Why you should listen
Barcelona-based singer-songwriter Maria Arnal builds beguiling sonic sculptures, weaving together folk forms with techno-pop to create dazzling soundscapes. As one of the freshest voices in contemporary electronica, she continually astonishes adventurous music audiences. Works such as "Hiperutopia," which fuses traditional melodies, tectonic sound and futuristic mythology, build entire universes that stretch the boundaries of multimedia and create something cosmic from shared human experience.Arnal's other works include "Sirena" (co-created with John Talabot), an installation fed by real-time data harvested from Barcelona's atmospheric and meteorological environment, and the sound essay "Cada Capa de l'Atmosfera" (composed with José Luis de Vicente), a meditation on the sounds of the Anthropocene that has been nominated for two Ondas awards. She has performed everywhere from the Venice Architecture Biennale to the legendary Sónar music festival and is currently composing her next full-length album, performed on a computer-controlled organetto, a button accordion commonly associated with Italian folk music.
