Rebels
Artist: L’Ham De Foc
Country: Spain 2002
Album: Cançó De Dona
A reaction by Sue, Mark, Alex and Elle.
All of these statements are true reactions to Rebels by people who don’t consider themselves to be professional musicians or ethnomusicologists.
L’Ham De Foc or The Hook of Fire are a Valencian folk band who were formed in 1998 by traditional Spanish singer Mara Aranda. She formed the group as a project with infleunces from all over the Mediterranean but with a strong Valencian undertone. The band were incredibly successful, becoming one of the most popular bands in Spain at the time as they were seen to bring together people who liked varying musical genres: they weren’t following musical trends. They released three albums, all of which were critically acclaimed, with their first album, U, meaning One, being released in 1999. Although successful they weren’t happy with the sound and felt more could have been done with the record. For that reason they spent two years in Crete researching the sounds behind the Greek Island before releasing their second album Cançó de Dona i Home or Woman and Man’s Song. Their third album was released four years later in 2005 with great success.
Rebels is the 7th track on L’Ham De Foc’s second album Cançó de Dona i Home but there is very little information regarding the track anywhere so one can only make assumptions about the nature of the lyrics. A song particularly inspired by the Medieval music, one must assume the same of the lyrics.
Preface to this entry: Due to the very little information on the song which I have been able to gain (not through want of trying), the interview containing the interviewees reactions will be a lot shorter than in previous entries.