Plastilina Mosh – JAJAJA

By starrymag | July 2, 2018

By: Jamie Steinberg

 

 

Q) How would you describe your sound?

 

A) Older gentlemen’s cologne, gingery with a tad of lime and watermelon

 

Q) Who are some of your musical influences?

 

A) Tricky question, never actually thought there are “some” musical influences as I think everything you hear influences you, be it to try to remember to avoid certain things you’ve heard or emulate them so in that sense; everything from Bill Clinton playing sexy Saxophone to El Debarge to that song at the beginning of “Coming to America” where the servant presents the bride to be A cappella style, to Nelson Ned to Angry Samoans, etc., etc.

 

Q) Talk about the story behind your new song “JAJAJA.”

 

A) It’s my turn to laugh at you, kind of a teasing revenge of some sort, with some 80s crappy Latin rock musical motif going there…

 

Q) What do you think it is about the song that fans connect to?

 

A) To be honest, I didn’t know fans actually like the song. I guess it is because we never use social media and/or smart phones, so thank you guys for listening. [smiles] And I guess that it can connect with some fans in some way because it does sound like an 80s/90s Latin rock thing, it’s just my assumption but who knows, maybe it sounds newer to others.

 

Q) How does the video for the track play into the message behind it?

 

A) I don’t know. We never make videos with a message, just try to have fun doing certain things that may be fun to look at so maybe that is the spirit of the song too and there’s a connection there?

 

Q) How does your Mexican heritage influence your music?

 

A) These are hard questions. I don’t know. I’ve never thought of ourselves as “Mexican” when we do songs. We just do songs. You may be able to find a connection in them to our being from a certain geographical region, but I’ve never saw that as being a crucial part of musical expression, so I guess it doesn’t?

 

Q) How do you feel being compared to an artist like Beck?

 

A) Well, Beck is great. He makes great music, but I really don’t see how we could be similar. Jonaz’s voice sounds nothing like Beck (it sounds more like a crying walrus) and Beck sounds more like a folk singer to me. So, I can’t find that much similarities, but I’ll take that comparison. [smiles]

 

Q) What is your song writing process? Do you need music before you can create lyrics?

 

A) There are three types of song making:

I start an idea and then Jonaz and I finish it (be it to put lyrics or have other stuff happen in the song, etc).

He starts an idea and then I join in and we finish it.

We hear or see something that makes us go, “Yeah, that could be a song” and we both start it from scratch.

 

Q) How much of hand do you have in the production of your music?

 

A) All of it. It’s a duo so we’ve always done most if not all of the recording/production. Sometimes we collaborate and then it’s more people but for most of the time its ourselves.

 

Q) What can fans expect from a live Plastilina Mosh performance?

 

A) To cry. A weeping, sad, no hopes or dreams or magic happening anywhere, people sobbing and dogs not even barking type of extravaganza…I kid, but we just have fun and maybe if you go to the show you’ll have some, too.

 

Q) Will there be an EP or full-length album coming in the near future?

 

A) Full album, next week when we go back home we’ll decide the date for its release.

 

Q) Where are some of your favorite places to perform and what makes those locations so significant to you?

 

A) We like certain cities in different countries because we have made friends in the past, so it’s great to visit and catch up. In the US we think LA is great, we also like Chicago, Austin, New York and El Paso. I think anywhere is cool to play if there is one person that wants to watch you play then you can have fun so, yes, anywhere as long as there is someone else is cool!

 

Q) You have worked with everyone from Juanes to Hilary Duff. Who would you most like to collaborate with on a song in the future?

 

A) Roberto Carlos, The Pope, maybe also Donny Benet, Jonathan Bree or some cool guys like that.

 

Q) What album/band are you currently listening to and why do you dig them? 

 

A) Again, tricky question, but I’ll buy into it and include some albums without any explanation as to why I may like to listen to them; Conan Mockasin, the Los Sri Lankan Parakramabahu Brothers, Brahms 10 intermezzi op.117 by g. Gould, D’Angelo “Voodoo,” brick “good high”, لهوا هوايا – عبد الحليم حافظ

 

Q) You are a part of social media. Why is that such an important way for you to connect with your fans?

 

A) Man, my head is starting to hurt with these hard questiooooons. Well, I understand how the world works and how now everyone is used to connecting directly, expecting instant information in all aspects of modern life. But I don’t use, nor do I care for, social media. We do have some people that post things for us in whatever it is the trend right now, but I don’t check it or even know what they post/tweet or whatever it is they use now.

 

To me, no one is that interesting (including Pmosh) to be watching his every move, reading his every thought and seeing his every pic. We just make some songs and sometimes we put some images to them so, yes, we post them in certain places where you can hear and see them but that is as far as I think we should go, if you like them and want to watch us play them that is more than enough for me.

 

Q) What would you like to say to everyone who is a fan and supporter of you and your work?

 

A) Thank you for listening to our crappo 💞

 

 

All Questions Answered by Alejandro Rosso