Segundo Asalto
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Segundo Asalto is a record by Spanish
Music of Spain
The Music of Spain has a long history and has played an important part in the development of western music. It has had a particularly strong influence upon Latin American music. The music of Spain is often associated abroad with traditions like flamenco and the classical guitar but Spanish music...

 parodic rock rap band Def Con Dos
Def Con Dos
Def Con Dos is a rap rock band from Madrid, Spain.Greatly influenced by hip hop bands Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, and Run D.M.C., and rock band Siniestro Total, they started rapping over hip hop bases created by producer Julián Hernández...

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Originally released as a tape in 1989, both sides were identical, with the same themes. In 1995 it was re-released as a CD, with a total duration of 26' 47", divided in 8 tracks. Between each two themes there were jingles advertising the companies that had helped the group producing the record: a pub, a record shop, a musical merchandising shop, the record company.

The music was quite simple: programmed drums, scratches, short samplings, guitar riff, raps and shouts. Interviewed years later, Def Con Dos members recognised that the only one of them who knew about music at the time was Julián Hernández.

Tracks

  1. "Def Con Dos (1ª parte)" – A brief intro
  2. "Pégale al Ruido" (Smash the Noise) – Absurdly violent – the lyrics are all about fighting.
  3. "La Cotorra Criolla" (The Creole Parrot) – A cover of Perucho Conde's rap on inflation and poverty in Venezuela
    Venezuela
    Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

    , always from an ironic point of view
  4. "Salman Rushdie" – Mocking on the fatwa against Salman Rushdie
  5. "G.I. Joe" – About the G.I. Joe
    G.I. Joe
    G.I. Joe is a line of action figures produced by the toy company Hasbro. The initial product offering represented four of the branches of the U.S. armed forces with the Action Soldier , Action Sailor , Action Pilot , Action Marine and later on, the Action Nurse...

     toy and cartoon characters
  6. "El Asesino del Mes" (Murderer Of The Month) – Mocking on several recent real cases of murder in Spain
    Spain
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    . At the end, DCD rap the lyrics of Baga biga higa, a Basque
    Basque people
    The Basques as an ethnic group, primarily inhabit an area traditionally known as the Basque Country , a region that is located around the western end of the Pyrenees on the coast of the Bay of Biscay and straddles parts of north-central Spain and south-western France.The Basques are known in the...

     children's song, with little relation to the rest of the lyrics, that Mikel Laboa
    Mikel Laboa
    Mikel Laboa Mancisidor was one of the Basque Country's most important singer-songwriters.Considered the patriarch of Basque music, his music has had an influence on younger generations...

     had made popular. Contains samples from some Public Enemy and Run DMC's raps
  7. "Quiero la Cabeza de Alfredo García" (I want Alfredo García's head) – References to American films (as Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
    Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
    Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia is a 1974 American action film directed by Sam Peckinpah and featuring Warren Oates....

    , Blue Velvet or Eraserhead
    Eraserhead
    Eraserhead is a 1977 American surrealist film and the first feature film of David Lynch, who wrote, produced and directed. Lynch began working on the film at the AFI Conservatory, which gave him a $10,000 grant to make the film after he had begun working there following his 1971 move to Los Angeles...

    ), Mexican songs and telenovela
    Telenovela
    A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...

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  8. "Def Con Dos (2ª parte)" – The instrumental part repeats the theme from the intro. The vocal part is just a list of the sponsors previously advertised in the in-between jingles.

Authors

  • Music and lyrics by D.J. Damian Karras (Julián Hernández, not credited with his real name) Strawberry and Coronel Kurtz, except La Cotorra Criolla, by Perucho Conde. All lyrics are in Spanish
    Spanish language
    Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

    , but the Baga biga higa verses in Basque
    Basque language
    Basque is the ancestral language of the Basque people, who inhabit the Basque Country, a region spanning an area in northeastern Spain and southwestern France. It is spoken by 25.7% of Basques in all territories...

    )
  • Voices: MC Strawberry, Coronel Kurtz, DJ Damian Karras.
  • Scratching and Tecnics SL 1200 MK2: Coronel Kurtz, Frosty Scratchaiser, CJ Callahan.
  • Rhythm programming: DJ Damian Karras, DB Fostex, Doctor Flanger.
  • Prophet 2002: Silver Sampler.
  • Atari ST and Roland D20: Doctor Flange, HAL 9000.
  • Guitars: Magnum 44.
  • Guitar solos: Jack el Descorchador.
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