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Silencio

by Karen y los Remedios

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Mi Gran Dolor (My Great Pain) My great pain and joy is loving you I can’t deny that we have love But I can’t keep walking in the dark because it hurts And it breaks my heart. Who I am today could not resist To continue this way, because when I love it’s full-on, sweet, untouchable. My great pain and joy is loving you Loving you Maybe it happens as in a dream Like when in the dark there’s no fear And I’ll see you, and I’ll keep you in my soul If it doesn’t happen, I hope never to witness Your regret because when I leave It isn’t slow, I’m smoke, honey. My great pain and joy is loving you. Loving you. Mi Gran Dolor Mi gran dolor y dicha es amarte Esto que tenemos amor no lo puedo negar Pero no puedo seguir caminando a ciegas por que lastima Y me parte el alma. Quien soy hoy no podría resistir Seguir aquí así, porque cuando amo es pleno, dulce, intocable. Mi gran dolor y dicha es amarte Amarte Tal vez pase como sueñas Como cuando en lo oscuro no hay miedo Y te veré, y te guardaré en mi alma Si no pasa, espero no presenciar Tu arrepentimiento porque cuando yo me voy No es lento, soy humo, cariño. Mi gran dolor y dicha es amarte Amarte
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Flama Eterna 04:09
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Silencio 03:45
Silence - Lyrics in English Still Here No fear Listen I choose to live without hurry not turning around And being the breeze That never ceases to be. Like this. Silence Listen I never wanted to be the thing everyone wanted and I still am. And probably will go on being. Silence Listen Murmurs Of the wind I don’t know how I look and maybe it’ll worry you but right inside I'm like this Fantasy Very present Very present Still I feel When I glimpse my soul Inclined towards the truce Sinking in the storm Reborn from within Maybe I’d choose the depths Of the most precise place For the soul that lets me be here. Silencio - Letras en Español Quieto Aquí Sin miedo Escucha Elijo vivir sin prisa no voltear hacia atrás Y ser brisa Que no deja de estar. Así Silencio Escucha Nunca quise ser eso que todos querían y sigo siendo. Y probablemente seguiré. Silencio Escucha Murmullos Del viento No sé cómo me veré y tal vez te inquiete pero más adentro soy así Fantasía Muy presente Muy presente Quieto Siento Cuando me dejo ver el alma Inclinada hacia la tregua Hundiéndome en la tempestad Renaciendo desde adentro Tal vez elegiría el fondo Del lugar más preciso Para el alma que me deja estar aquí.
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Lágrimas 03:47
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Tu Felicidad 04:13
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Plexo Lunar 04:39
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Te Pido a Ti 03:03

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Karen y Los Remedios: blending cumbia and existentialism

Behind Karen’s pulsating spectral voice lies vulnerability, contemplation and longing. Chameleon-like foundations explore cumbia in its many forms, crossing the continent with Norteño airs, pitched-down rebajados, psychedelia and even traditional Peruvian music, taking in ballads, Afro-Latin percussion, reggaeton and the more electronic sounds of dream-pop, trip hop and downtempo.

A mystical, motley mixture, the ideal soundscape to fight the voices in your head while you melt on the dancefloor and scare away the ghosts of your past, your body surrendering to the dance.

That’s pretty much Karen y Los Remedios, the project led by Ana Karen G Barajas, an artist and arts and social sciences researcher born in Mexico City and raised in Guanajuato, in the company of Mexico City native Jonathan Muriel (Jiony) and guitarist Guillermo Berbeyer (Z.A.M.P.A.), who after many years on Mexico’s alternative scene decided to get together and bring this existential cumbia project to life.

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While Karen and Jiony first worked together in 2009, it wasn’t until a mutual friend brought them together in 2016 that they created the instrumental EP 'Dónde Dormir', released by the VAA label (Various Artists) which Jiony co-founded, specializing in electronic music with elements of Nu-jazz, techno, funk, trip hop and traditional Latin music fused with electronic textures. Z.A.M.P.A. released his first EP with VAA before gradually getting involved in the arrangements for Karen y Los Remedios.

Before that, Ana Karen had worked on projects like Internet del Futuro, Perro y Juan, Karen and more. Jiony had reached double figures in solo records and collaborated on projects like CasaNegra, Ser Humano and Extraperrestre, while Guillermo put out post-rock and trip hop with the Z.A.M.P.A. project, produced by Rafael Durand and Fernando González. The stars finally aligned and Karen y Los Remedios was born, partly because of the three members’ relationship with the VAA label, but mostly because Ana Karen was working and studying in China and needed to make cumbia and connect with her roots.

The band now has two EPs: 'Botanas, Vol15', a powerful exploration of cumbia released by the Shika Shika label in 2020, and 'Recuerdos de Expiación', released independently in 2021 with a more experimental vibe closer to lo-fi hip hop.

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After a process of introspection during the pandemic, Karen y Los Remedios present their first long play, 'Silencio', an album of nine mostly unreleased songs and two bonus tracks, “Canario” and “Presagio,” taken from their first EP.

The band say their intention with this album is to “speak about the moments when we pause to think about ourselves, to see what is really troubling us, whatever that may be. It’s that vulnerability you find when there’s no sound in your mind, when you speak honestly about your desires, emotions and feelings. A place where “silence is as meaningful as sound.” So the themes in the album have a lot to do with the process of feeling, whether it's falling in love, disillusionment or the essence of living. It’s a melancholy record that makes you dance away the pain, but also offers paths to healing in these hectic times, where loneliness has become a recurring theme, a personal exploration of the constant uncertainty of the pandemic.

'Silencio' speaks of these deep wounds. It’s about how kindness can give you back your faith in humanity in “Te Pido a Tí”; the feeling of rejection and self-love in “Mi Gran Dolor”; living and pleasing no one but yourself in “Silencio”; feeling things again that you missed about yourself in “Cartas Marinas”; but also the pain when love dies in “Lagrimas” and the longing for a healing love in “Presagio.” An intimate, urgent record for these unstable times.

'Silencio' will be released by ZZK Records on vinyl and all digital platforms on September 8th, 2023.

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released September 8, 2023

All Songs by Ana Karen G Barajas and Jonathan García
Recorded, Mixed, and Produced by Jonathan García
Mastered by Matias Parisi Mastering
Photography by Guillermo Berbeyer
Art by Ana Karen G Barajas

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