''Rockdelux'' is a Spanish music magazine.
History and profile
''Rockdelux'' was first published in November 1984,
and celebrated its 200th anniversary in October 2002, when it released a list of the 200 greatest international
album
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s of all time, according to the magazine's staff. ''Rockdeluxs brief was to serve a specific section of the public who are passionate about music, and its focus was on new and more
alternative
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artists from both Spain and the outside world (termed "international").
It had an extensive review section, covering mainly new musical releases and re-releases, but also covered other music-related subjects such as
live concerts and
videos
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and featured reviews of new
book
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s and
graphic novel
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s. Unlike many other review sections in popular magazines, it eschewed the trend of giving a numerical value to each review, which are purely composed of written text summing up the release's values.
From 1987 Santi Carrillo was the editor-in-chief of the magazine.
[ ''Rockdelux'' was the recipient of various awards for music publication of the year from such organisations as Radio 3, ]Cadena SER
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and Iberpop amongst others.
In April 1999, ''Rockdelux'' began to issue complimentary CDs
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as a free gift with the magazine, each one generally acting as a sampler for a particular record label
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, such as Warp Records
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, Fierce Panda Records
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and Sub Pop records.
The final issue (#394) was published in May 2020.
See also
* List of magazines in Spain
Magazines in Spain are varied and numerous, but they have small circulation. In terms of frequency, the Spanish magazines are mostly weekly and monthly. Although there are news magazines and political magazines in the country, they mostly focus ...
References
External links
Official website
WorldCat
1984 establishments in Spain
2020 disestablishments in Spain
Defunct magazines published in Spain
Magazines established in 1984
Magazines disestablished in 2020
Magazines published in Barcelona
Monthly magazines published in Spain
Music magazines
Spanish-language magazines
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