The latest album by Jairo Zavala (Madrid, 1973), known artistically as Depedro, is titled A perfect place. This July 25th he presents it at La Mar de Músicas (Cartagena).
When did you know you would dedicate yourself to music? There was no decisive moment, but rather a succession of movements that gradually occupied my entire time as a musician.
With what three adjectives would you define your latest album, A perfect place? Worked, simple and emotional.
What records accompanied you while you were composing it? Mateo only licks himself wellby Eduardo Mateo; In My Down Timeby Karen Dalton; Kiwanukaby Michael Kiwanuka, among others.
Who are your favorite musicians or bands? Impossible to answer in such a short space…
The last album you loved? Have a nice day, by Gorka Urbizu.
The song that’s playing on loop in your head? Let no one know my suffering.
What other people’s album would you have liked to compose? Deja vu (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young).
If you had to choose a song as a self-portrait, which one would it be? What can I do for you, from the first album.
What is the movie you have seen the most times? Blade Runner.
Name your three favorite series of all time The Wire, The Office, Black Mirror.
And the last one you watched in one go? Ripley.
What book do you have on your bedside table right now? Nothing opposes the night, by Delphine de Vigan.
The last book you loved? Chilcoby Daniela Catrileo.
And one that you couldn’t finish? Personal memory, by Gerald Brenan.
The last play you saw? Contradictionsby Candela Peña and Pilar Castro.
Which museum would you like to live in? In the field.
Do you have any guilty pleasures when it comes to culture? Many.
What is the best review you have ever received? I don’t remember.
And the worst? I don’t remember.
Who is your favorite historical figure? Virginia Woolf.
What job would you never accept? If my family has nothing to eat…
What can you learn about a stage that you can’t learn from a book? To manage emotions in a short space of time.
What is socially overrated? Recognition.
If he wasn’t a musician, he would have liked to be… Watchmaker.
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