Exilio Transitorio - New album OUT NOW:
Download and vinyl : https://vinu-vinu-music.bandcamp.com/album/exilio-transitorio
Stream : https://album.link/i/1557425920

"viñu-vinu is my electronic music alias. The name viñu-vinu pays homage to my Chilean heritage and comes from the Francization of my father’s last name: Viñuela to Vinuela. On my previous two releases (Encounters, 2017, and Echoes from Afar, 2019) I started a musical exploration of origin, identity, changes, evolution and human relationships to my surroundings and nature. In this new album Exilio Transitorio I’m pursuing this quest further. Exilio Transitorio was inspired by a book of poems that my father, Francisco Viñuela, wrote after his exile from Chile during Pinochet's coup d'état in 1973. The poems, written in Spanish and French, relate his exile from his country, and initiate a humanist reflection on the devastating effects of totalitarian regimes and political wars. Created as a cinematic journey, Exilio Transitorio serves as a soundtrack honoring my father’s book. It is meant to inspire deep reflection in the hope that we do not forget these events and find a better world.

I was an artist in residence with le Centre d'Expérimentation Musicale for two weeks back in March 2019 where I wrote the core compositions and started the production of the music. I worked individually with the artists of the centre to create and rehearse a show that would become the backbone of what Exilio Transitorio is today. The hybrid creations that came out of this process are dynamic and varied, blending electronic music with a six-piece acoustic band, jazz harmony, improvisations, and poetry in a unique and emotional way. Later that same year, I had the opportunity to participate in a six-week artist residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. That’s where most of the final production and mixing of the album took place. In Banff, I was also really lucky to meet Julián Muro, an Argentinian musician, singer-songwriter, composer and poet, who graciously agreed to spend some time in the studio with me and record some of the poetry in Spanish. Like the journey that led to the creation of this project, this final iteration of Exilio Transitorio finds its way between light and darkness, melodicism and experimentation, ambience and groove, desperation and hope."

Written, produced and mixed by Gabriel Vinuela (viñu-vinu)
Poems by Francisco Viñuela
Assistant engineering by Pascal Beaulieu at Centre d’Expérimentation Musicale
Mastered by Taylor Deupree at 12k Mastering
Artwork and graphic design by Sophie Grouev

Sara Létourneau - voice, music box, sound objects
Robert Pelletier - vibes
Pascal Beaulieu - bass
David Simard - drums
Sébastien Savard - baritone violin
Recorded at Centre d'Expérimentation Musicale de Chicoutimi in March 2019.

Julián Muro - voice
Recorded at the Banff Center for Arts and Creativity in November 2019.

Thanks to Florafone Records and Mystery Circles for the support and for joining forces to release and distribute this record.

Florafone Records https://florafonerecords.bandcamp.com/
Mystery Circles https://mysterycircles.bandcamp.com/


We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts. Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien.

This project is funded in part by FACTOR, the Government of Canada and Canada’s private radio broadcasters. Ce projet est financé en partie par FACTOR, le gouvernement du Canada et les radiodiffuseurs privés du Canada.

Full Album - Bandcamp

Exilio Transitorio

[Re]Collection 01 is a collection of tracks from 2020-21. Remixes and compilation tracks, not yet released on Bandcamp, as well as the two singles I released last year. In the light of a fantastic new mastering by Cristobal Urbina of See You Mastering, those reissues ranges from ambient downtempo to lofi-house, cinematic electronica and techno. This [re]collection gives a glimpse of a transition in my sound. It's full of good memories and a last look in the rear-view mirror before what's next.

Credits:
Produced and mixed by viñu-vinu
Mastered by Cristobal Urbina (See You Mastering)

Someone was originally released on Unlog's compilation EMINQc Vol.3.
The Item Remix was a remix originally made for The Item by Spiderman Pterodactyl.
Anger Rework was a remix originally made for Overcrowded Anger by Mole Machine.

[Re​]​Collection 01

Encounters is my second EP. 33 minutes of lush instrumentals and beats with textural electronics, rich layers of synths, ambient soundscapes and organic field recordings. 
Encounters was created to make you travel through sound. I hope it brings you where you want to go.
Produced, mixed and mastered by viñu-vinu.

Butterfly uses bits and pieces of Bar Fight by Ark.

Encounters

Inspired by unknown faraway lands and nature, Echoes from Afar's colorful and gorgeously evocative soundscapes seek the fine line between ambient experimental textures and downtempo beats all applied in live electronic music performances. All the tracks in this new EP were recorded live during a residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity in December 2017 and in Montreal in the winter 2018. From this commitment to organic processes and spontaneity, emerge dreamlike sonic tapestries that develop naturally and let the listener’s mind drift between a state of consciousness and unconsciousness.

Produced, mixed and mastered by viñu-vinu. 
All tracks were recorded live during a residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity December 2017 and in Montreal winter 2018. 

*Space uses with permission sampled material from Running by Blankfor.ms

Echoes from Afar

Proposiciones Para Detener el Fascismo

Interlude Para No Olvidar

Breve Mensaje al Imperialismo

Hombres De Armas

Exilio Transitorio (Prologue)

It Is For Us To Figure Out (2024 Remastered)

Anger Rework (2024 Remastered)

The Item Remix (2024 Remastered)

Someone (2024 Remastered)

Music Brings Us Together (2024 Remastered)

Etudes-Tableaux is a collection of some of my first electronic music-based explorations. Atmospheric yet lively, the instrumentals present some lush harmonies and melodies, spontaneous field recordings and meticulously collected sounds.
Produced, mixed and mastered by viñu-vinu.
Free Download: vinu-vinu-music.bandcamp.com/album/etudes-tableaux


Schnoor

Encounters is my second EP. 33 minutes of lush instrumentals and beats with textural electronics, rich layers of synths, ambient soundscapes and organic field recordings. 
Encounters was created to make you travel through sound. 
Produced, mixed and mastered by viñu-vinu.

Balloon

Encounters is my second EP. 33 minutes of lush instrumentals and beats with textural electronics, rich layers of synths, ambient soundscapes and organic field recordings. 
Encounters was created to make you travel through sound. 
Produced, mixed and mastered by viñu-vinu.
Butterfly uses bits and pieces of Bar Fight by Ark.

Butterfly

Givosae

Inspired by unknown far away lands and nature, Echoes from Afar's colourful and gorgeously evocative soundscapes seek the fine line between ambient experimental textures and downtempo beats all applied in live electronic music performances. All the tracks in this new EP were recorded live during a residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity in December 2017 and in Montreal in the winter 2018. From this commitment to organic processes and spontaneity, emerge dreamlike sonic tapestries that develop naturally and let the listener’s mind drift between a state of consciousness and unconsciousness.

Produced, mixed and mastered by viñu-vinu. 
All tracks were recorded live during a residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity December 2017 and in Montreal winter 2018.

Mountains

VA - Unlog Complex #09

Elements

Deep Forest

Echoes

Afar

Download: https://vinu-vinu-music.bandcamp.com/album/once-de-septiembre
Streaming: https://album.link/i/1549788481

Once de Septiembre is the second single ahead of my upcoming album Exilio Transitorio scheduled for release in March 2021.

Exilio Transitorio was inspired by a book of poems that my father, Francisco Viñuela, wrote after his exile from Chile during Pinochet's coup d'etat in 1973. The poems written in Spanish and French relate his exile from his country and initiate a humanist and universal reflection on the devastating effects of totalitarian regimes and political wars. Created as a cinematic journey Exilio Transitorio serves as a soundtrack honoring the book's poetry and message, and continuing the reflection further in the hope those events aren't forgotten and in the hope of a better world.

Feat. Julián Muro - voice
Written, produced and mixed by Gabriel Vinuela (viñu-vinu)
Poems by Francisco Viñuela
Assistant engineering by Pascal Beaulieu at Centre d’Expérimentation Musicale
Mastered by Taylor Deupree at 12k
Artwork and graphic design by Sophie Grouev

Sara Létourneau - voice, music box, sound objects
Robert Pelletier - vibes
Pascal Beaulieu - bass
David Simard - drums
Sébastien Savard - baritone violin
Recorded at Centre d'Expérimentation Musicale de Chicoutimi in March 2019.

Julián Muro - voice
Recorded at the Banff Center for Arts and Creativity in November 2019.

Thanks to Florafone Records and Mystery Circles for the support and for joining forces to release and distribute this record.

Florafone Records florafonerecords.bandcamp.com
Mystery Circles mysterycircles.com


We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts. Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien.

This project is funded in part by FACTOR, the Government of Canada and Canada’s private radio broadcasters. Ce projet est financé en partie par FACTOR, le gouvernement du Canada et les radiodiffuseurs privés du Canada.

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