Montañera
A Flor de Piel
Boomkat Product Review:
In the wake of a wave of inventive, experimental jazz-folk-electronica songs from South America by Lucrecia Dalt, Mabe Fratti and Vicente Atria, comes Colombia’s María Mónica Gutiérrez, aka Montañera, with odes to the immigrant experience spanning spangled folk dance referncing African roots of Latin music from Senegal.
“A Flor de Piel, the new album from singer-songwriter and composer María Mónica Gutiérrez (aka Montañera), is a meditative journey of self-discovery across oceans, time, and the traditional confines of genre. Originally from Bogota, Colombia, Gutiérrez began the album as a way to explore her identity after a difficult move to London for school left her feeling untethered and alone in a strange new place. The daunting 5,000 mile journey over a seemingly endless ocean, sparked the beginning of a metamorphosis, imparting her with a new understanding of herself as an artist, and as a human being. Throughout the album Gutiérrez examines the immigrant’s experience through a rich sonic lens inspired by sources as disparate as traditional Colombian and Senegalese music, contemporary ambient and experimental production, and whalesong from the depths of the Atlantic.
The album opens with Gutierrez’s sultry vocals floating alone above a vast expanse for just a moment before a deep, silky synth bass, and the plucks of a koto-like stringed instrument complete our introduction to A Flor de Piel's vibrant and hypnotic sonic world. The album's title is drawn from a common Colombian phrase that roughly translates to “Flowered Skin.” In Coloumbia the phrase is used to convey a sense of intense emotions that seem to blossom from the surface of your body. It's an overwhelming sense of vulnerability and nakedness, and an almost inescapable honesty with one's self and the world. “The song is about making my heart a little lighter,” Gutierrez explains, “I know that inside of me I can be as light as mist in heat, I can be fragile as the song of a sparrow. I still need to get born into this...”
The track “Santa Mar,” is inspired by the musical traditions of afro-pacific women in Colombia, and the crucial role they play as peacebuilders in the region. It features contributions from the great marimba player Cankita, alongside Las Cantadoras de Yerba Buena, an all-female vocal group that utilizes traditional Afro-Colombian music to preserve their history and promote peace. Standout track “Como Una Rama” is a futuristic take on bullerengue, a traditional style of music and dance originally developed by Maroon communities on Colombia’s Caribbean coast. Deeply affecting, the song combines Gutierrez’s commanding voice with electronics that recall Steve Reich's rhythmic minimalism. The album concludes with “Cruzar,” a palimpsestic lullaby, both meditative and mighty in its resolve. “The lyrics,” Gutierrez explains, “are a personal reminder of what is important to me: healing, letting go, breathing, evaporating, forgetting, changing, crystallizing.””
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Boomkat Product Review:
In the wake of a wave of inventive, experimental jazz-folk-electronica songs from South America by Lucrecia Dalt, Mabe Fratti and Vicente Atria, comes Colombia’s María Mónica Gutiérrez, aka Montañera, with odes to the immigrant experience spanning spangled folk dance referncing African roots of Latin music from Senegal.
“A Flor de Piel, the new album from singer-songwriter and composer María Mónica Gutiérrez (aka Montañera), is a meditative journey of self-discovery across oceans, time, and the traditional confines of genre. Originally from Bogota, Colombia, Gutiérrez began the album as a way to explore her identity after a difficult move to London for school left her feeling untethered and alone in a strange new place. The daunting 5,000 mile journey over a seemingly endless ocean, sparked the beginning of a metamorphosis, imparting her with a new understanding of herself as an artist, and as a human being. Throughout the album Gutiérrez examines the immigrant’s experience through a rich sonic lens inspired by sources as disparate as traditional Colombian and Senegalese music, contemporary ambient and experimental production, and whalesong from the depths of the Atlantic.
The album opens with Gutierrez’s sultry vocals floating alone above a vast expanse for just a moment before a deep, silky synth bass, and the plucks of a koto-like stringed instrument complete our introduction to A Flor de Piel's vibrant and hypnotic sonic world. The album's title is drawn from a common Colombian phrase that roughly translates to “Flowered Skin.” In Coloumbia the phrase is used to convey a sense of intense emotions that seem to blossom from the surface of your body. It's an overwhelming sense of vulnerability and nakedness, and an almost inescapable honesty with one's self and the world. “The song is about making my heart a little lighter,” Gutierrez explains, “I know that inside of me I can be as light as mist in heat, I can be fragile as the song of a sparrow. I still need to get born into this...”
The track “Santa Mar,” is inspired by the musical traditions of afro-pacific women in Colombia, and the crucial role they play as peacebuilders in the region. It features contributions from the great marimba player Cankita, alongside Las Cantadoras de Yerba Buena, an all-female vocal group that utilizes traditional Afro-Colombian music to preserve their history and promote peace. Standout track “Como Una Rama” is a futuristic take on bullerengue, a traditional style of music and dance originally developed by Maroon communities on Colombia’s Caribbean coast. Deeply affecting, the song combines Gutierrez’s commanding voice with electronics that recall Steve Reich's rhythmic minimalism. The album concludes with “Cruzar,” a palimpsestic lullaby, both meditative and mighty in its resolve. “The lyrics,” Gutierrez explains, “are a personal reminder of what is important to me: healing, letting go, breathing, evaporating, forgetting, changing, crystallizing.””
Boomkat Product Review:
In the wake of a wave of inventive, experimental jazz-folk-electronica songs from South America by Lucrecia Dalt, Mabe Fratti and Vicente Atria, comes Colombia’s María Mónica Gutiérrez, aka Montañera, with odes to the immigrant experience spanning spangled folk dance referncing African roots of Latin music from Senegal.
“A Flor de Piel, the new album from singer-songwriter and composer María Mónica Gutiérrez (aka Montañera), is a meditative journey of self-discovery across oceans, time, and the traditional confines of genre. Originally from Bogota, Colombia, Gutiérrez began the album as a way to explore her identity after a difficult move to London for school left her feeling untethered and alone in a strange new place. The daunting 5,000 mile journey over a seemingly endless ocean, sparked the beginning of a metamorphosis, imparting her with a new understanding of herself as an artist, and as a human being. Throughout the album Gutiérrez examines the immigrant’s experience through a rich sonic lens inspired by sources as disparate as traditional Colombian and Senegalese music, contemporary ambient and experimental production, and whalesong from the depths of the Atlantic.
The album opens with Gutierrez’s sultry vocals floating alone above a vast expanse for just a moment before a deep, silky synth bass, and the plucks of a koto-like stringed instrument complete our introduction to A Flor de Piel's vibrant and hypnotic sonic world. The album's title is drawn from a common Colombian phrase that roughly translates to “Flowered Skin.” In Coloumbia the phrase is used to convey a sense of intense emotions that seem to blossom from the surface of your body. It's an overwhelming sense of vulnerability and nakedness, and an almost inescapable honesty with one's self and the world. “The song is about making my heart a little lighter,” Gutierrez explains, “I know that inside of me I can be as light as mist in heat, I can be fragile as the song of a sparrow. I still need to get born into this...”
The track “Santa Mar,” is inspired by the musical traditions of afro-pacific women in Colombia, and the crucial role they play as peacebuilders in the region. It features contributions from the great marimba player Cankita, alongside Las Cantadoras de Yerba Buena, an all-female vocal group that utilizes traditional Afro-Colombian music to preserve their history and promote peace. Standout track “Como Una Rama” is a futuristic take on bullerengue, a traditional style of music and dance originally developed by Maroon communities on Colombia’s Caribbean coast. Deeply affecting, the song combines Gutierrez’s commanding voice with electronics that recall Steve Reich's rhythmic minimalism. The album concludes with “Cruzar,” a palimpsestic lullaby, both meditative and mighty in its resolve. “The lyrics,” Gutierrez explains, “are a personal reminder of what is important to me: healing, letting go, breathing, evaporating, forgetting, changing, crystallizing.””
Boomkat Product Review:
In the wake of a wave of inventive, experimental jazz-folk-electronica songs from South America by Lucrecia Dalt, Mabe Fratti and Vicente Atria, comes Colombia’s María Mónica Gutiérrez, aka Montañera, with odes to the immigrant experience spanning spangled folk dance referncing African roots of Latin music from Senegal.
“A Flor de Piel, the new album from singer-songwriter and composer María Mónica Gutiérrez (aka Montañera), is a meditative journey of self-discovery across oceans, time, and the traditional confines of genre. Originally from Bogota, Colombia, Gutiérrez began the album as a way to explore her identity after a difficult move to London for school left her feeling untethered and alone in a strange new place. The daunting 5,000 mile journey over a seemingly endless ocean, sparked the beginning of a metamorphosis, imparting her with a new understanding of herself as an artist, and as a human being. Throughout the album Gutiérrez examines the immigrant’s experience through a rich sonic lens inspired by sources as disparate as traditional Colombian and Senegalese music, contemporary ambient and experimental production, and whalesong from the depths of the Atlantic.
The album opens with Gutierrez’s sultry vocals floating alone above a vast expanse for just a moment before a deep, silky synth bass, and the plucks of a koto-like stringed instrument complete our introduction to A Flor de Piel's vibrant and hypnotic sonic world. The album's title is drawn from a common Colombian phrase that roughly translates to “Flowered Skin.” In Coloumbia the phrase is used to convey a sense of intense emotions that seem to blossom from the surface of your body. It's an overwhelming sense of vulnerability and nakedness, and an almost inescapable honesty with one's self and the world. “The song is about making my heart a little lighter,” Gutierrez explains, “I know that inside of me I can be as light as mist in heat, I can be fragile as the song of a sparrow. I still need to get born into this...”
The track “Santa Mar,” is inspired by the musical traditions of afro-pacific women in Colombia, and the crucial role they play as peacebuilders in the region. It features contributions from the great marimba player Cankita, alongside Las Cantadoras de Yerba Buena, an all-female vocal group that utilizes traditional Afro-Colombian music to preserve their history and promote peace. Standout track “Como Una Rama” is a futuristic take on bullerengue, a traditional style of music and dance originally developed by Maroon communities on Colombia’s Caribbean coast. Deeply affecting, the song combines Gutierrez’s commanding voice with electronics that recall Steve Reich's rhythmic minimalism. The album concludes with “Cruzar,” a palimpsestic lullaby, both meditative and mighty in its resolve. “The lyrics,” Gutierrez explains, “are a personal reminder of what is important to me: healing, letting go, breathing, evaporating, forgetting, changing, crystallizing.””
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Boomkat Product Review:
In the wake of a wave of inventive, experimental jazz-folk-electronica songs from South America by Lucrecia Dalt, Mabe Fratti and Vicente Atria, comes Colombia’s María Mónica Gutiérrez, aka Montañera, with odes to the immigrant experience spanning spangled folk dance referncing African roots of Latin music from Senegal.
“A Flor de Piel, the new album from singer-songwriter and composer María Mónica Gutiérrez (aka Montañera), is a meditative journey of self-discovery across oceans, time, and the traditional confines of genre. Originally from Bogota, Colombia, Gutiérrez began the album as a way to explore her identity after a difficult move to London for school left her feeling untethered and alone in a strange new place. The daunting 5,000 mile journey over a seemingly endless ocean, sparked the beginning of a metamorphosis, imparting her with a new understanding of herself as an artist, and as a human being. Throughout the album Gutiérrez examines the immigrant’s experience through a rich sonic lens inspired by sources as disparate as traditional Colombian and Senegalese music, contemporary ambient and experimental production, and whalesong from the depths of the Atlantic.
The album opens with Gutierrez’s sultry vocals floating alone above a vast expanse for just a moment before a deep, silky synth bass, and the plucks of a koto-like stringed instrument complete our introduction to A Flor de Piel's vibrant and hypnotic sonic world. The album's title is drawn from a common Colombian phrase that roughly translates to “Flowered Skin.” In Coloumbia the phrase is used to convey a sense of intense emotions that seem to blossom from the surface of your body. It's an overwhelming sense of vulnerability and nakedness, and an almost inescapable honesty with one's self and the world. “The song is about making my heart a little lighter,” Gutierrez explains, “I know that inside of me I can be as light as mist in heat, I can be fragile as the song of a sparrow. I still need to get born into this...”
The track “Santa Mar,” is inspired by the musical traditions of afro-pacific women in Colombia, and the crucial role they play as peacebuilders in the region. It features contributions from the great marimba player Cankita, alongside Las Cantadoras de Yerba Buena, an all-female vocal group that utilizes traditional Afro-Colombian music to preserve their history and promote peace. Standout track “Como Una Rama” is a futuristic take on bullerengue, a traditional style of music and dance originally developed by Maroon communities on Colombia’s Caribbean coast. Deeply affecting, the song combines Gutierrez’s commanding voice with electronics that recall Steve Reich's rhythmic minimalism. The album concludes with “Cruzar,” a palimpsestic lullaby, both meditative and mighty in its resolve. “The lyrics,” Gutierrez explains, “are a personal reminder of what is important to me: healing, letting go, breathing, evaporating, forgetting, changing, crystallizing.””
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