Andrea Motis

Loopholes, the new project by Andrea Motis, was released on March 18, 2022. The premiere is scheduled at Guitar BCN Festival (Barcelona) on May 5 and at Auditorio Nacional de Música (Madrid) on May 8th. In Loopholes, Andrea has moved away from her comfort zone, and has chosen to venture into sounds and colors that have always belonged in her musical preferences, such as funk, electric jazz and neo-soul. Andrea explains that, as well as seeking to create a characteristic sound that would give the album its thread, she has been nourished by her many and diverse inspirations: from the loops of Robert Glasper or the Californian sound of Jack Johnson, to Fats Waller and his “Honeysuckle Rose” (which she cites as a —not so obvious— influence on her composition “Babies”), the Blues or Latin American folklore , embodied in his personal version of the cumbia “El Pescador”, by José Barros (popularized in the versions of Totó la Momposina and Los Folkloristas). The album counted on the collaboration of Christoph Mallinger and Steph Kondert as co-producers, who added their contributions in the composition and —along with the participating musicians—, in the identity and character of the sound. The album has been recorded together with an exceptional line-up: in addition to the Mallinger (guitar, violin and mandolin) and Kondert (bass), the group is completed by the Japanese keyboardist, New York based, Big Yuki, Gregory Hutchinson (dr), Zé Luis Nascimento (perc), and Raja Kassis (gtr).