We recently featured juracán for his high concept and immersive single, Dame Todo, so we were thrilled to learn that he had just released the brand new song, My Mind.

Establishing the mood with intricate acoustic guitar and celestial tones, juracán opens My Mind with the introspective lyrics, “My mind is my worst enemy, it keeps playing games with me, I like to be in control, but that obsession must not go on…”

The song expands to featured lyricism touching upon the human condition from the rising artist. juracán confesses that, “My Mind is a song about dark moments where restlessness, anxiety, and worry take over.”

`The rising artist based in Portland continues, “I wrote the song at home on acoustic guitar and the first lyrical section came to me within a matter of minutes.”

Elaborating on the production of the track, juracán adds, “I met with Eric Leavell at the studio and I told him I wanted this song to move from this negative, ruminating mental space to a more open and hopeful place. We had been working recently on creating distinct sonic and thematic worlds for Dame Todo, so we followed our intuition once more.”

He expands, “The idea behind this songwriting approach is to take someone on a journey from darkness to hope. To responsibly and honestly tell a story about a dark moment while also showing the path and place where I find myself after relying on the light I have within. A light we all have. It’s easy to be bogged down by the​ rough moments ​in​ life, but music continues to help me through them, and hopefully help others as well.”

juracán‘s influences include genres such as bolero, merengue, bachata, salsa, latin pop, reggaetón, and other genres his parents and Dominican community cherishes. Influences such as post-rock, math rock, progressive rock, metal, sludge, soundtrack, ambient, R&B, jazz, improv, and pop music took priority during his teenage years.

We love the intention that juracán creates with and have added My Mind to our New Music Spotlight playlist, whilst we stream his wider discography including Dame Todo and En Casa.

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Setting the tone with a textured, atmospheric vocal soundscape and the lyrics, “Is this everything you wanted? Is this everything you need? How will I ever know if you never speak up?”, juracán opens his latest release, Dame Todo with the theme of introspection.

Inspired by the artist’s time in isolation and navigating dating after ending a 10-year relationship, the song expands, with rising strings into a R&B trap frequency with lots of harmonies and vocal detailing, to create a story-driven opus that is written from two points of view.

This first point of view is filled with vulnerability and sung in English, whilst the second point of view is sung in Spanish an is about “overtly asking for one’s needs”.

The detail is in the nuance and delivery in his high concept piece of artistry. Written to help the artist himself heal, and expand accordingly, we are keen to add Dame Todo to our New Music Spotlight playlist, as soon as it is released.

We love the transformative and dark break down of the track fused with juracán‘s intricate Spanish delivery. He cites influences including genres such as bolero, merengue, bachata, salsa, latin pop, reggaetón, and other genres his parents and Dominican community cherishes. Influences such as post-rock, math rock, progressive rock, metal, sludge, soundtrack, ambient, R&B, jazz, improv, and pop music took priority during his teenage years, but is is clear that juracán is creating a universe of his own.

Dame Todo was recorded at juracán studio and at Eric Leavell’s studio. He wrote and performed all instruments and the song was co-produced, mixed, and programmed by Eric Leavell, with additional programming by Frank Rio and mastering by Amy Dragon.

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