Hermanos Gutierrez | The auditory impulse

Desert rain. Turquoise. Tanned skin. Full-grown mustaches.
Ecuadorian-Swiss accents.
Are you listening yet?
If not, check your pulse.
If not, we cannot help you.
Other than to take you deeper into the areas Hermanos Gutierrez.
The older brother is Estevan.
The younger brother is Alejandro.
They are an instrumental band.
Surprising – in more ways than one.
Surprising, especially when you hear it for the first time.
The fact that they don't sing any lyrics at all is as irritating as it is refreshing.
And ventilation is rather refreshing.

Uh.
You can breathe.
After all, they're not really asking for anything.
And when you talk to the brothers, it feels like they don't even ask you to listen to their music.
What creates this undeniable appeal.
This sweetness.
This holiness.
Holiness in a world full of cultural whores in the flames of broken headlights.
But falsehood for the Hermanos? NO.
The only light they seem to want is that of the sun and moon.
Gentle and yet real.
TRUE.

A writing process that is more about feelings than actual words. They're one of those creative endeavors that look as natural as shooting stars.
“We never had any intention of starting a band or traveling the world or reaching so many fans,” Alejandro admits, leaning forward and speaking as quietly as his lap guitar cries, “it was just because we “We wanted to play, connect and create something.” Art that lasts forever.”
Eternally like listening to the brothers' upcoming release Sonido Cosmico.
It sounds like you just fell in love in a desert sea. With an alien.
Big eyes.
Open hearts.
Honey on your hands.
Light drums nearby, played by the arms of the cacti.
Imprints its spirit perfectly into your eardrums.
Relax your nerves with Kingdom Come.
A call to the gods of music in the distant universe and in heaven.
Inspiration found from film composers and Latin American verve. “I see space. I see no limits,” Estevan interjects, his silver bangles tapping on the table as if his maracas should be nearby, “and I’m working on this record right now [Sonido Cósmico] It was about not feeling the limits of creation. Sometimes I feel limited by my own perspective, by my own reality, but because we had so much confidence in ourselves with this new relationship with Dan Auerbach, we just trusted the process. We were curious about things. Before we were always in the desert trying to make that desert sound, but now we've expanded it to the cosmos and this record is so much more diverse than the last and more universal.”
Although the brothers have been making music together for nearly a decade, the horizon now looks fresh, thanks in part to Easy Eye Sound.
Speaking of process, speaking of Dan.
What would a band be without producers?
Easy Eye Sound is the Nashville-based music label and sanctuary founded by Grammy winner Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys.
Both brothers speak fondly of the man.
He notes how he stays true to their process, who they are, despite the brother's initial concern about whether Auerbach wants to change their style, maybe add some godforsaken vocals, but no, let their truth be their truth.
“The way we write is almost the same [as it was when we started]” says Estevan, ” just the two of us in Switzerland, but knowing that we can share our ideas with the recording team in Nashville with Dan and the studio engineer, there are so many ideas that we can try out now and that has opened to us.” the horizon.” And the sun has risen.
As always.
And it will go down.
Flames erupt from his skin that we will never see except as remnants that burn our bodies.
She inspires us to create more beauty, more of what we call music.
On the wings of these gentlemen.
Who actually feel like gentlemen.

They shake hands.
They look you in the eyes.
They speak from their hearts.
Possibly a dying breed.
Alejandro, the younger, speaks, wise precocity in the air, heart on his sleeve, cards on the table: “The challenge is now. Sometimes you always long for more and with every new record it's like this: Are we doing this for ourselves or are we doing this for the audience? Why are we doing this? I think that's what I'm asking: Why am I doing something? Is it the same as seven years ago? I think that's interesting. Be true to yourself. Not doing things because they are liked, but because they do You I want to do it, but I think we're strong at it. It’s a very subtle line.”
Subtle.
Like desert rain.
Subtle, because you don't know exactly when it's coming.
Then.
There.
It's falling.
Subtle, then powerful.
Like meditating.
And you think about what you will say after the meditation is finished.
And then the meditation is over and you open your eyes and realize that words are meaningless.
We use words and then we mess it up again.
Again.
And again.
This is how we finally learn to listen.
And realize that there is enough for now.
Like the music of the Hermanos.
For example, when we realize that we do not meditate to learn how to speak, but to learn to listen.

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Photographed by Kurt Iswarienko

Written by Augustus Britton

Care: Carolina Pizarro from See Management

Flaunt film: Camryn Spratt