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Xarim Aresté presents 'Catacumba umbilical'

Fàbrica Ramis wellcomes the Catalan singer-songwriter and guitarist in his dual role of musician and poet. Tomorrow Thursday he will give a concert with his band, and today he will present his first book of poems, Catacumba umbilical  (66rpm Edicions). The book has illustrations by Joan Garau, who will also be in the presentation.

In it, Xarim Aresté uses a direct style that has as much to do with speaking in his native Flix as the language of the Barcelona underground. A proposal that surprises for the formal audacity and depth of content.

With only 13, Xarim Aresté (Flix, 1983) created his first punk band, Ratera. Then came other projects such as Pantanito and Very Pomelo, with which he released three albums of rock. In recent years he has also collaborated with artists such as Maika Makovsky, Paul Fuster, Gerard Quintana, Sanjosex or the renewed Sopa de Cabra.

In 2013 he published his first solo album, Lladregots, and a year later La Rosada  (BankRobber), which has received the Enderrock 2016 Critics Award for best album of pop-rock. Other awards include the 2015 Award  Cerverí  for the lyrics of the song A l’universi li sua and the Award Altaveu 2015.