Mexico City’s Girl Ultra is a master of adapting her environments into inspiration. Born as Mariana de Miguel, the Girl Ultra catalogue melds genres, textures, and dialects to translate the truest reflections of herself to her listeners.
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Reflecting on a life lived through music: In-Conversation with Simon Raymonde on ‘In One Ear’
Some artists spend their lives mythologized by others. Few take the risk of narrating their story themselves. Simon Raymonde has always been the quiet engine behind some of the most influential sounds of the late twentieth century, shaping entire textures of dream pop through his work with Cocteau Twins and shepherding new voices into the world as the founder of Bella Union.