Aterciopelados

Evolución • Grandes Exitos (BMG Latin) Our first stop is Bogotá, to check the Colombian fields of Aterciopelados. Sticky, orange, down-home ‘n’ dope Stereolab lava-lamp rock, spanning 1993-2003. It’s scratchy at first, but when “Luz Azul” shimmers 13 songs in, followed by the twittering, beat sexy “Rompecabezas” — both from 2000’s powerfully joyful crossover hit Gozo Poderoso — you’re wasted. Queen’s “Play the Game” en español is game, indeed. Laptop Oz Héctor Buitrago and Dorothian diva Andrea Echeberry are a full-on rush.

This article appears in December 27 • 2002.

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San Francisco native Raoul Hernandez crossed the border into Texas on July 2, 1992, and began writing about music for the Chronicle that fall, debuting with an album review of Keith Richards’ Main Offender. By virtue of local show previews – first “Recommendeds,” now calendar picks – his writing’s appeared in almost every issue since 1993.