{{short description|Canadian musical duo}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Pelada | background = group_or_band | image = PeladaPelada Pelada 2 Rebecca Storm.jpg | alt = Pelada press photo | caption = Pelada press photo | origin = Montréal, Québec, Canada | genre = {{hlist|Electronic|house|techno|acid|punk}} | years_active = 2014–2024 | label = {{hlist|Pan|New Label|Mind Records}} | current_members = * Chris Vargas * Tobias Rochman }}
'''Pelada''' was a Canadian musical duo which formed in 2014. The duo is composed of vocalist Chris Vargas and instrumentalist Tobias Rochman.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Meet the Montreal Techno Duo Who Are Getting Punks Dancing|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/meet-the-montreal-techno-duo-who-are-getting-punks-dancing/|access-date=2020-10-15|website=Vice.com|language=en}}</ref> The group's music emphasizes minimalist electronic instrumentation, including synthesizers, samplers and MIDI based drum machines, coupled with Vargas's Spanish-language lyrics.
== Career == Their debut album ''Movimiento Para Cambio'' (2019) released by Berlin experimental electronic label PAN was described by ''Pitchfork'' as having a "subtly fraught quality—lovely as a sunset, yet disturbed by a hidden undercurrent—feels like the duo’s way of acknowledging our fundamental vulnerability",<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pelada: Movimiento Para Cambio|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/pelada-movimiento-para-cambio/|access-date=2020-10-14|website=Pitchfork|language=en}}</ref> while AllMusic defined the group as a "punk-informed, revolution-minded dance duo from Montreal."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pelada {{!}} Biography, Albums, Streaming Links|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/pelada-mn0003870435|access-date=2020-10-15|website=AllMusic|language=en-us}}</ref> ''DJ Mag'' called them "a vital and contemporary addition dance music’s punk canon."<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-02-28|title=Fresh Kicks 135: Pelada|url=https://djmag.com/features/fresh-kicks-135-pelada|access-date=2020-10-15|website=DJMag.com}}</ref> Mixmag included them on the [https://mixmag.net/feature/the-x-best-albums-of-the-decade-2010-2019-part-5 "Best Albums of The Decade"] list saying "[a] fierce sense of urgency drives the Montreal duo’s debut album. Producer Tobias Rochman lays a foundation of bright rave synths, palpitating Latin percussive rhythms, atmospheric trance and earth-shattering acid, which vocalist Chris Vargas takes to another level with acid-tongued lyrical delivery, delving into themes spanning patriarchal oppression to surveillance culture to the impending climate catastrophe in sharp Spanish language polemics."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mixmag - The World's Biggest Dance Music and Clubbing Destination|url=https://mixmag.net/|access-date=2020-10-14|website=mixmag.net}}</ref>
Furthermore, ''Movimiento Para Cambio'' was featured on ''The Guardian'''s "Albums and Tracks of 2019",<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-12-20|title=Guardian albums and tracks of 2019: how our writers voted|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/dec/20/guardian-albums-and-tracks-of-2019-how-our-writers-voted|access-date=2020-10-15|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref> Resident Advisor's "2019's Best Albums",<ref>{{Cite web|title=2019's Best Albums|url=https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/3540|access-date=2020-10-15|website=Resident Advisor}}</ref> ''Fact Mag'''s "Best Albums of 2019",<ref>{{Cite web|title=The best albums of 2019|url=https://www.factmag.com/2019/12/19/the-best-albums-of-2019/|access-date=2020-10-15|website=FACT Magazine: Transmissions from the underground|language=en}}</ref> and topped Stereogum's "10 Best Electronic Albums of 2019" list<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-12-06|title=The 10 Best Electronic Albums Of 2019|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2066828/best-electronic-albums-2019-list/franchises/list/|access-date=2020-10-15|website=Stereogum}}</ref>
Pelada toured North America with punk groups such as Iceage,<ref>{{Cite web|title=ICEAGE on Instagram: “A huge thanks to every one who came out to this past month of shows in US/CA. Nadah El Shazly, Pelada & @shame has all been phenomenal tour…”|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BxUqPwNljvx/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BxUqPwNljvx |archive-date=2021-12-26 |url-access=registration|access-date=2020-10-16|website=Instagram|language=en}}{{cbignore}}</ref> as well as festivals in Mexico,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-02-18|title=NRMAL tendrá un showcase con Pelada|url=http://filtermexico.com/2020/02/18/nrmal-tendra-un-showcase-con-pelada/|access-date=2020-10-15|website=FILTER México|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-01-29|title=Festival NRMAL's 2018 Edition Features Álvaro Díaz, Mula, and More|url=https://remezcla.com/music/festival-nrmal-2018-lineup/|access-date=2020-10-15|website=Remezcla|language=en-US}}</ref> and raves in Russia<ref>{{Cite news|title=Meet Pelada: Montreal's after-hours duo gets above ground at MUTEK {{!}} CBC News|language=en-US|work=CBC|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-pelada-mutek-electronic-duo-1.4257565|access-date=2020-10-15}}</ref> and Europe,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-10-13|title=La musique de Pelada: ça promet|url=https://quebec.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/10/13/pelada-musique-electro-entrevue_n_12472260.html|access-date=2020-10-15|website=HuffPost Québec|language=fr}}</ref> including clubs such as Berlin super club Berghain.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Programm {{!}} Berghain / Panorama Bar / Säule / Halle / Kantine am Berghain — Berghain|url=http://www.berghain.berlin/en/program/|access-date=2020-10-15|website=www.berghain.berlin|language=en}}</ref>
''Ahora más que nunca'' was a longlisted nominee for the 2024 Polaris Music Prize.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/music/polaris-music-prize-2024-long-list-the-beaches-charlotte-cardin-allison-russell-1.7230166 "2024 Polaris Music Prize long list: the Beaches, Tobi, Elisapie, Beverly Glenn-Copeland and more"]. CBC Music, June 11, 2024.</ref>
In 2024, the group announced that they would be completing their last shows together as a duo, after which they disbanded.
== Discography == '''Studio albums'''
* ''Movimiento Para Cambio'' (2019)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-08-16|title=PAN announces debut album from Montreal's Pelada|url=https://www.factmag.com/2019/08/16/pelada-movimiento-para-cambio-pan/|access-date=2020-10-15|website=FACT Magazine|language=en-US}}</ref>
'''EPs'''
* ''EP1'' (2016)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Meet the Montreal Techno Duo Who Are Getting Punks Dancing|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/meet-the-montreal-techno-duo-who-are-getting-punks-dancing/|access-date=2020-10-15|website=Vice.com|language=en}}</ref>
'''Singles'''
* "No Hay" / "Ten Cuidado" (2016)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Le premier single du duo electro-punk Pelada va faire monter la température de quelques degrés supplémentaires|url=https://www.vice.com/fr/article/pelada-no-hay-ten-cuidado-mind-records-mind-clear-premiere/|access-date=2020-10-15|website=Vice.com|language=fr}}</ref>
'''Music videos'''
* "Desatado" (2017)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Premiere: Pelada’s Desatado – The Editorial Magazine|url=http://the-editorialmagazine.com/12825/|access-date=2020-10-15|language=en-US}}</ref>
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Category:Canadian musical duos