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Melodías psych-pop limpias que burbujean, se hacen y deshacen de maneras inesperadas y exquisitas”. Así es como un popular blog estadounidense definió alguna vez a Los Jardines De Bruselas, el proyecto solista de Ezequiel de la Parra. El multi-instrumentista y productor argentino se inspira en sueños para crear su música y graba todas las canciones desde la intimidad de su habitación. El resultado son paisajes sonoros exuberantes y brillantes que se entremezclan con profundas letras plagadas de metáforas.
Su primeros dos álbumes, Floating in Dreams (2011) y Light and Glow (2012) fueron concebidos de manera bien casera y grabados íntegramente en Garageband. Este segundo contó con una larga lista de colaboradoras, incluyendo a Paul Gold, quien trabajó con grupos como Animal Collective, Grizzly Bear y Sufjan Stevens. Ambos trabajos tuvieron muy buena recibida en medios como MTV, Rolling Stone, REMEZCLA, Club Fonograma, YVYNYL, BIRP y Panamerika, entre otros.
Después de un hiatus de algunos años, en los que Ezequiel se dedicó a su otro proyecto musical Whitney Winston, Los Jardines de Bruselas retornó a fines de 2018 con el lanzamiento de Formas, single que a día de hoy acumula más de 120 mil reproducciones en Spotify. Entre el año pasado y este, Los Jardines publicó 4 nuevos singles y ‘Autorretrato en Blanco’ es el más reciente, lanzado en enero.
De momento, Ezequiel está trabajando en lo que será su tercer álbum, que saldrá a principios de 2022 y estará muy influenciado por el dream-pop, lo-fi y jazz.
English
Clean, woozy psych-pop melodies that bubble, hiss and unwind in delightful and unexpected ways.” That’s how a popular music blog once defined Los Jardines de Bruselas, the solo project of Ezequiel de la Parra, who has been recording music in his bedroom for the past decade.
The Argentinian producer literally finds inspirations in dreams to create music, and the result is lush, shimmering soundscapes and hazy, metaphorical lyrics.
His first album, “Floating in Dreams” (2011) was recorded into Garageband just by plugging the instruments into an old computer’s mic input. A few days after being published, it gained a lot of recognition around the Internet, with very positive reviews in blogs like YVYNYL, BIRP, Turntable Kitchen, Cactus Mouth, and more.
“Light and Glow” (2012) is the name of his second album, which marked a step forward in terms of production. This work featured a long list of collaborators, including Paul Gold, who has previously worked with Animal Collective, Grizzly Bear, and Sufjan Stevens. The album’s first single was premiered on Prefix Mag and described as a piece that “transports his listener to an otherworldly atmosphere.”
During the following years, Los Jardines de Bruselas went into hiatus, mostly because Ezequiel decided to focus on Whitney Winston, his other music project. He released an album under this moniker in 2016, which mixed Latin pop, rap, and psych in equal parts.
In 2018 Ezequiel moved to Austria, and decided it was time to bring Los Jardines de Bruselas back. By the end of that year, he released a new single in Spanish called “Formas.” Remezcla wrote: “it took nearly five years to complete, but we are once again plunged into his world of gauzy introspection, this time with a meditation on the intricacies of aging and how our experience of the world changes with every ticking second of the clock.”
During the past years, Los Jardines de Bruselas released four more singles that were very well received. He’s now living in Madrid, Spain, and working on his third studio album, which will be released by the beginning of 2022 and it’s inspired by dream-p0p, lo-fi and jazz.
