Cellist Mabe Fratti Figures Out Her Driving Forces




Soundcheck show

Summary: <p>Guatemalan-born, Mexico City-based cellist, singer, producer, and songwriter Mabe Fratti creates music using electronics, voice, and cello, and the sounds of nature. Fratti has a mighty array of effects, turning the cello into sound source capable of drone, full feedback squeals, percussive plucky samples, and talks about how she is "addicted to improvisation." Her latest soundscapey, outer-worldly album is called <em><a href="https://tinangelrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ser-que-ahora-podremos-entendernos" data-link-name="in body link" target="_blank">Será Que Ahora Podremos Entendernos?</a></em> (Will We be Able to Understand Each Other Now?) and deeply considers the structure and arranging of words and sounds. Mabe Fratti and her trio, sometimes with amps to 11, play remotely from Mexico City.</p> <p>Set list: “Nadie Sabe,” “Hacia el Vacio,” and “Inicio Vinculo Final” </p> <p>Watch "Nadie Sabe": </p>