Willow's Playlist: Indie Rock From [Engrama]: SL's answer to the White Stripes, with added Spanish flair

Exclusive to NWN, Willow Caldera covers SL's burgeoning live music scene

For Pupito Abrahams and Lakua Arriaga, performing in Second Life has become a real-life career. Taking their influences from bands such as Joy Division and The Cure and sprinkling over them a dash of Spanish guitar, [Engrama]'s live presence has a whimsical quality that perfectly complements its indie cool.

The duo live together in Buenos Aires, though Pupito hails originally from Argentina and Lakua from Spain. [Engrama] was born from a shared interest in musical experimentation and blends Pupito's interest in the local independent music scene and Lakua's goal to 'musicalize' images, which comes from her background as a photographer. 

This video was shot by Sound'r at Idylls Club.

"We use to watch a movie and put down the sound and try to do the soundtrack of the movie, and one day we start playing without that mechanism and started making music," says Pupito.

"We have been in SL since May 2009," Pupito explains, adding that playing music within Second Life is now the pair's real-life job.

"[How much we make] depends - sometimes $L2k, sometimes $L5k, $L6k... and sometimes $L1k, depending on the place and the people there. We don't have favourite places to play, but I can tell you some that we like: Digital Decay, The Library, The Rind... those are beautiful places."

"I have played music in real life since I was 12 years old. I'm now 30, and playing in SL is the best thing that has happened with music in my life... I mean, they pay me to play music!"

More about [Engrama]:

• Official website
• Calendar
  

What live music groups should Willow Caldera cover for New World Notes? Suggest groups and performers by contacting her by IM or at sarah@soundr.net

Willow is the creative director of Sound'r, a full-service machinima house - you can read her blog here or see more Sound'r videos here.

Her taste in music is somewhat eclectic, ranging from Avenged Sevenfold to Katy Perry and Godsmack to Nine Inch Nails and Imogen Heap.

Comments

[Claus Uriza]

Awesome!

For those who want to see the excellent Engrama interviewed lately in our Pop Vox TV shows or hear a full 45 min live concert you can watch it at

http://archive.treet.tv/programs/pop-vox

and read reviews at

http://popartlab.blogspot.com/2009/10/engrama-images-in-music.html

Claus, Pop Art Lab