{"id":16235,"date":"2025-09-24T15:44:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T20:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=16235"},"modified":"2025-09-24T15:44:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T20:44:57","slug":"chilean-artist-descargo-y-maleficio-denounces-sexism-and-unequal-cultural-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=16235","title":{"rendered":"Chilean artist DESCARGO Y MALEFICIO denounces sexism and unequal cultural order"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DESCARGO-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16236\" style=\"width:411px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DESCARGO-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DESCARGO-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DESCARGO-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DESCARGO-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DESCARGO.png 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DESCARGO Y MALEFICIO (translates to &#8220;discharge and curse&#8221;) is a one-woman project that fuses post-industrial and trip-hop electronics with poetry and performance art. Founded in Chile in 2018 as a defiant response to the Tragedia $hilena ($hilean Tragedy)\u2014a term that she describes as a way to denounce the country\u2019s sexist and unequal cultural order\u2014the project embodies both an artistic manifesto and a political outcry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On stage, Descargo y Maleficio delivers immersive and uncompromising performances where sound, language, and body converge in a visceral ritual. With a raw and confrontational aesthetic, it draws audiences into a sonic landscape of rage, catharsis, and resistance\u2014an experience at once unsettling and liberating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe title=\"Bestia - Descargo y Maleficio Ft. Franco Franco\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Aevv6SNOwrI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2023, DyM performed at Udara Women and Rock Festival (Chile) and took part in a showcase for Ciudad Sonora 360\u00aa TV. In January 2024, the project released its second album &#8220;Sentencia&#8221;. The video for its first single \u201cRabia\u201d, received a Special Mention nomination at the SAM Awards 2024, included in the Official Selection of Santiago Horror Festival, The Chico Independent Film Fest, Bogot\u00e1 Music Video, and won 2nd place at the IguannaRock Awards in Concepci\u00f3n, Chile. In 2024, Descargo y Maleficio was selected for the Sesiones Echomusic Showcase, recording a full multi-camera live session that premiered in March 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>visit DESCARGO Y MALEFICIO online:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/descargoymaleficio.com\">https:\/\/descargoymaleficio.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/descargoymaleficio\/\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/descargoymaleficio\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/descargoymaleficio\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/descargoymaleficio<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">YouTube: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@descargoymaleficio\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@descargoymaleficio<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Bandcamp: <a href=\"https:\/\/descargoymaleficio.bandcamp.com\/\">https:\/\/descargoymaleficio.bandcamp.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Apple Music: <a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/cl\/artist\/descargo-y-maleficio\/1333846757\">https:\/\/music.apple.com\/cl\/artist\/descargo-y-maleficio\/1333846757<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Descargo y Maleficio\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/artist\/7hxPIDaqjKJdEuuccSax2P?si=peWV_fvYQICmK77GnLKjPA&#038;nd=1&#038;dlsi=fa25ef7151c74496&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DESCARGO Y MALEFICIO (translates to &#8220;discharge and curse&#8221;) is a one-woman project that fuses post-industrial and trip-hop electronics with poetry and performance art. Founded in Chile in 2018 as a defiant response to the Tragedia $hilena ($hilean Tragedy)\u2014a term that she describes as a way to denounce the country\u2019s sexist and unequal cultural order\u2014the project&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=16235\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Chilean artist DESCARGO Y MALEFICIO denounces sexism and unequal cultural order<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16235"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16237,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16235\/revisions\/16237"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}