I feel that Le Nais has evolved in a natural way, for me it is a continuous search for what I want to express, how I want to do it and that I enjoy the process and the result. The pandemic changed the course of this project, I think more than I thought at first, I will never know what would have happened if everything had continued as it seemed to indicate, but that break made me want and have the time to learn how to produce and now that does that I feel stronger and with much more security when it comes to recording or experimenting.

In terms of sound, on this album there are many more nuances and layers that surround you, it’s louder in general. It’s my first time producing part of the songs, recording vocals and backing vocals, and making some decisions in my studio that I hadn’t made before, so the process feels different. I have been able to experiment, learn, it has been a very fun path and as I have said before, it was also difficult and long hahaha. But the fact of working with two producers, Nil and Emilio, has greatly enriched the disco sound, they have understood me and have done a lot to make the songs shine. We take care of every detail meticulously and that is why it was difficult to close the album, because it was done with a lot of love.

Uf! making this record was hard work and a long journey of almost two years, how fast it is said! but I have had a great time and I am very grateful for what I shared and learned during the process. I feel like at the point I was at, I needed to make this record, just the way it is, I wouldn’t change a thing. What’s more, I want to do it again, to embark on something like that.

I started at home, writing, recording things that didn’t make much sense at first, I wrote the letters I liked on large pieces of cardboard on the wall so I could always see them and be able to cross them out, change things, jot down ideas. Little by little, when it took shape, a friend showed me the work of Emilio (Khotton Palm) and I contacted him to continue with the album and that’s how it was, later Nil Ciuró joined, with whom I finished the songs, he mixed them, it took a few months very intense decisions and was finally mastered by Yves Roussel.

I wanted them to be songs that would make you fly and in turn feel like you’re touching the ground, that something grabs you and keeps you safe. Like a sensation of a soft embrace, with voices that envelop you, you don’t know where they come from, some bass that roots you to the earth and a voice that tells you stories, very close, with many nuances. I like to think that the album is like a journey, somewhat spiritual, of introspection and learning, with songs that themselves have many parts and make you go through different moments. I always say that it’s a record to listen to lying on the carpet in your house, with nothing else to do and let it take you away.

I am always collecting ideas and production details that I like, I really admire the meticulousness of FKA twigs. Everything I listen to inspires me a lot, and before the album I was listening a lot to Florence and the machine, Fka, Caroline, Beth Gibbons, then more experimental music like Astrid Sonne. I don’t usually like to go with a very clear idea of ​​something that already exists, but rather use various examples and create based on those ideas and play, try everything that occurs to us with the producer or producer.

There are people who have written me precious things about the album and that is what makes me the happiest, along with the concerts, where you feel the energy of the people. In addition, this album has caught the attention of radio stations and people I admire in the industry, which has made me happy and reaffirmed me in some way.

Yes, vinyl for me is something very special. I dreamed of being able to have one one day, and since I had the opportunity, I wanted to take great care of it in the design and made it transparent. I feel that it is the most beautiful physical format that can exist for a record and the truth is that this vinyl sounds very good, the quality is very good and it is also beautiful. It also has an insert with the lyrics of the songs and their translation into Spanish in a qr.

Yes, this past year was very exciting and strong, we did gigs that we had been waiting for a long time and the last one in Madrid is one of those special gigs. We had a great time and the public had a very cool energy, hopefully we can come back soon. And the truth is that going on stage makes me happy, it is the moment in which you share live everything that you have been doing alone or with very few people and suddenly you are the channel of all that energy that are the songs . For me it is the most important thing, the moment in which you share live, everything is more tangible, you can transmit much more, I would go on tour right now if I could. The next concerts are now on the 6th at Soho House in Barcelona and then on May 1 at the Strenes Festival and two days later in a cycle called El Terrat D’or.

Well, just before going out if I can try to stay alone for 5-10 minutes, I need to be quiet and not talk about other things, as a spiritual preparation for the moment. I am very volatile with my thoughts and I absorb a lot of what is around me so I have to connect to myself a bit before going out. Then when there are seconds left we get together, hug each other with the whole band and go out! As for my voice, yes, I take great care of it, I drink a lot of water or infusions from 48-24 hours before, more than usual and before leaving home/hotel I warm up for half an hour. I think it’s the least, he learned a lot about my voice, my body and how much he improved, it’s a wonderful muscle that if you train and take care of it, it gives you back a lot.

I listen to various types, from Caroline Polacheck’s art-pop, Fka twigs that contains more electronics, also Oklou for example, then instrumental music like Olafur Arnalds, Nil Ciuró (with whom I also produced the album) and also a lot of rnb and hiphop , depending on the day. What I’ve been listening to the most lately is the latest album by Lykke li and going into the one by Lana del Rey that came out recently.

I have a public playlist that I change and share from time to time in case anyone is interested, there are some of my songs and many that inspire me, it’s called NAIS CATARSIS

I like many disciplines of art and lately I have been to several exhibitions of textile art, painting and design of objects, I discovered Teresa Lanceta for example in her expo ‘Knitting as open source’. It inspires me a lot to see the creative process of artists, there are always those crazy little notebooks in some corner that, due to their simplicity and little preparation, are magical, like the ones I saw the other day by the artist Asger Jorn, they were full of symbols and drawings, I took lots of photos, although his work is much darker afterwards, he manages to convey what he felt at that moment.

As for the record, what got me started was the writing. The first song I wrote was ‘Am I’ while I was reading Clarissa Pikola’s ‘Women Who Run With Wolves’. I connected in a way that I hadn’t been able to for a long time, (it was right in the middle of the confinement of the pandemic) and that always happens to me with art, it disconnects me from the world and connects me. It can be a movie, a song or going to an expo, I try to go there as much as I can.

Well, fashion fascinates me a lot, right now I’m very hooked seeing what they do at Knwls London, also Nimph here in Barcelona who recycles stock of fabrics making very special garments, and there’s a girl I’ve just discovered who is experimenting with knitting and she is making beautiful pieces, her name is Marta Mangano.

Right now I’m recording some things in relation to the album that will be out very soon, also a collaboration in the form of a remix. And on the other hand I’m continuing with some new songs that I started while making the record, without pause but without much haste.