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Raül Refree

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fernández and the second or maternal family name is Miró.

Raül Fernández Miró (Barcelona, 1976), better known as Raül Refree, is a Spanish music producer, musician and composer.

Career

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Raül Refree is one of the most acclaimed Spanish producers of the last decade. His stylistic breadth and versatility have led him to have a profile that ranges from experimental musician to producer of pop stars or composer of award-winning soundtracks. [1] [2]

Interested from the beginning in the renewal of traditional music, Raül Refree has become in recent years the name of reference for new flamenco in Spain working alongside names that have grown up under his sound such as Rosalía, Sílvia Pérez Cruz[3], Rocío Márquez or Niño de Elche.  His album with Rosalía, as a co-author, artist, producer, guitarist and arranger, Los Ángeles, has been a Gold record several times. Stars like Ricky Martin claim his talent while he continues to bet on new talents to discover, as Rodrigo Cuevas or Guitarricadelafuente or Maestro Espada

He publishes alongside experimenters like Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo, producing the last three albums of Lee Ranaldo [4] and making the last one, “Names Of North End Women” (MUTE, 2020), in duet with the author have caused the name of Raül Refree to be more and more known across the Atlantic. His presence as a producer in Sonic Youth’s studio, Echo Canyon West, where he has worked with Sharon Van Etten, Nels Cline or Kid Millons for example, has made Raül Refree's name increasingly well-known.

His album with the Portuguese singer Lina, where Raül Refree has revisited traditional Portuguese music, Fado, was one of the most valued of 2020 by the European press media such as Telegram, Pitchfork or Pop Matters, being chosen best album of the year by the European Broadcasting Union. Also his production for the Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin (Pausa, 2020) and the collaboration with C. Tangana (El Madrileño, 2021) earned him a pair of Latin Grammys in the corresponding editions.

Recently, he has continued to research popular music from around the world [5], collaborating with singers such as Rokia Koné (Mali) or Maria Mazzotta (Italy), with whom he opened the 26th Fira Mediterrània Manresa with the multidisciplinary show directed by Raül, Evoé!

But Raül's musical life is even broader. He is also a prominent composer and musician who publishes under his most personal project, Refree; he composes acclaimed soundtracks for films and tv shows, such as La Mesías (TV series), One year, One night, Muyeres or Entre dos aguas, and has a discography brimming with projects without genre corsets. Raül only understands music as an exercise in creation and research in freedom [5].

Discography

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Productions

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Soundtracks (BSO)

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Collaborations

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  • String and metal arrangements in El tiempo de las cerezas, of Nacho Vegas and Enrique Bunbury. (2006)
  • Immigrasons. Co-director of the project. (Discmedi, 2006)
  • 15 anys del Teatre-Auditori de Sant Cugat (15 years of the Auditorium Theater of Sant Cugat). Direction and arrangements for orchestra. Together with the Orquestra Nacional Clàssica d'Andorra. (2008)
  • Vientos y lugares. Co-director of the project; with Juan Pablo Villa y Cabezas de Cera. (Sonoesfera, 2008)
  • Refree & Standstill interpret E.Varèse, R.Strauss, G.Ligeti, S.Reich y J.Adams. Festival Digressions of Auditorio de Barcelona (2008)
  • Ojo con la Mala. Musical director of the concert of Mala Rodríguez with the Original Jazz Orquestra del Taller de Músics. (2008)
  • Doubles with Josh Rouse for Europe and USA (2009/2010)
  • Brindando con José Alfredo Jiménez with the song "Cuando vivas conmigo". (2010)
  • Cançons de bandolers i molt mala gent (Songs of bandits and bad people), show with Maria Rodés. Musical direction and arrangements. (2010)
  • Collaborations in recording of Josh Rouse & The Long Vacations, of Josh Rouse (2011)
  • Rèquiem, with Enric Montefusco (2012)
  • Ukulele on the song Last Night on Earth of Lee Ranaldo (2013)
  • Guerra, interactive musical in 3D, with Albert Pla and Fermin Muguruza (2015–2016)
  • Miedo, interactive musical in 3D, with Albert Pla(2018-)
  • A Tocar!, Opening of Festival Grec 2020, with Baró D'Evel, Mal Pelo, Frederic Amat & friends (2020)

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ "Raül Refree - Músico, Productor y Colaborador de Artistas". www.talentoabordo.com. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Música – PREMIS CIUTAT DE BARCELONA" (in Catalan). Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Sílvia Pérez & Raül Fernandez". www.rockdelux.com. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  4. ^ Disturbios, Don (21 February 2020). "Lee Ranaldo & Raül Refree, crítica de Names Of North End Women (2020)". MondoSonoro (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Raül Refree". Viavox production (in French). Retrieved 26 June 2023.
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