#4963, From Soundcheck: Hermanos Gutiérrez and 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 C​ó​smico 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 C​ó​smico, 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 Gutiérrez
WORK: Hermosa Drive [1:00]
RECORDING: El Bueno Y El Malo
SOURCE: Easy Eye Sound
INFO: https://hermanosgutierrez.bandcamp.com/album/el-bueno-y-el-malo

ARTIST: Hermanos Gutiérrez
WORK: Sonido Cósmico [4:01]
RECORDING: A New York Evening With, Live at National Sawdust, Oct. 2024
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. 
INFO: The work appears on Sonido Cósmico, available at https://hermanosgutierrez.bandcamp.com/album/sonido-c-smico

ARTIST: Hermanos Gutiérrez
WORK: Cumbia Lunar [4:04]
RECORDING: A New York Evening With, Live at National Sawdust, Oct. 2024
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. 
INFO: The work appears on Sonido Cósmico, available at https://hermanosgutierrez.bandcamp.com/album/sonido-c-smico

ARTIST: Hermanos Gutiérrez
WORK: Until We Meet Again [3:26]
RECORDING: A New York Evening With, Live at National Sawdust, Oct. 2024
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. 
INFO: The work appears on Sonido Cósmico, available at https://hermanosgutierrez.bandcamp.com/album/sonido-c-smico

ARTIST: Hermanos Gutiérrez
WORK: Low Sun [3:12]
RECORDING: A New York Evening With, Live at National Sawdust, Oct. 2024
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. 
INFO: The work appears on Sonido Cósmico, available at https://hermanosgutierrez.bandcamp.com/album/sonido-c-smico

ARTIST: yMusic
WORK: Running [4:32]
RECORDING: Live for the Soundcheck Podcast, Dec. 2024
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. 
INFO: https://www.ymusicensemble.com

ARTIST: yMusic
WORK: Zebras [2:56]
RECORDING: Live for the Soundcheck Podcast, Dec. 2024
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. 
INFO: The work appears on yMusic, available at https://ymusicensemble.bandcamp.com/album/ymusic

ARTIST: Ben Folds & yMusic
WORK: Capable of Anything[3:46]
RECORDING: So There
SOURCE: New West Records
INFO: Available at Amazon.com, YouTube, AppleMusic, Spotify

ARTIST: yMusic
WORK: Three Elephants [:30]
RECORDING: yMusic
SOURCE: StorySound Records
INFO: https://ymusicensemble.bandcamp.com/album/ymusic