[spectre] From the vault: Sara Skolnick (aka DJ Riobamba) talks about the origins of dembow and reggaeton and the queer space in the underground

[Radio Web MACBA]

*In this podcast, <https://rwm.macba.cat/en/sonia/dj-riobamba/capsula>Sara
Skolnick (aka DJ Riobamba)
<https://rwm.macba.cat/en/sonia/dj-riobamba/capsula> *talks about
organising parties for almost ten years, about multiple identities, the
traumas of migration, processes of assimilation, music, catharsis and
activism, the queer space that opens up in the underground scene, her
social intervention projects, the origins of dembow and reggaeton, Justin
Bieber, y… toda esa vaina.

Link: https://rwm.macba.cat/en/sonia/dj-riobamba/capsula

Ni de aquí ni de allá. First-generation Yankee daughter of an Ecuadorian
mother and a Lithuanian father, in the DJ booth Sara Skolnick plays the
sounds of the Latin diaspora, convinced of their power to generate
community and soothe wounds that never fully heal due to systemic racism
and classism. For DJ Riobamba, pleasure and partying are spaces of
political resistance, and music is a key means for the self-representation
and visibility of Latin culture, opening up the possibility of other
narratives.
Now that reggaeton and dembow are a fixture of mainstream culture and
summer playlists, legitimised by the whitewashing and cultural
appropriation processes of the music industry, DJ Riobamba has turned to
twerking and lives with the hyper-sexualised (and sexist) lyrics, totally
at ease with the shift and ambiguity that takes place when a woman is in
the booth.

We talk to Sara Skolnick about organising parties for almost ten years,
about multiple identities, the traumas of migration, processes of
assimilation, music, catharsis and activism, the queer space that opens up
in the underground scene, her social intervention projects, the origins of
dembow and reggaeton, Justin Bieber, y… toda esa vaina.

*Timeline*
*02:36* Ni de aquí ni de allá
*04:25* Representando la latinidad
*06:35* Diaspora music
*10:30* New York
*13:50* Feminism and gender autonomy
*13:50* Mujeres, trabajo y dinero
*20:00* The underground is very queer
*20:31* Apocalipsis: un sello para gente ni de aquí ni de allá
*26:20* La alegría es resistencia

*E/N/J/O/Y*
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