Federico Aubele is a New York Argentine singer-songwriter who makes Latin Alternative music from a Tango reference, with electronic flavors. He lives in Brooklyn.
Federico Aubele in New York City
Singer-songwriter Federico Aubele (“Postales”) plays Argentine alternative from his 2023 album “Time Drips on my Bed;” at Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater in NoHo, Manhattan; on Saturday, March 16, 2024 at 7pm. 🇦🇷
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Federico Aubele
Aubele is from Buenos Aires. He lived in Berlin for a while, and now lives in Brooklyn, but he still has that young, hip, Argentine melancholic vibe.
Gran Hotel Buenos Aires (2004)
Federico Aubele moved to Berlin during Argentina’s 2001 financial crisis. There he hooked up with Thievery Corporation as producers and turned a trio of singles into his debut album “Gran Hotel Buenos Aires” (2004).
Aubele’s “Postales” is a Tango nuevo classic that captures the romantic nostalgia that runs so strongly in Argentina. It’s popular with tango nuevo dancers.
Panamericana (2007)
Federico moved on to Barcelona and made 2007’s “Panamericana.”
Amatoria (2009)
“Amatoria” featured Sabina Sciubba of Brazilian Girls and Miho Hatori. That’s Nublu influence. Aubele worked with a number of artists from there including Ilhan Ersahin (Nublu), Sabina Sciubba (Brazilian Girls), Karina Zeviani, and Mauro Refosco (Forro in the Dark and David Byrne). Nublu back then was sort of a creative washing machine. It was really fun.
Berlin 13 (2011)
“Berlin 13” has a more electronic sound.
Five (2013)
After releasing “Five” in 2013, Aubele went quiet for a while.
The Holographic Moon (2022)
Aubele’s sixth studio album “The Holographic Moon” dropped in May 2022. It featured Brazilian percussionist Mauro Refosco (David Byrne, Forro in the Dark), and other guest artists.
The first single was “Pink Spray Painted Clouds.” The video of the album’s second single “Old Spanish Films,” was Aubele’s directorial debut.
Federico describes the song, “I wrote this song based on a personal experience that a lot of people have experienced too: the realization that a relationship I was in was built on projections, from both people in it, and didn’t have any real foundation.
This notion (and the end of the relationship) was obviously sad but in hindsight I can see that for the brief amount of time we were together we did give each other something valuable that we needed at the time, mostly companionship, and that we both contributed something positive to each other’s lives. We’re always giving each other something that can have value, whether we consciously notice it or not.”
He is starting to show drawings and paintings too.
Time Drips on My Bed (2023)
This is sort of a self-retrospective of Aubele’s more than twenty-year career. His father’s death in 2021 inspired a period of self-reflection. He made the album by himself. He looked back to his beginnings and life’s journeys.
“Silent Film” is a song about loneliness. Losing family members makes you feel very alone, especially when you are far away from your family. New York City is full of people, but it’s a lonely place too. And having some success in life can be lonely. You never know if someone loves you because you are a star, or because you are you. So there is plenty of loneliness to go around.
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