Abstract

MOYANO, Eduardo Leste. The neobakala nostalgic scene: musical transformation and ritualization of Bakala youth culture. Etnográfica [online]. 2021, vol.25, n.3, pp.707-728.  Epub Nov 25, 2021. ISSN 0873-6561.  https://doi.org/10.4000/etnografica.10143.

The Bakalas were a youth culture that showed up in some Spanish cities, Madrid among them. After disappearing, this culture has been recreated by neobakalas. This article, based on ethnography and in-depth interviews, explores how neobakalas from Madrid have transformed the bakala culture into a music scene that ritualizes some of the features of the bakalas, especially its songs, giving birth to a music genre. Furthermore, the case of bakalas and neobakalas will allow us to question the way Bennet (2013) and Bennet and Hodkinson (2012) have approached music scenes formed by adults. This work therefore interrogates the applicability of the concepts of ageing cultures (Bennet and Hodkinson 2012; Bennet, 2013) and cultural memory (Bennet and Rogers 2016) for the neobakala scene. The case of neobakalas will also allow us to problematize how St John (1999, 2011, 2014) analyses the ritual practices of the music scenes related to electronic music.

Keywords : youth cultures; music scenes; nostalgia; rituality.

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