Dure-mère let out its first cry on the night of May 16th 2005. Abandoned at birth by its parents, the child brings itself up alone, from basements to venues and from bars to squats. Three-headed, it feeds on bandoneón, drums, strings and nameless contraptions. Sometimes it screams. As a teenager it is (un)skilfully labelled rock, noise, tango, experimental, jazz, grunge... but like any good orphan Dure-mère disowns all those adoptive parents. Last year, the trio put out its first album Sangre, which has been very well received.