TUTUPATU, founded by Tomas Garrido, Matías Tangerina, and Olivares, fuses their diverse musical backgrounds in classical, jazz, rock, electronic, experimental noise, drones, and ethnic music. After more than a year of dedicated rehearsals, they’ve meticulously crafted a unique sound that invites exploration.
The band’s desire to capture this essence led them to secure an underground location in Madrid, where they set up a private recording studio. They locked themselves for a 72-hour recording session. They aimed for unfiltered creativity: 32 tracks rolling at all times, doors locked, lights dimmed, and volume cranked.
The result? A mesmerizing blend of motorik drums, throbbing basslines, howling guitars, wailing saxophones, ethereal synths, and a myriad of flutes and folk instruments. The album serves as a sonic memoir, encapsulating five distinct moments, blending krautrock, synth ambient, noise, and free jazz. Each track beckons the listener into dreamlike soundscapes, creating a truly immersive experience.
To celebrate their debut, we thought it time that we found out more about TUTAPATU’s inspiration. So we asked them to choose four albums that have proved major influences on their music and share them with us.
Can – Ege Bamyasi
Can is simply the best band ever. Hard to pick just one album, we went for Ege Bamyasi due to emotional reasons, and because it’s made of seven glory tracks… they are a huge influence. How they re-shaped their classical and jazz background to reshape rock forever. Their approach to improvisation, the sense of groove, how they approached recording, editing and mixing, their sense of aesthetic… the whole vibe. They are so out that they are simply in to something else. This album has both introspective tracks and full on ethernal hits, they achieve an eclectic approach while maintaining a cohesive entity. Theres nothing like Can. Can is like nothing else…
SUMAC and Keiji Haino – Into This Juvenile Apocalypse Our Golden Blood To Pour Let Us Never
SUMAC and Keiji Haino’s Into This Juvenile Apocalypse Our Golden Blood To Pour Let Us Never is a marvellous album. We discovered Aaron Turner and Keiji Haino a few years ago along with their feedback (Isis, SUMAC, Fushitsusha) and felt in love with their use of free improvisation and the evocation of sensations through textures. We love it, and it’s a clear influence for us.
Flower Travellin’ Band – Satori
Flower Travellin Band’s Satori is a monumental album, featuring piercing guitars, the relentless pulse of bass and drums, and, above all, the sound of freedom – rabid rock chasing dreams. This album has greatly influenced us, both in ethos and pathos. It’s a compass, a shaker of souls. When in doubt, listen to it from cover to cover. You’ll find yourself changed.
Jim O’Rourke – Insignificance
Jim O’Rourke is one of those artists who has the ability to extract grandeur from the most passable of life’s daily details. He is excellent at warping pop, experimental, and jazz aesthetics into tidepools of another world, of his own super world. I could say any of Jim’s albums have had a great influence on us, so it was very hard to pick a specific album, but Insignificance exemplifies compositions that will always have a very special place in our heart and in the mannerisms that have grown within us as instrumentalists and as listeners.
