{"id":2160,"date":"2021-03-29T21:45:37","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T20:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fr-nt.nl\/?p=2160"},"modified":"2022-06-07T22:46:06","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T21:46:06","slug":"ela-minus-vecht-voor-haar-eigen-aandacht-als-je-niet-bewust-leeft-maak-je-de-wereld-kapot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fr-nt.nl\/en\/2021\/03\/29\/ela-minus-vecht-voor-haar-eigen-aandacht-als-je-niet-bewust-leeft-maak-je-de-wereld-kapot\/","title":{"rendered":"Ela Minus fights for her own attention: \u201cIf you don't live consciously, you'll destroy the world\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

When the world slowly turns into one dark spot before your eyes, the question is what you do to make it better, says Colombian techno-pop producer Ela Minus. On her album acts of rebellion<\/em>, a record full of electro-club punk, she asks her listeners to live consciously and to dance a lot, and pays tribute to the daily expressions of love. \u201cRegaining your consciousness is the most rebellious thing you can do right now.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Written by: <\/strong>Loulou Kuster
Photos: <\/strong>Teddy Fitzhugh & Juan Ortiz-Arenas

Rebellion is at the heart of Gabriela Jimeno aka Ela Minus. When the world turns right, Jimeno goes left. She started her musical career as a drummer in a successful hardcore band in the punk scene of Bogota, not entirely what her parents had in mind for their daughter. They preferred to see her as a pianist or perhaps, if it was really necessary, a singer. \u201cAs a child I really wanted to play drums. Not because I necessarily wanted to be a drummer, but because no girl did it. All around me my parents and teachers shouted: 'But drumming is not for girls! Go play the piano.\u201d That triggered me to throw myself into drumming in a very obsessive way. And in the end I even built my career out of it. That fierce contrarianism is something that is deeply rooted in me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is therefore not surprising that her debut album, released last year, was given the title acts of rebellion<\/em>. With minimalistic, dark synths and Jimeno's whispering voice on almost every track, but with the power of hope and resistance as the common theme throughout the album. The dance floor nostalgia and technology criticism in 'tony' goes hand in hand with the call for resistance in 'they told us it was hard, but they were wrong' and 'megapunk'. Not that you immediately have to drop everything and take to the streets to come to that resistance, according to Minus, the rebellion is in the small things. \u201cSure, it's important to take to the streets when we're up against something, but I like to really live in the moment and pay attention to the everyday things. The world is breaking down because of people who don't live in the moment, who don't focus on what they're making and therefore make mistakes they don't need to make. We live in an attention economy, so to me, regaining your consciousness and your focus is a small act of resistance. For example, by not immediately reaching for my phone and scrolling for an hour when I wake up. Instead, I'm going to spend an hour dreaming and messing around by the window. That is a little act of rebellion in my eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n