It might get loud. Like, really loud. In a 15-by-15-foot acoustically padded and carpeted box at Space ATX in South Austin, Colombian trio Nemegata finally finishes loading in and faces off.
Outside on this hot, early August day, cicadas buzz. Inside, the practice space walls emit Western swing, Brazilian psych, New Orleans pianism, and Margaret Brown's Townes Van Zandt doc,. Mugshots , home altar talisman , a miles-an'-miles drum case , and an ancient Austin Aqua Fest poster join the Clash, Os Mutantes, Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, and Roky Erickson iconography., but don't let the decibels fool you.
"I met Victor through Kiko Villamizar a few years back," Martinez emails back in an all-in-one burst."I knew him as an amazing percussionist and gaitero in the Colombian tradition, but then I heard he had a band called Nemegata and I made it a point to see their first show in town at Hotel Vegas [in 2019].
sessions for all those reasons. We spent days and weeks, with me now on board as producer, writing and experimenting. Their ideas were more fleshed out than the Caramelo Haze sessions, but we refined and reworked the material and experimented with sounds and techniques with a free hand. Nothing was too weird or outside the scope. Because of this and because of the times, I feel ["There's growth and depth in the compositions, the lyrics, the sounds. It's a giant leap in all respects.