viñu-vinu

viñu-vinu is the alias of pianist, keyboardist, composer and music producer Gabriel Vinuela-Pelletier. The name viñu-vinu pays tribute to his Chilean roots and comes from the francization of his surname, Viñuela to Vinuela. The project explores the subjects of search for identity, origin, transformation and evolution. Manipulating keyboards, synthesizers, doctored field recordings and other deconstructed samples, he creates rich harmonies and melodies that intertwine with more textural electronic experiments. viñu-vinu has released since 2016 three EPs, a studio album and two “live” albums: Etudes-Tableaux (2016), Encounters (2017), Echoes from Afar (2018), Live at Casa del Popolo (2020), Live at La Vitrola (2020) and Exilio Transitorio (2021). In 2019 he also released the album Borderless on Seil Records, an ambient collaboration with Chilean producer Nico Rosenberg. His publications have led him to participate in a number of presentations, concerts and festivals such as: Festival Montréal en Lumière/Nuit Blanche, MUTEK Montréal, Suoni Per Il Popolo presentation, Congrès Mondial Acadien/Festival Acadie Rock, Pop Montréal and The OFF Montreal Jazz Festival. He also participated in several artistic residencies at the Banff Center for Arts and Creativity in 2017 and 2019, as well as at the CEM in Chicoutimi for the creation of Exilio Transitorio in 2019.