viñu-vinu

viñu-vinu is the electronic music alias for Montreal-based pianist, keyboardist, composer and producer Gabriel Vinuela. The name viñu-vinu pays homage to Gabriel’s Chilean heritage and comes from the francization of his father’s last name: Viñuela to Vinuela. Within this project, he often explores in music subjects and aspects of origin, identity, changes, evolution and human relationship to his surroundings and nature. Gabriel works with synths, keys, field recordings and a wide array of sampling techniques to produce atmospheric and lively instrumentals, where rich harmonies and melodies mix with textural electronic experimentations. As viñu-vinu he has released three EPs: Echoes from Afar (Mystery Circles 2018), Encounters (Mystery Circles 2017 / Best Electro EP Nominee at GAMIQ 2018) and Études-Tableaux (self-released 2016). Last summer, he also released Borderless (Seil Records 2019), a piano improvisation and modular synth ambient collaboration with Chilean producer Nico Rosenberg. The last two years, viñu-vinu performed sets at La Nuit Blanche - Festival Montréal en Lumière, MUTEK Montréal, Suoni Per Il Popolo, Congrès Mondial Acadien-Acadie Rock, Pop Montréal and L'OFF Jazz Festival de Montréal. Gabriel is also a Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity alumni, where he attended the Banff Musician in Residence program in 2017 and 2019. He also participated in a creative residency at Centre d’Expérimentation Musicale de Chicoutimi in 2019, where he started his work and research on a new project called Exilio Transitorio. Gabriel is currently finishing the production and mixing of the Exilio Transitorio LP, which should come out later this year.