URB Magazine: Lulacruza Unearth Their Fourth Album ‘Orcas’ (Interview) |  |
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Posted: 14 Apr 2015 11:11 AM PDT
 Sometimes one must travel far to find one's self. For their fourth full-length LP, electronic folk duo Lulacruza, traveled from their native South America to Orcas Island in the Pacific Northwest. Invited by music tastemaker and SubPop Records founder Bruce Pavitt, to record at a custom-built, state-of-the-art studio on the island, Lulacruza – Alejandra Ortiz and Luis Maurette – were so inspired by the nature and wildlife around them, they would ultimately name their new album after the pristine surroundings. The eight tracks on 'Orcas' are Lulacruza's most intimate body of work to date. They are also their most acoustic. While Lulacruza use electronics to add depth, space and to blur the lines between reality and fiction, South American indigenous instruments like the 4-string cuatro, 10-string charango and bombo, a huge Argentinian bass drum, also gauge the dynamics on 'Orcas.' On tracks such as “Comandante," Ortiz bends her vocals like a soft blowing Colombian wind. This dichotomy is also prevalent in their name. Lulacruza is a combination of Ortiz's pen name "Lula" and the Spanish word "cruza," which translates to "combine," as they combine ancestral music with modern technology. |
