Babasónicos — Cassette

Intro

Babasónicos sounds like the coolest party in Buenos Aires that you weren't invited to, but somehow managed to sneak into anyway. Their music is a shimmering cocktail of 70s glam, 90s alternative grit, and futuristic synth-pop, all held together by a pervasive sense of irony and effortless cool. It is music that feels expensive yet slightly dangerous, like a velvet suit worn in a dive bar.

What truly sets them apart is the vocal delivery of Adrián Dárgelos. His breathy, often whispered croon moves between masculine swagger and androgynous vulnerability, making even their most experimental tracks feel like intimate secrets. The band's evolution from the 'sonic' noise of their early days to the polished, danceable sophistication of their later work demonstrates a rare ability to reinvent themselves without losing their core identity.

To understand the hype, start with Jessico or Infame. These albums represent the peak of their pop-rock mastery, where the hooks are sharp enough for the radio but the arrangements remain weird enough to satisfy the underground. It's the ultimate soundtrack for when you want to feel more sophisticated and mysterious than you actually are.

Babasónicos is an Argentine rock band, formed in the early 1990s along with others such as Peligrosos Gorriones and Los Brujos. After emerging in the wave of Argentine New Rock bands of the late 1980s and early 1990s, Babasonicos became one of the banner groups of the "sonic" underground rock movement in Argentina in the late 1990s. The band name refers partly to Sai Baba, the Indian guru, and partly to a local toy gun called "La Pistola Sónica" The lead singer Adrián "Dárgelos" Rodríguez and the keyboardist Diego "Uma-T" Tuñón initially decided to create a new style, which would not follow the established Argentine music. The other official band members are: Diego "Uma" Rodríguez (guitarist and lead singer), Diego "Panza" Castellano (drummer), Mariano "Roger" Domínguez (guitarist), and Gabriel "Gabo" Manelli (bassist, deceased). For their second album, Trance Zomba (1994), they incorporated a guest DJ, "DJ Peggyn" who would eventually remain as a band member until after releasing Miami (1999). This same year the band saw the departure of their longtime manager Cosme. In 1999, they collaborated with Ian Brown on a song that bears their name on his album Golden Greats. In 2001, the band released Jessico, their most commercially successful and critically acclaimed album up to that point, reaching a broad mainstream audience with singles like "Los Calientes", "El Loco" and "Deléctrico". The following records, Infame (2003), Anoche (2005) and Mucho (2008) continued with a streak of critical praise and commercial success, each one being selected by several media outlets as one of the best Argentine albums of their respective years. Babasonicos also composed the soundtrack for Vera Fogwill's movie Las Mantenidas Sin Sueños (Kept and Dreamless), which was released in 2007. The album was composed in 2003. On January 12, 2008, the band posted an entry on their official site in which they informed that their longtime bassist, Gabriel Manelli had died as a result of Hodgkin's disease, which he had been suffering since the tour supporting the album Infame. Multi-instrumentalist and long-time friend Carca joined the group in replace of Manelli in their 2011 album A Propósito. They released their latest album Trinchera, in 2022.

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