The last chapter in Reset history.
We had the idea to record with a Mexican mariachi band coming back to “Tropic of Cancer” from Panda Bear meets Grim Reaper LP, but it was always a dream and the circumstances just never came together.
Then last year, knowing that we would soon be going to Mexico for a show, we asked Mexican friend and sound engineer Oswaldo Terrones if he had any contacts with any mariachi in Mexico. He did… and also with a studio specializing in mariachi recording. With this hole in our imagination, we assembled a six-person team of three Mexican and three Spanish friends, here in Portugal and Mexico City, and painstakingly translated two Reset songs, making sure they stay true to poetry, Mexican Spanish, rhymes and, of course, rhythmic flow.
In November '23 we recorded them at Topetitud Studio in Coyoacan, Mexico City, with additional arrangements by Santiago and Patsi Mijare, with the mariachi playing instruments, us playing percussion and everyone taking turns singing. Our Spanish did not allow us to understand their animated conversation, but we were told afterwards that the mariachis loved the songs and were puzzled by their simplicity and apparent effortlessness in their construction. It was a great day and a joy to watch the mariachi enjoy the songs and take them back home.
from our partners at https://pitchfork.com/news/listen-to-panda-bear-and-sonic-boom-new-reset-mariachi-ep
