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Buenos Aires, Argentina · 1962 — present

Juana Molina

Juana Molina is a voice that is heard in silence. She was born in Buenos Aires in 1962, daughter of a tango singer and an actress who was also a model. Her music does not fit into a single category. Sometimes she is called folktronica, other times ambient or experimental, but she herself says that the best thing about music is that it has no labels.

Before playing guitar, Juana acted. In the nineties, she became famous for her talent in drawing characters. On television programs, she moved between laughter and satire, with characters that stayed in people's minds. Later, she decided to leave all that and dedicate herself to music. It was a big change, but it seems to have given her meaning.

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Her first album, *Rara*, came out in 1996. It was produced by Gustavo Santaolalla, and although it received criticism in Argentina, where she lived, the people there received it better. She went to Los Angeles, got used to synthesizers and returned to Buenos Aires to make *Segundo*. With every album she releases, she adds more layers to her sound. She moves between acoustic and electronic, as if she were building something with her hands.

As a child, Juana lived surrounded by music. Her father taught her guitar, and her mother was an actress and model. A few years later, the family moved to Paris after the 1976 coup. There, she listened to radios that showed her other sounds from around the world. She was fascinated by exotic rhythms, the sounds she didn't understand, but that seemed to come from another place. That curiosity accompanied her all her life.

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Nacimiento
1 oct 1962
País
🇦🇷 Argentina
Género
folktronica