A title (Dance of the Nobodies) taken from a piece by Uruguayan author Eduardo Galeano printed on the back cover and a lyric contending that
Hechos Contra el Decoro "makes you dance thinking" pretty well sum up the stance on the Spanish group's second album.
Danza de los Nadie is a more focused and controlled album -- the band tends to separate its musical elements more here, rampaging full-throttle when the music demands but not thrusting in-your-face assaults into slower songs ruled by rhythm. A sunny afternoon flavor pervades the melodic guitar arrangement to "Dando Vueltas y Vueltas" and the funkier "Esto No Se Ha Terminado," and "Baile de Máscaras" sports a downright mellow ending. The zouk-soukous guitar is phased out (except on "Dueno de la Nada") and a new Cuban element enters the equation via the percussion and piano of "Bartolo" and the horn lines on the ragga and rai-flavored "La Llave de Mi Corazón." "Un Mundo Donde Quepan Muchos Mundos" celebrates the Zapatistas and the thrash blast "Con la Fuerza de un Volcán" an activist collective in the Canary Islands, but overall, the lyrics seem focused more on waking people up from a perceived comfortable life of consensus. Some rough-around-the-edges transitions in the arrangements remain, but
Danza de los Nadie is a notable advance that finds a more mature
Hechos Contra el Decoro blending compatible new elements into its diverse musical mix.