Lulacruza
Blending warm, unobtrusive electronic sounds with South American instruments and the soothing vocals of Alejandra Ortiz, Oakland duo Lulacruza creates magical sounding music. The band’s music unfolds in blankets of sound, as on “Serpenterio”, on which Luis Maurette builds subtle, aural blankets as Ortiz’s swirls through them. It’s like Sigur Ros without all the dramatics or a Bjork track without the bombast. “El Conocimiento”, a track on the band’s debut, Do Pretty!, begins with a few plucked notes, then Brazilian rhythms kick in giving the song a whole new feeling, which builds more as Ortiz’s vocals are overdubbed and pleasantly cacophonic (a made up word and an oxymoron!) noises and instruments join in the background. The band, which made its way to Oakland from Argentina (Maurette) and Colombia (Ortiz), has a show May 19th @ The Red Poppy Arthouse (details after the jump)..
Listen to “El Conocimiento” by Lulacruza.
Do Pretty is available on iTunes, here.
Lulacruza @ The Red Poppy Art House
Saturday, May 19th @ 8PM/Doors 7:30PM
2698 Folsom
$10 donation
