The Mexican synth pop duo, Valgur, shapes the new video for “Castillo de la Pureza”, part of their album, Armageddon.
Last year the musical proposal of Valgur became richer with the release of his first studio album, Armageddon. The duo of brothers from Juchitán Oaxaca exhibits a chillwave and city-pop aesthetic – typical of the retro nostalgia of vaporwave – in combination with Mexican references. In this case, “Castle of Purity” it’s a track which becomes a new video where Valgur pays tribute to a popular case of domestic violence that occurred during the 1950s in Mexico City.
The new video that Valgur premieres to accompany “Castle of Purity” was the result of the work of the visual artist Permanent Sphere and the photographer Alicia Nieto. The inspiration for the video clip is the case of violence of a man who kept his family kidnapped for more than 18 years, later the filmmaker Arturo Ripstein He would adapt this story into a 1973 film that gives its name to the song.
The images conjured together with the contagious melody of “Castle of Purity” They remember the aesthetics of the backrooms, An eclectic montage shows three bodies acting frenetically. The constant attempt to escape that we see repeated on screen causes a dreamlike sensation that turns into a nightmare and is the perfect reason to accompany the fun musical proposal of Valgur, that on this issue sees them collaborating with Denise Gutierrez of Hello Seahorse!.
The characters in the video appear trying to escape, metaphorically, ‘The Castle of Purity’ is a mental state that limits the characters to perceive the outside and understand it, hence their desperation and confusion,” Valgur shares about the video clip.
The video was recorded in a building located in Insurgentes Sur; the duo continues to build their universe of references by using the space of an apartment in which the writer Juan Rulfo lived for many years. We share the video of “Castle of Purity” so that you can immerse yourself in the dreamlike visuals of Valgur.
