Trueno: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

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From Sept. 15 through Oct. 15, Tiny Desk is celebrating Latinx Heritage Month with an "El Tiny" takeover, featuring Jessie Reyez, Susana Baca and more musicians from all corners of Latinidad.

Vita Dadoo | September 27, 2022

With his roots in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires and arms outstretched to the rest of the world, Trueno is rewriting the playbook for Latin American hip-hop. Wearing a cap for the soccer team Boca Juniors and moving among the spaces of his childhood, the 20-year-old, premier Argentinian freestyler shows us exactly where he's from in his Tiny Desk (home) concert, an intimate performance that plays like a meditation on the music and the Argentina that has shaped him.

Trueno's almost autobiographical set begins with "DANCE CRIP," the first single from his recent album, BIEN O MAL, and an ode to The Sugarhill Gang's 1979 hit "Rapper's Delight." Trueno's affinity for old school hip-hop is something the rapper returns to throughout his set, while also invoking percussion-forward beats and tango motifs. Trueno follows up with the album's title track, before launching into an improvised freestyle. Underneath a mural that reads "La Boca resiste y propone" ("La Boca resists and proposes"), Trueno demonstrates his lyrical dexterity and emotional range, "Esto no lo puede hacer cualquiera, el vocero del ghetto conquistando la esfera," he raps, touting his neighborhood's resilience and his own.

Argentina as a place of celebration and lament is the thematic center of Trueno's performance. The show takes place at a conventillo, one of many Argentinian boarding houses and microcosms of multicultural communities. Trueno concludes his set with "TIERRA ZANTA," perhaps the most politically charged song in his album, which on record features the famous folk artist Victor Heredia. Here, Trueno calls out all the Andean nations by name, hinting at a larger global movement behind the song's boundaries.

SET LIST

"DANCE CRIP"

"BIEN O MAL"

Freestyle

"ARGENTINA"

"TIERRA ZANTA"

MUSICIANS

Trueno: vocals

Pedro Pasquale: guitar

Julian Gallo: bass

Augusto Durañona: keys

Nikko Taranto: drums

Carlos Salas: percussion

Caterina Finocchi: vocals

Anabella Marin: vocals

El Feli: vocals

Abel Manzotti: tuba

CREDITS

Executive Producers: SUR CAPITAL RECORDS (por Tierra Agencia)

Executive Producers: Jota Ayerza, Emiliano Delorenzi

Directors: Facu Von Coptel & El Dorado

Sound Engineer: Jonathan Vainberg

Mix & Master: Mariano Bilinkins

Music Director & Arrangements: Pedro Pasquale, Panchito Cia, Axel Introini

Sound Production Manager & Monitor Engineer: Santiago Compiano

Assistant Sound Mix: Ignacio Klappenbach

Line Producer: Tomás Medero

Cinematographer: Enzo Codaro

Location Manager: Diego Ledesma

Production Design: Nicolas Tavella

First AD: Lucas Galambos

Recording Assistants: Luciano Di Lorenzo, Franco Olivetto

Playback Engineer: Juan Ravassi

RF Engineer: Pablo Andres Gejman

Key PA: Nicolas Vicchio

PA: Gonzalo Abajas

Helper Location Manager: Pablo Chalup

2nd AD: Nicolás Dominikow

Gaffer: Federico Martini

Electrics: Matias Carneiro, Zequeira, Esteban Pereira

Key Grip: Nicolas Petroli

Grips: Hernan Terry Duro, Kike Velez, Ezequiel Mansilla

Cameramen: Ismael Eduardo Guagliardi, German Guagliardi, Diego Hernan Carini, Sabena Cristian Alberto, Ricardo Daniel Guadalupe, Julia Florencia Siarri, Ignacio Acevedo

DIT: German Covi

Assistant DIT: Paula Montenegro

Assistant Costume Designer: Yael Boltia Baltar

Helper Costume Designer: Tomas Lucio Martinez

Set Decorator: Milena Colombo

Post Production Coordinator & Editor: Juan Raimondi

Colorist: Alejandra Lescano

Extras: Pedro Peligro, Guido Andrés Penayo, Cristian Derrico, Tomas Inti Kuselman, Kmi 420, López Diego Sebastian, Campos Nahuel, Mateo Teiki

TINY DESK TEAM

Producer: Anamaria Sayre

Video Editor: Maia Stern

Audio Mastering: Josh Rogosin

Tiny Production Team: Bob Boilen, Bobby Carter, Kara Frame, Joshua Bryant, Marissa Lorusso, Hazel Cills, Ashley Pointer

VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins

Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann

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