRECARIA or AIKO EL GRUPO. Because everything that Paula and Adriana have been giving us these last few months just had to go on a vinyl like this, with that cover that shows an incredible photo by Neelam Khan Vela, that logo designed by Aritz García, on a speckled, transparent vinyl with black swaths, with all the care in the world and those four indisputable hits. Because they have something special, that edgy pop, full of fantasy, where it is impossible to be bored, with great melodies and arrangements, and above all overflowing with imagination and creativity. Yes, of course, they met in the RESAD (the Royal College of the Performing Arts), where they both studied acting, and took choral and lyric singing classes. But really what defines them is their tremendous personality, charisma, and magic.

The A-side opens with “Club de los 27”. It is a complex [ Read more ]

PIPIOLAS keep on surprising us. After that wide, exquisite collection of references they have shown us with their first songs, everyone would have thought that Paula and Adriana would make the leap with a carefully selected cover, that would make hard-core music lovers’ most exclusive dreams come true. But they’re not doing any of that. They wanted a cover. They thought, maybe from “Lizzie McGuire”. But they didn’t know which song. And one day, Albanta San Román (actress, writer and content creator), their friend, we could even almost say the third member of PIPIOLAS, was repeatedly humming “What Dreams Are Made Of”, the song from the “Lizzie McGuire” movie. And that’s when they knew. They wanted to sing from their happy childhood, and to others who had lived through it the same way, who had gone through school to the beat of Disney and the new millennium. And they gave it a powerful disco house base, and translated the lyrics to Spanish, and sang it with all their hearts. A guilty pleasurecategoría An incredible hit to dance to non-stop.

TRACKLIST: 01 What Dreams Are Made Of

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We are slowly discovering the huge surprise called PIPIOLAS that has completely dazzled us. We had already given you a glimpse with “Narciso”, “Club de los 27” and “Un poco triste :(“, songs that play with very diverse parameters and that make it more than clear that Paula and Adriana have something very special to offer us and have so much to say. And this is all confirmed with “Domingo raro”. We fall in love right from the very start: “Tengo un abrigo de piel que heredé / Un vinilo de Miguel Bosé / Y un amor caducado / Tengo hecho caldo y café / Tengo un apellido sin nombre / Yo tengo los hijos sin pasaporte / Tengo un invierno borrado / Tengo prisa por volverte a ver” (I have a hand-me-down fur coat / I have a Miguel Bosé vinyl album / And a love that has expired / I have coffee and broth ready / I have a last name without a first / I have kids without passports / I have a forgotten winter / I have to see you again soon). The delicacy and sound of FAMILY and VAINICA DOBLE, the excited imagination and fun rhythms. And like “Common People”, the song explodes with euphoria while still working the same dynamic, while it draws that strange quotidian fresco, in the style inherited from Gloria Fuertes and Cecilia. An absolute anthem, marvelous, that also includes the collaboration of Bego, which is to say, Begoña Vargas, the actress known for playing Roberta in “La Otr [ Read more ]

Things have changed. A lot. It’s not that things are better or worse; it’s that their capacity to surprise us, the make a mark, to be magical, have mutated in an unexpected way. We used to receive demos by the thousand. Tapes, CDs and all kinds of audio formats, with concise music that aimed at making your jaw drop in just a few seconds. Now, suddenly, you find that everywhere you look. You click a link, open a social network, a reel plays and your mind is blown. And you know you want to work with these people, and you know you are looking at diamonds that are just learning how to shine. In a way, that’s what happened to us with PIPIOLAS.

Formed by Adriana Ubani Álvarez (1997, from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) and Paula Reyes Morillas (1995, Alcorcón), PIPIOLAS is a duo with two radically charismatic people. But even more important is their overwhelmingly artistic spirit. They have that “certain something” that makes them stand out from the crowd. They are what makes them special.

They met in the RESAD (the Royal College of the Performing Arts), where they both studied acting. They took choral and lyric singing classes there. Paula had already taken her first steps as an artist, with a book called “Pequeño Soldado”, about a young, 9-year old gypsy child who lived in a small town near a Nazi-occupied city at the end of the Second World War, which turned her at 14 into a finalis [ Read more ]