SonDaRúa

hip hop

SonDaRúa (often spelled Sondarua or Son Da Rúa) is a Galician rap group formed in Ponteareas (Galiza) in 2016 and composed by Alex Arnoso (guitar, voice) and Hugo Guezeta (lead vocalist). The group was formally formed in mid-2016 with the release of the tracks Fóra and Estilo Combativo on the Youtube. Prior to the formation of the group as such, the two founding members already offered live in which they alternated classical-style rap songs with DJs, and acoustic in which Alex Arnoso played guitar and Hugo Guezeta used to be the lead vocalist. In 2017 they released the song En galego NON mola, with which they won first place in the 3rd edition of the Novos Valores do Festigal competition, and also won the Sonidos Mans Festival Revenidas competition with Estilo combativo, which allowed them performing at both festivals. In early 2018 they released their first studio work, Liberating Minds, a 5-song EP released in both physical and digital format. Later they participate in the simple Cultura Crítica of the metal band NAO together with the Tanxugueiras. In the middle of the year they release on all digital platforms a compilation album in the form of an EP entitled SonDaRúa Classics, consisting of reissues of old songs only uploaded to Youtube and which had been recorded at home by Alex Arnoso himself. In 2019 they released a new music video for the single Voz da Resistencia, which featured a dub instrumental by producer Antxon Sagardui from the Basque collective Crudo B...