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Today, Brooklyn-based Argentine singer/songwriter Federico Aubele announces his seventh studio album, Time Drips On My Bed, due out October 13 and available for pre-order now. Alongside the announcement, Aubele shares a new taste of the project with contemplative track and video "What We Lost." Out everywhere now, the track allows Aubele to relive memories as he processes his experiences in pursuit of further discovering who he is today and who he might become.
Aubele's forthcoming seventh studio album, Time Drips On My Bed, which features artwork done by Aubele himself, brings the musician's over two decade-long career full circle. After his father's passing in 2021, Aubele found himself reflecting on his home city of Buenos Aires and how it shaped who he is today. He entered the healing process in the way most natural to him–with a guitar and a pen and paper–and deeply sinking into his roots. Slowly, 2000s drum beats, melodica and Moog synth made their way into the budding sonic universe, complete with his ever-present baritone vocals–that would become the album. It was this careful submersion into his grief and early life that ultimately served as the catalyst for his newfound creativity. These drastic life changes and heavy reflection gave Aubele a renewed sense of appreciation for his life and experiences–and allowed him to accept his past–building the foundation of his latest body of work.
It also inspired him to tap into his first album, Gran Hotel Buenos Aires, and the impactful people and places that made it come to life and sparked his early artistry. Aubele says, “We’re constantly evolving and changing, which means analyzing, understanding and accepting aspects of our past. If we don’t do that, what we need to process starts spilling into our present, preventing us from fully reaping its benefits and appreciating where we are.” Unlike prior projects, Time Drips On My Bed was made without any external contributions, and much like the grieving process, this album was constructed very intimately in just one studio.
Out today, backed by a looping drum beat, "What We Lost" recalls one's deepest memories that build one's understanding of themselves and the world around them. Aubele shares, "It's about notion of who we are and how we’re inclined to recreate, consciously or subconsciously, those moments that moved, transformed and defined us." It explores the love gained and lost in relationships of all kinds, and how when they live on in memories, they can enable one's growth or hinder it. Aubele continues, "In some cases, these moments can recall situations and people whom we lost: romantic partners, friends and family, childhood, a first love experience. By reviving them we prevent them from dissolving and being forgotten but at the same time they can keep us stuck in the past, like a ghost—a moment that repeats over and over and is unable to leave the house it’s in."
The track's accompanying self-directed dreamy video, shot around Brooklyn, NY including in the lush trees of Prospect Park, aims to reflect what one loses and tries to keep as Aubele takes a journey from an industrial urban area to a dreamy forest. Expanding on the meaning behind the introspective track and visual that often resembles a flashback reel, Aubele explains, "What we lose, be it a romantic relationship, a certain time in our lives, or whatever it is, becomes a part our identity but it's often also idealized and distorted through memory. Even when we know that we all have a tendency to make our memories better than they really were, especially by omitting the bad parts, we can still find ourselves daydreaming about these moments and times in our lives."
Watch "What We Lost" (Official Music Video)
Federico Aubele has been blending cultures and defying borders throughout his almost two-decade long career. Bouncing between Buenos Aires, Berlin and Barcelona, and now, Brooklyn, Aubele has fused the sounds of each city and simultaneously melded genres into his powerful songwriting, deep vocals, downtempo electronica, acoustic guitar, flamenco and more. The musician has also managed to seamlessly and seductively join both Spanish and English since he began recording music as Boston Globe, PopMatters and Westword each note. Remezcla calls Aubele, "The true master of Latin down-tempo electronica," with "eclectic influences that range from tango and bossa nova to dub."
Last year, Aubele shared his tranquil sixth studio album The Holographic Moon Admist pain, heartache, and growing pains, the album began to provide a path towards peace and healing alongside a group of collaborators including Mauro Refosco (David Byrne, Atoms for Peace) on percussion, Iain Cook (Chvrches) and Yuka Honda (Cibo Matto) on synths, Melissa Mary Ahern (Sulfjian Stevens) on vocal harmonies, the YMusic Ensemble (Paul Simon, Jose Gonzales) on orchestra arrangements and Kenny Wollensen (Tom Waits). With his latest collection out this October, Aubele continues this necessary work, only this time, armed with an even greater sense of self and understanding of grief, and all on his own.
The wistful "What We Lost" out everywhere now sees Federico Aubele immerse himself in his own memories as he reflects on how they made him who he is today. The life-encompassing seventh album by Federico Aubele, Time Drips On My Bed is available for pre-order now. Connect with Federico on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube for more from the singer-songwriter.
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