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VALENCIA (FELIP PINEDA). Within the frame of Orxata Sound System's political activism there is also place -of course- for science. A clear example of this can be found in their second album, 2.0 (self-produced, 2011), which includes a tribute song to Nikola Tesla, a figure that has increased its value in recent years thanks to the Internet.

"It was a name that we had heard lately several times because he has become a kind of pop icon, but, what made us become more interested in a more political way was finding that some independent research groups are working on free energy" said one of the band's members.

Tesla -the song-, reviews the theoretical legacy left by the Croatian physicist and other scientists traditionally branded as heterodox. Over an insistent electronic music base, some other controversial figures of the history of science are also mentioned in the song. Tesla -pioneer in formulating a theory on free energy-, Feinberg, Boyer, Dirac or Mallowe believed that there are sources of unlimited energy, a theory rejected by the energy industry.

They approach anti-gravitational energy from different perspectives, among scientific postulates close to quantum physic as well as other areas related to mysticism or the Zen philosophy. All of these factors, together with other political and economic aspects, have resulted in many stories that indiscriminately mix all areas.

Orxata's song also mentions the Joe cell (a device that is allegedly able to access the energy contained in the quantum vacuum) and the Majestic 12, which, according to some theories, is a secret American committee that intends to silence unlimited energy research. In any case, the lyrics of the song barely mention these aspects, and focus on Tesla's challenge on centralised energy, a brave action that doomed him to poverty.

"The song intended to remember a very important character for 20th and 21st century science and technology, who was silenced for a long time due to different reasons. We wanted to pay homage and raise the people's interest in this Croatian genius". And, somehow, they have fulfilled their goal. They claim that "from time to time we get a tweet from someone that thinks of him while taking a physics exam".

Science is politics

That Orxata focused on someone like Nikola Tesla to write one of their songs is not sheer chance. Ideas of free and decentralised access to energy can be gathered from the scientists' theories, which fit the band's collectivist ideals.

On other occasions they had focused on topics like ecology, the hacker culture or society's overexposure to the media. "We obsessed with all those technologies that can potentially empower us. The Internet, free software, free hardware, ways to do P2P, an all that applied to basic stuff like energy, communication, health, food or work", they said.

This spirit could be understood as a reinterpretation of the Zapatista motto «For everyone, everything» in Latin America, where autonomist ideals are widespread. Precisely, the band's latest release, 3.0 (self-produced, 2012), pays special attention to the South American continent- regarding new sounds as well as the topics dealt with. The album includes Satèl·lits, (Satellites), a song that intends to give a voice to the MSST movement (Satelliteless movement), which is increasing its strength in countries like Brazil.

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