After three years, you’re returning to Mahico. What do you remember about your first experience with us, and what does it mean to you to return?
Yes, I’m really happy to be coming back to Mahico. I remember it being such a beautiful day when I played there. The crowd was really warm and present, and the sound system was amazing.
I also really liked that it was mainly a daytime event, with a real festival feeling to it. So I’m very happy to be part of it again.
Latin American music and culture are an important part of your work. How have your roots influenced the way you make music?
The influence of traditional Latin American music, especially music from the Andean region, has always been an important part of my sound.
I started my musical journey learning Andean music, particularly the charango, which is the instrument I play the most in my songs.
In Chile, we have Indigenous cultures in both the north and south of the country that are still alive and continue their traditions. We’re also direct neighbours of Bolivia and Peru, which I think are the countries where Indigenous cultures and traditions are strongest. This music has had a big influence on my sound and my way of seeing things.
You’ve travelled and played music all over the world. What have music and these experiences taught you about connection between people and cultures?
I think that’s one of the most beautiful things about being able to travel and play music: having the possibility of bringing a little piece of my culture and what I feel with me, and seeing what it can create in an audience that is so far away from where I come from.
Often they don’t even speak my language, or the language of the songs I’m playing. But that’s the power of music. It’s capable of dissolving borders and cultural divisions and, in that moment, bringing together a very diverse group of people.
What are you listening to at the moment, and what music is inspiring you right now?
To be honest, I’m not someone who listens to a lot of music these days. Sometimes silence is what I enjoy the most, haha.
But every now and then I like listening to music that I’ve always listened to, music I grew up with. I’m not someone who goes looking for a lot of new music, just a few things here and there.
At the moment I’m listening a lot to the new album by Kase.O, a Spanish rapper who is a genius when it comes to rhyme and poetry. He inspires me quite a lot.
What can people expect when they step onto the dancefloor with you at Mahico?
Mainly, to feel, listen and dance to my songs from yesterday, today and tomorrow, haha.
My set changes very slowly. I’m not a DJ, and I’m not an electronic music producer either. I play around in those territories, but my proposal is to play what I write and compose.
So my repertoire is somewhere between some classics and some newer things
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