The last few weeks I have been recording and producing Vivian Garcia´s upcoming EP. For the post today I am going top showcase some pictures Vivian took of the recording session for her lead single ¨Cold Bed,¨ in her apartment in Malasaña in Madrid. Be on the lookout for the EP dropping in November and album art from Vicken Donikian.
-Reflection and Response
P
We are honored to bring some new voices into the LIFESTYLE dialogue! El Patio de tu Casa was formed in 2010 when Ana and Mario Viñuela formed a band that had the goal of creating music that inspires emotion in its listeners. After adding Edu on guitar, the band filmed its first video for “Supositiones,” which was nominated for an Asturian Music Award (AMAS). In 2011, the band released it’s first album “Punto de Partida,” on Espora. After finishing recording, the band started a nationwide tour of Spain and recorded a pair of new singles called “1,” and a new video for the track “El Camino de Vuelta.” After rounding out the lineup adding Jesús Colino on bass and Kiki Dee on drums, the band continues on it’s goal to keep creating and sharing music with those who want to listen. They are working on a new album that is set to be released in early 2013. Check the interview below, links, and the video for “El Camino de Vuelta”!
We always think about our songs as open works that may be rearticulated…This is a process of reflection that helps us to grow as a group and to find a personal language.
– El Patio de tu Casa
Leading off with some basics, where are you from? And where are you at?
EPDTC: El patio de tu casa is a pop band from Gijón, a city in the North of Spain. We are three components (Ana, Mario and Eduardo), all of us had already some experience in music playing with other bands, and we had very clear the kind of music we wanted to do when we set up El patio de tu casa. We started in 2010, creating our basic repertorie and playing our first concerts. The project was constantly growing since the very beginning, and in 2011 we published our first album (“Punto de partida”), recorded several music videos and joined a tour for the main cities of Spain.
What does Reflection and Response mean to you?
EPDTC: It may be something related to the time you need to mature a song or an album. We guess the response is just the consequence of that process.
How does “El Patio de tu Casa” fit in with that definition?
EPDTC: We always think about our songs as open works that may be rearticulated, that may experience an evolution after several rehearsals, and even after playing them in concerts. This is a process of reflection that helps us to grow as a group and to find a personal language.
What else have you been working on recently? What are you looking to work on next?
EPDTC: These days we are in the studio recording our first long play, which we hope to present early next year. It is being a fascinating moment, because we have been working a lot on demos and we are always looking for different solutions to find the appropriate sound, instrument, etc. It is a very demanding work, but at the same time it great to have the time to develop this project.
Who or what inspires you all?
EPDTC: Well… it depends on many things. It is difficult to tell what or who may inspire you at a particular moment. It can be a place, a person, a conversation with somebody or a picture you find in a magazine or newspaper. Our songs speak of everyday life, of the kind of things that are common to human being, and they are always enough open to let the listeners participate in them, so they can make them part of their own lives.
Is there anything else you would like the Collective to know?
EPDTC: We would like to thank the LIFESTYLE and Peter for this interview that gives us the opportunity to get closer to other audiences. We invite you to listen to our music (www.elpatiodetucasa.com) and make it yours in order for you to take it to “el patio de tu casa”.
Shout out to…
EPDTC: Everybody who is reading this interview and listening to our songs 😉
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October 2012
November 2012
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Whatup!
Last year when I got to Madrid I bought a Blackberry Curve which I bought because I had the same phone in the US. I use the phone to write down flows in various places around the city: the school I work in, the metro we all use to get around, different apartments of friends.
I’ve started posting a flow a day from the phone on my twitter feed.
Some recent words:
“yells I haven’t paid rent/useless to contest/a brute whose Franco’s roots determine/to establish power over much more progressive servants” 10/8 (Focus: old landlord)
Daily Flow: “the stage is a set/lights, camara, reject/ or better yet/ no one attends it’s a bore/ the show goes quickly to return no more 10/5 (Focus: Music in general. Location: bus to work 8:15 AM)
Flow From Class III “Autism stops focus properly/take ur glasses off down a liter of coffee/and try not talking/better yet try not rocking/” 10/4 (Focus: School. Location: Metro after class)
Flow from School II: “Alvaro’s mouth serves as a glove/ his hand constly stuck in it/ fearful of sickness/ his ma tells him to quit it.” 10/3 (Focus: School Location: Metro after class)
Stay tuned to see Flows From the Phone on the daily!
Reflection and Response
-P
October 2012
Reflection and Response.
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I hope to start performing tracks like this via looping soon around Madrid! Woo! Watch up for an updated soundcloud account with sets of these tracks (Bob Amy #1 etc)
Massive, Acoustic guitar, Seattle Custom Built Drum Set Sampler.
Reflection and Response
-P
September 2012
October 2012
Reflection and Response.
Events from the Collective is a calendar of upcoming events from the LIFESTYLE collective’s international community. Events can be submitted at anytime to the.lifestyle.rr@gmail.com or @LIFESTYLE_RR and will be added to the calendar as they roll in.
Catch some LIVE music with Vivian Garcia & Peter Muller on Friday, September 28 at 10pm/22h at Marineros Bar in Madrid, España!! I created the following hand-drawn flyer for their show, which marks both artists’ return to Madrid this fall. Utensils: One Large Sharpie, One Fine-Point Sharpie. Function and form, or “applied art,” as an old friend would put it:
Reflection and Response.
V.
(Train Tracks near Robledo de Fenar, León)
This track is a continuation on my Looping project I started with the Radio Leon series. Here I sample parts of Amy Winehouse’s Take The Box and Bob Dylan’s The Times Are A-Changin’. I also use my own drum set (sampled from hits taken from a session in Seattle) and other instruments from León. These sort of tracks are super fun to do live because of the power of effects and arrangement made easier by hardware that makes firing off samples pretty simple.
Reflection and Response
-P
September 2012
October 2012
Reflection and Response.
Events from the Collective is a calendar of upcoming events from the LIFESTYLE collective’s international community. Events can be submitted at anytime to the.lifestyle.rr@gmail.com or @LIFESTYLE_RR and will be added to the calendar as they roll in.
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