less than a year after releasing her first solo single, Mexican,
electronic-folk artist Pahua (pa-wa) is releasing her third EP, La Cura
via Nacional Records. Over the last year, Pahua (lead singer of
Sotomayor) has grown and developed her solo project garnering support
from key outlets and platforms including NPR World Cafe, Sounds and
Colours, COLORS x Studios, Remezcla, Latina, Indie Rocks Magazine
and Marvin and tastemaker radio stations including KCRW (LA), KEXP
(Seattle), KCSN (LA), WXPN (Philadelphia), Vocalo (Chicago), Ibero
(Mexico City), Aire Libre (Mexico City), Reactor (Mexico City), Radio
Gladys Palmera (Madrid), Radio Cosmos (Germany), Radio Nova (France),
Radio 3 (Madrid), BBC Radio 1Xtra and BBC 6 (UK), among many others. Her
music has been featured on numerous playlists across Spotify, Apple
Music, Amazon and Tidal,
as well as multiple playlist covers.
La Cura features her previous singles including the title track
"La Cura" feat. Gizmo Varillas, "La Trampa" feat. La Dame Blanche and
"El Traketeo" feat. Barzo along with the focus track "Control" and new
joyful cumbia track "Perfume de tu Jardín".
Pahua says: "This EP looks to identify ourselves with the contagious
rhythms and colors of Latin America, with lyrics that contain the
natural drug that heals us. La Cura is a way to re-educate ourselves
from the depths with the nectar that blooms and invigorates our being".
"Este
EP busca identificarnos con ritmos contagiosos y múltiples colores que
viajan por Latinoamérica, con letras que contienen el fármaco natural
para encontrar la medicina que nos sana. La Cura es una manera de re
educarnos a través del néctar que florece y que vigoriza nuestro ser
desde lo más profundo"
Track by Track:
"La Cura": A poem about personal growth and self-knowledge, the way that
our seed grows within us as we water it. I believe that 'listening to
ourselves is power', especially when we root out what does not generate
well being. The song is pure poetry.
"La
Cura": Habla de crecimiento y conocimiento personal, de la forma en que
nuestra semilla crece dentro de nosotros conforme la regamos. Creo que
'escucharnos es poder', y más cuando de raíz quitamos lo que no nos
genera bienestar. La canción es poesía pura.
"La
Trampa": Sometimes we enter a vicious circle where we wear ourselves
out to make someone else happy before making ourselves happy. La Trampa
is a reflection on that; a call to break the cycle and do the things we
want without fear.
"La
Trampa": A veces entramos en un círculo vicioso en el que nos
malgastamos para hacer feliz a alguien más antes que a nosotros mismos.
La Trampa es una reflexión al respecto, así como un llamado a salir de
ese ciclo y a hacer las cosas que queremos sin temor a nada.
"El
Traketeo": This cumbia track comes from my heart, from the diary of my
life. My childhood memories are unforgettable. The most vivid memory is
when I would turn on my iPod and walk to the park by my house with
hundreds of new songs, a chile-infused lollipop and a smile.
"El
Traketeo": Esta cumbia canta a mi corazón y a mi diario de vida. Los
recuerdos de mi niñez son inagotables; el más vívido es cuando me
enchufaba al iPod y caminaba hacia el parque de mi casa con cientos de
nuevos tracks, una paleta enchilada y una sonrisa.
"Control":
Control speaks to the moments of discomfort when you don't know if it
is right to take the initiative (for example, if you and a friend are
into each other). Not so long ago, for a woman to take the first step
was unimaginable; now women shouldn't have the least amount of fear to
take that initiative and make the first move.
"Control":
Control habla de los momentos de incomodidad en los que no sabes si es
correcto dar el primer paso (cuando un amigo y tú se gustan mutuamente,
por ejemplo). Antes, que una mujer diera el primer paso era algo
inimaginable; hoy, la mujer debería tener ni tantito miedo de acercarse y
tomar la iniciativa.
"Perfume
de Tu Jardín": This song makes me cry a little every time I hear it.
The scent of a woman is something that heals, the essence of a girl is
unique, like her perfume. What luck to be a woman and see what our body
can accomplish, from expressing itself in a thousand and one ways to
giving life to another human being.
"Perfume
de Tu Jardín": Esta canción me hace llorar un poquito cada vez que la
escucho. El aroma de una mujer es algo que sana, y la esencia de una
chica es única, como su perfume. El jardín es el cuerpo, un objeto
sagrado. Qué dicha ser mujer y ver lo que nuestro cuerpo puede lograr,
desde expresarse de mil y un maneras hasta dar vida a otro ser humano.
