Luis Mojica gives a truly unique performance in his new video titled ‘The Ranger’. In the vein of true music pioneers from the days when originality wasn’t just a word thrown around to sell tracks, ‘The Ranger’ is audibly diverse and visually cinematic with a varied sound ranging from chamber-pop to indie to a quasi-baroque style all bundled within the mind of a genius.
As of August 1, ‘The Ranger’ is available across all digital platforms. It is also available via Bandcamp and can be immediately downloaded when ordering the full ‘How A Stranger Is Made’ album, which is set to release on October 4.
About Luis Mojica
Confessional singer-songwriter Luis Mojica has announced his new album ‘How A Stranger Is Made’, to be released in early October. Ahead of this, he presents the single ‘The Ranger’.
‘The Ranger’ is intimate and empathic – a magnetic foreshadowing of Mojica’s new long-play, a beautiful tapestry of piano-driven songs that quite intimately express Luis’ healing journey through shamanism, sexuality, trauma and ecstatic joy.
The accompanying video was written, filmed and directed by Kelly Merchant with editing and compositing by Fredo Viola.
This album features production from Mercury Prize-winning producers David Baron (Bat For Lashes, Peter Murphy, Lenny Kravitz, The Lumineers) and Simone Felice (The Lumineers, Bat For Lashes, Dan Mangan) and mixing by three-time Grammy award-winning producer Justin Guip (Levon Helm).
‘How A Stranger Is Made’ follows up Mojica’s first studio album ‘Wholesome’, released on August 2016 after two years of touring with the avant-garde cello band Rasputina. He toured this album, which features his unique style of live looped beatboxing and rich vocal harmonies, both as support for Rasputina and as the headliner. The album’s limited pressing sold out quite quickly and now is only available digitally.
A pianist and vocalist now based in Woodstock, New York, Mojica began developing his unique musical style in the crowded apartments and crumbling theaters of NYC’s East Village. In 2012, he moved upstate to the mountains of the Hudson Valley, where he’s become renowned for both his holistic healing work, as well as his musical compositions.
Piano-based, his songs blend his 3+ octave vocal range to create choir-like textures, as well as utilizing unusual character voices and harmonies that explore androgyny, spirituality, and unorthodox male identity. Mojica’s music and sound esthetic is inspired by Leonard Cohen, Tori Amos, Patti Smith, Joanna Newsom, and Kate Bush.
“I never felt like I fit in with men. When I wrote ‘The Ranger’, I thought I had lost the one guy who really got me. I experienced such abandonment, betrayal, and loneliness. The gift of that experience was to see how on the edge of my own security I had been all my life and that I used these friends and people to make me feel seen and valid,” says Luis Mojica.
“With his absence, I had to become that source of security and validation for myself. So I had to become the rearranger of my own story of the Ranger. Like a long hallway of broken, beveled mirrors. Each perception of myself and the world needing to be questioned and fall apart so that I could get in touch with me again. Now, three years after writing it, I fit perfectly In the shape of my own body and mind – more than ever before.”
SOURCE: Official Bio
“Perfect for those who enjoy the visceral sound of Bjork, the hypnotic vocals of Thom Yorke and looking for something new in the scene”
– Music Existence“Mojica’s music requires refined aesthetics and discernment and is damn near a new wrinkle in the sonic territory”
– Mark S. Tucker“Convincing delivery, it seems he is speaking right to the listener in the same way Tori Amos, Devendra Banhart, Kate Bush and Ani DiFranco manage to. His muse has obviously led him into some deeply personal, vulnerable places. Through his music, Mojica radiates creative joy, making this a thoroughly enjoyable listen”
– Big Takeover Magazine“Luis Mojica’s vocals really are an instrument unto themselves and the pinnacle of what makes this album a jewel among the thistles”
– Band Blurb“The harmonies are exceptional. From the opera style to the beatboxing. I haven’t been this impressed this much with vocal harmonies since I heard Fleet Foxes”
– No More Division“Mojica’s voice is an instrument in itself; it soars as he sings and his beats are like bullets puncturing through the track”
– Mookychic
LINKS:
http://www.luismojica.com
https://www.facebook.com/luismojicamusic
https://luismojica.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/luis.mojica.music
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl-Z3peOvHwczSYyv4J-IVA/videos
https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/luis-mojica/763703531
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0kqaE6tmzfgC4hk6CKXlr7
