Swiss-based duo Hermanos Gutiérrezmakes instrumentals with fingerpicked riffs and spacious reverb-drenched guitars. Also, chamber band, and now compositional collective, yMusic visits the studio. Hermanos Gutiérrez is a band formed of the brothers Alejandro and Estevan Gutiérrez, based in Switzerland, who make instrumental music that looks to mid-century Mexican popular song, and draw on the sounds of 60s surf guitar and the nocturnal landscapes of ambient music. Their 2024 release Sonido Cósmico looks to the desert for their spacious and spiritual fingerpicking, with one of the tracks specifically taking its inspiration from the Wim Wenders film, Paris, Texas. They play songs from their latest, Sonido Cósmico, in a special event, recorded at the GRAMMY Museum’s “A New York Evening With" at National Sawdust this past fall. Also, yMusic, the chamber band and sextet of choice for classical composers (Caroline Shaw and Missy Mazzoli), and pop stars alike, (Paul Simon, Bruce Hornsby, Emily King, and John Legend), visit the studio just after the run of their latest collaboration with choreographer Kyle Abraham, the new multimedia piece called “Dear Lord Make Me Beautiful” which saw the group writing and performing their own music. The compositional collective yMusic performs originals in-studio. - Caryn Havlik ARTIST: Hermanos GutiérrezWORK: Hermosa Drive [1:00]RECORDING: El Bueno Y El MaloSOURCE: Easy Eye SoundINFO: https://hermanosgutierrez.bandcamp.com/album/el-bueno-y-el-malo ARTIST: Hermanos GutiérrezWORK: Sonido Cósmico [4:01]RECORDING: A New York Evening With, Live at National Sawdust, Oct. 2024SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. INFO: The work appears on Sonido Cósmico, available at https://hermanosgutierrez.bandcamp.com/album/sonido-c-smico ARTIST: Hermanos GutiérrezWORK: Cumbia Lunar [4:04]RECORDING: A New York Evening With, Live at National Sawdust, Oct. 2024SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. INFO: The work appears on Sonido Cósmico, available at https://hermanosgutierrez.bandcamp.com/album/sonido-c-smico ARTIST: Hermanos GutiérrezWORK: Until We Meet Again [3:26]RECORDING: A New York Evening With, Live at National Sawdust, Oct. 2024SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. INFO: The work appears on Sonido Cósmico, available at https://hermanosgutierrez.bandcamp.com/album/sonido-c-smico ARTIST: Hermanos GutiérrezWORK: Low Sun [3:12]RECORDING: A New York Evening With, Live at National Sawdust, Oct. 2024SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. INFO: The work appears on Sonido Cósmico, available at https://hermanosgutierrez.bandcamp.com/album/sonido-c-smico ARTIST: yMusicWORK: Running [4:32]RECORDING: Live for the Soundcheck Podcast, Dec. 2024SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. INFO: https://www.ymusicensemble.com ARTIST: yMusicWORK: Zebras [2:56]RECORDING: Live for the Soundcheck Podcast, Dec. 2024SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. INFO: The work appears on yMusic, available at https://ymusicensemble.bandcamp.com/album/ymusic ARTIST: Ben Folds & yMusicWORK: Capable of Anything[3:46]RECORDING: So ThereSOURCE: New West RecordsINFO: Available at Amazon.com, YouTube, AppleMusic, Spotify ARTIST: yMusicWORK: Three Elephants [:30]RECORDING: yMusicSOURCE: StorySound RecordsINFO: https://ymusicensemble.bandcamp.com/album/ymusic
Swiss-based duo Hermanos Gutiérrezmakes instrumentals with fingerpicked riffs and spacious reverb-drenched guitars. Also, chamber band, and now compositional collective, yMusic visits the studio.
Hermanos Gutiérrez is a band formed of the brothers Alejandro and Estevan Gutiérrez, based in Switzerland, who make instrumental music that looks to mid-century Mexican popular song, and draw on the sounds of 60s surf guitar and the nocturnal landscapes of ambient music. Their 2024 release Sonido Cósmico looks to the desert for their spacious and spiritual fingerpicking, with one of the tracks specifically taking its inspiration from the Wim Wenders film, Paris, Texas. They play songs from their latest, Sonido Cósmico, in a special event, recorded at the GRAMMY Museum’s “A New York Evening With" at National Sawdust this past fall.
Also, yMusic, the chamber band and sextet of choice for classical composers (Caroline Shaw and Missy Mazzoli), and pop stars alike, (Paul Simon, Bruce Hornsby, Emily King, and John Legend), visit the studio just after the run of their latest collaboration with choreographer Kyle Abraham, the new multimedia piece called “Dear Lord Make Me Beautiful” which saw the group writing and performing their own music. The compositional collective yMusic performs originals in-studio. - Caryn Havlik
ARTIST: Hermanos GutiérrezWORK: Hermosa Drive [1:00]RECORDING: El Bueno Y El MaloSOURCE: Easy Eye SoundINFO: https://hermanosgutierrez.bandcamp.com/album/el-bueno-y-el-malo
ARTIST: Hermanos GutiérrezWORK: Sonido Cósmico [4:01]RECORDING: A New York Evening With, Live at National Sawdust, Oct. 2024SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. INFO: The work appears on Sonido Cósmico, available at https://hermanosgutierrez.bandcamp.com/album/sonido-c-smico
ARTIST: Hermanos GutiérrezWORK: Cumbia Lunar [4:04]RECORDING: A New York Evening With, Live at National Sawdust, Oct. 2024SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. INFO: The work appears on Sonido Cósmico, available at https://hermanosgutierrez.bandcamp.com/album/sonido-c-smico
ARTIST: Hermanos GutiérrezWORK: Until We Meet Again [3:26]RECORDING: A New York Evening With, Live at National Sawdust, Oct. 2024SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. INFO: The work appears on Sonido Cósmico, available at https://hermanosgutierrez.bandcamp.com/album/sonido-c-smico
ARTIST: Hermanos GutiérrezWORK: Low Sun [3:12]RECORDING: A New York Evening With, Live at National Sawdust, Oct. 2024SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. INFO: The work appears on Sonido Cósmico, available at https://hermanosgutierrez.bandcamp.com/album/sonido-c-smico
ARTIST: yMusicWORK: Running [4:32]RECORDING: Live for the Soundcheck Podcast, Dec. 2024SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. INFO: https://www.ymusicensemble.com
ARTIST: yMusicWORK: Zebras [2:56]RECORDING: Live for the Soundcheck Podcast, Dec. 2024SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. INFO: The work appears on yMusic, available at https://ymusicensemble.bandcamp.com/album/ymusic
ARTIST: Ben Folds & yMusicWORK: Capable of Anything[3:46]RECORDING: So ThereSOURCE: New West RecordsINFO: Available at Amazon.com, YouTube, AppleMusic, Spotify
ARTIST: yMusicWORK: Three Elephants [:30]RECORDING: yMusicSOURCE: StorySound RecordsINFO: https://ymusicensemble.bandcamp.com/album/ymusic