For Immediate Release:
February 23, 2022
FEDERICO AUBELE
ANNOUNCES SIXTH STUDIO ALBUM,
THE HOLOGRAPHIC MOON,
DUE OUT MAY 27, 2022
& SHARES NEW SINGLE & VIDEO
"PINK SPRAY PAINTED CLOUDS"
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"An artist who traverses musical genres as easily as he does geographical borders..While touches of nostalgia and longing seep into both the words and the way he sings them, Aubele can also wrangle a shy smile and a whimsical raised eyebrow with that deep, emotive voice." |
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"Aubele’s vocals are richly poetic and echo phrasings reminiscent of a Spanish Leonard Cohen." |
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"The true master of Latin down-tempo electronica. With eclectic influences that range from tango and bossa nova to dub, the globetrotting Argentine has been seducing us with his mellow, laid-back grooves.." |
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"..connects cultural threads traversing the continent (bolero, tango, reggae) while bringing nostalgia, plus a warm Spanish guitar, to his cool electronica." |
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Brooklyn-based Argentine singer/songwriter Federico Aubele returns today with the highly anticipated announcement, his first release in six years. His 11-track LP, The Holographic Moon, is set to release on May 27th and available for pre-order now. Today he shares the project's dreamy debut single, "Pink Spray Painted Clouds," with an equally musing and quixotic music video. Aubele's signature gentle guitar-plucking mixed with his deep, captivating vocals combine to invite listeners into his own love-filled dream.
Federico Aubele has been blending cultures and defying borders throughout his almost two-decade long career. Bouncing between Buenos Aires, Berlin and Barcelona, and now, Brooklyn, Aubele has fused the sounds of each city and simultaneously melded genres into his powerful songwriting, deep vocals, downtempo electronica, acoustic guitar, flamenco and more. The musician has also managed to seamlessly and seductively join both Spanish and English since he began recording music as Boston Globe, PopMatters and Westword each note. Remezcla calls Aubele, "The true master of Latin down-tempo electronica," with "eclectic influences that range from tango and bossa nova to dub."
It was in 2014 that Aubele graced the famed NPR Tiny Desk stage, where his use of both Spanish and English mixed with his lower register inspired NPR to write, "While touches of nostalgia and longing seep into both the words and the way he sings them, Aubele can also wrangle a shy smile and a whimsical raised eyebrow with that deep, emotive voice."
Now, in 2022, he's ready to re-introduce himself with his forthcoming full-length album, The Holographic Moon, featuring artwork done by Aubele himself. With the help of guests ranging from Mauro Refosco (David Byrne, Atoms for Peace) on percussion, Iain Cook (Chvrches) and Yuka Honda (Cibo Matto) on synths, Melissa Mary Ahern (Sulfjian Stevens) on vocal harmonies, the YMusic Ensemble (Paul Simon, Jose Gonzales) on orchestra arrangements and Kenny Wollensen (Tom Waits) on drums, Aubele looks to push boundaries of what traditional lyricism and genres might look like, and further establish himself as a dynamic, multicultural musician to watch as he continues to reach new depths.
Delving into the new single and the first taste of the album to come, Aubele says, "This is a hopeful, intimate and sleepy song about the morning after you wake up with someone you love and know for certain your love is reciprocated and the path ahead is a shared one. I always feel like many artists prioritize the breakup song over the falling in love theme. Those first moments when you realize what’s going on are as powerful and intense as the end of a relationship. The song came to me very spontaneously at a time when my relationship with my partner was starting to bloom and we both felt like we were inside a beautiful film, or a cloud in the magic hour."
With a tranquil upstate New York as the backdrop, the video for “Pink Spray Painted Clouds," directed by Angus Borsos (Mac Demarco, Julia Holter), explores both self-love and romantic love as Aubele, alongside his wife Jane, fall in love all over again.
Describing the video, Aubele says, "The video for "Pink Spray Painted Clouds" is a story of self discovery and self love. I wanted to steer away from the classic love story in the video and thought that the first thing needed to find love is to find some level of self-love. We shot it upstate and the actress is my wife, Jane. The crow character is one I have been using for photos and will be using for the live shows too so I thought it would be nice to include it in the video."
As Seattle Weekly writes, "Aubele’s vocals are richly poetic and echo phrasings reminiscent of a Spanish Leonard Cohen," Federico Aubele aims to reimagine what melding genres and intimate emotion can sound like. The Holographic Moon is due out May 27th, and available for pre-order now. A romantic daydream in song form, "Pink Spray Painted Clouds," is out now.
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WATCH “PINK SPRAY PAINTED CLOUDS”
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The Holographic Moon Tracklisting
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01. Pink Spray Painted Clouds
02. All Things Pass
03. Old Spanish Films
04. The Sacrifice
05. Hungry Beast
06. What Will Tomorrow Dream
07. Wadding into Love
08. How Hard
09. Cloud and Sea
10. Maria
11. Iron Days
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Federico Aubele Bio
Originally from Buenos Aires, Federico Aubele lived in Berlin and Barcelona before settling in Brooklyn where he currently resides.
Federico started making music at 11 years old when he picked up an old forgotten guitar that belonged to his mother and had been stored up underneath his bed for years. He’s been releasing music and touring as Federico Aubele since 2004 to glowing reviews, performing all major festivals in North America and Europe (Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, Montreal Jazz Fest, Balaton Sound).
The combination of organic and electronic elements is at the center of his sound, driven by Aubele’s deep reverberating baritone voice, meticulous songwriting and precise spanish guitar.
Federico’s songs have been licensed for various films, TV shows, commercials and video games over the years. Whether in English or Spanish, his lyrics always center around universal themes such as love, solitude, struggle and hope.
After a 6 year hiatus Federico Aubele returns with his 6th studio album, The Holographic Moon. Recorded between Berlin and Brooklyn, the process of making the album served as an Ariadne’s string that guided him through a time of internal turmoil and intense change that included a divorce, moving from NYC to Berlin and then back to NYC, dealing with family problems and falling in love again.
“I needed the long pause to make sense of things, discard what wasn’t needed anymore, appreciate what I was going to keep and make space for the new” explains Federico. “I couldn’t do the same thing again, like a ghost, trapped in a moment. Like trying to keep a relationship that’s reached its end artificially going based only on fear of what’s next. I needed to shed several layers, on all levels. With my music I needed to start from scratch, from guitar arpeggios, vocal melodies and different lyrics. The only way to do the cleansing needed for the new songs to emerge was at home, not in the open. You can’t make sense of things if you’re constantly distracted by voices, color lights and mirrors”.
Starting with minimal production on just guitar and vocals and painstakingly building them up, the 11 songs that make up the Holographic Moon are a hard selection from the 52 songs that were written during this period. “Listening to it, I see that there is a great deal of hope and resilience that underlies the lyrics and melodies. I may have felt that all the tools I had to deal with life were no longer working, but somewhere in the depths I was certain I was going to arrive at a new home at some point. That, faint as it was, curiosity for what’s next, an appreciation of irony and a total lack of interest for what a normal life is supposed to be like, kept me going. According to the I Ching, all movement is accomplished in 6 stages and the 7th brings return. I guess I’m entering the seventh stage of this long process, which is a return home. Not the old home, that one burned down. But the certainty of being home in a new paradigm”
The album’s sound is like Leonard Cohen for the Black Mirror era: Spanish guitar and the characteristic baritone voice singing carefully crafted poetic lyrics about love, hope and quiet perseverance in an ambient electronica frame. Female harmonies and an orchestra complete the sound palette, creating a warm counterpoint to the main, intimate, foundational pillars.
The Holographic Moon features a list of interesting guests from different backgrounds: Mauro Refosco (David Byrne, Atoms for Peace) on percussion, Iain Cook (Chvrches) and Yuka Honda (Cibo Matto) on synths, Melissa Mary Ahern (Sulfjian Stevens) on vocal harmonies, the YMusic Ensamble (Paul Simon, Jose Gonzales) on orchestra arrangements and Kenny Wollensen (Tom Waits) on drums.
The first single and video “Pink Spray Painted Clouds”, comes out on February 23rd followed by “Old Spanish Songs” in March. The full album release is on May 27th.
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