01Profile
A Jacobo Valdés Gutiérrez Photo
Jacobo Valdés Gutiérrez
Audio-visual Producer — Langreo, Spain
03Interview
Nombre/ Name
Jacobo Valdés Gutiérrez
¿De dónde eres?/ Where you from?
Langreo, Asturias, España
¿A qué te dedicas?/ What do you do?
Soy productor audiovisual y trabajo para Fred Perry Spain.
I’m an audiovisual producer and work for Fred Perry Spain.
Describe tu estilo en tres palabras/ Describe your style in three words
Worker, noventero y vintage.
Worker, 90's and vintage.
What’s the best gig you’ve ever been to?
Creo que me quedaría con el concierto que Fontaines D.C dieron este año en Madrid. Hacía mucho que no experimentaba en un concierto lo que viví en ese.
I think I would choose the concert that Fontaines D.C. gave this year in Madrid. It had been a long time since I had experienced in a concert what I did in that one.
If you could be on the line up with any two bands in history (and why)? Sin dudarlo con The Cure y Choir Boy. The Cure son la banda de mi vida, he crecido con su música y siempre me he sentido ligado a ellos de una manera muy especial. A Choir Boy los descubrí el año pasado y desde entonces han formado parte de mi banda sonora particular. Creo que sería divertido poder juntarlos a los dos.
Without hesitation with The Cure and Choir Boy. The Cure are the band of my life, I have grown up with their music and I have always felt linked to them in a very special way. Choir Boy I discovered them last year and since then they have been part of my particular soundtrack. I think it would be fun to bring them both together.
¿Cuáles subculturas/ tribus urbanas te han influenciado en tu estilo (moda y música? ¿Por qué?/ Wich subcultures have influenced you (and why)?
No me podría quedar con una en concreto, creo que me han influido mucha mezcla de subculturas que de cierta forma he ido interiorizando y haciendo mías, desde el post-punk y la new wave, al movimiento shoegaze americano de los años 90 o la cultura mod. He ido cogiendo de aquí y de allá lo que me resultaba interesante de todas estas subculturas.
I could not stay with one in particular, I think I have been influenced by a lot of subcultures that in a way I have been internalizing and making my own, from post-punk and new wave, to the American shoegaze movement of the 90's or mod culture. I have been taking from here and there what I found interesting from all these subcultures.
If you could spend an hour with anyone from history (and why)?
Con Giorgio de Chirico. Me sentaría a su lado viéndole pintar, simplemente dejando que el momento hablara por sí solo.
With Giorgio de Chirico. I would sit by his side watching him paint, simply letting the moment speak for itself.
¿Cuál sería tu héroe en la música? ¿Por qué?/ Your greatest unsung hero or heroine in music (and why)?
Robert Smith, creo que como letrista y compositor es único.
Robert Smith, I think as a lyricist and composer is unique.
What does the FP Shirt mean to you?
Un icono, un distintivo cultural, una pieza de moda que ha trascendido hasta convertirse en lo que es hoy en día.
An icon, a cultural hallmark, a piece of fashion that has transcended to become what it is today.
02Playlist
04Playlist Notes
The first track you play on repeat?
Jesus of Suburbia – Green Day
A song that defines the teenege you?
Pieces – Sum 41
One record you would keep forever?
Disintegration – The Cure
A song lyric that has inspired you?
Gathering Swans – Choir Boy
A song you wished you had written?
Las Pistas Falsas Conducen Al Desamor – The Secret Society
Best song to turn up loud?
Go Your Own Way – Fleetwood Mac
A song people wouldn’t expect you to like?
La Oreja de Van Gogh - 20 de enero
The song that would get you straight on the dance floor?
Dónde Esta Er Camino – VAN17INO6, Plasaporros
Best song to end an all-nighter?
Alison - Slowdive
¿Algún grupo o artista que te interese en este momento? / Any new bands you were into at the momento?
Me quedaría con PRESA que está iniciando una carrera musical muy interesante, creo que es un proyecto muy sólido que va a dar mucho de que hablar. También me gusta mucho toda la música de Xenia, siento debilidad por todos esos sonidos que oscilan dentro del pop oscuro. Y para terminar dos de los artistas que más estoy escuchando últimamente son Vatocholo y Jesse Baez. /
I would choose PRESA who is starting a very interesting musical career, I think it's a very solid project that will give a lot to talk about. I also really like all the music of Xenia, I feel weakness for all those sounds that oscillate within the dark pop. And finally, two of the artists I'm listening to the most lately are Vatocholo and Jesse Baez.
PRESA – Catedrales
Xenia – Y si no hay nada
Vatocholo – nos pensaremos a la vez?
Jesse Baez – No Jaló
03Interview
Nombre/ Name
Jacobo Valdés Gutiérrez
¿De dónde eres?/ Where you from?
Langreo, Asturias, España
¿A qué te dedicas?/ What do you do?
Soy productor audiovisual y trabajo para Fred Perry Spain.
I’m an audiovisual producer and work for Fred Perry Spain.
Describe tu estilo en tres palabras/ Describe your style in three words
Worker, noventero y vintage.
Worker, 90's and vintage.
What’s the best gig you’ve ever been to?
Creo que me quedaría con el concierto que Fontaines D.C dieron este año en Madrid. Hacía mucho que no experimentaba en un concierto lo que viví en ese.
I think I would choose the concert that Fontaines D.C. gave this year in Madrid. It had been a long time since I had experienced in a concert what I did in that one.
If you could be on the line up with any two bands in history (and why)? Sin dudarlo con The Cure y Choir Boy. The Cure son la banda de mi vida, he crecido con su música y siempre me he sentido ligado a ellos de una manera muy especial. A Choir Boy los descubrí el año pasado y desde entonces han formado parte de mi banda sonora particular. Creo que sería divertido poder juntarlos a los dos.
Without hesitation with The Cure and Choir Boy. The Cure are the band of my life, I have grown up with their music and I have always felt linked to them in a very special way. Choir Boy I discovered them last year and since then they have been part of my particular soundtrack. I think it would be fun to bring them both together.
¿Cuáles subculturas/ tribus urbanas te han influenciado en tu estilo (moda y música? ¿Por qué?/ Wich subcultures have influenced you (and why)?
No me podría quedar con una en concreto, creo que me han influido mucha mezcla de subculturas que de cierta forma he ido interiorizando y haciendo mías, desde el post-punk y la new wave, al movimiento shoegaze americano de los años 90 o la cultura mod. He ido cogiendo de aquí y de allá lo que me resultaba interesante de todas estas subculturas.
I could not stay with one in particular, I think I have been influenced by a lot of subcultures that in a way I have been internalizing and making my own, from post-punk and new wave, to the American shoegaze movement of the 90's or mod culture. I have been taking from here and there what I found interesting from all these subcultures.
If you could spend an hour with anyone from history (and why)?
Con Giorgio de Chirico. Me sentaría a su lado viéndole pintar, simplemente dejando que el momento hablara por sí solo.
With Giorgio de Chirico. I would sit by his side watching him paint, simply letting the moment speak for itself.
¿Cuál sería tu héroe en la música? ¿Por qué?/ Your greatest unsung hero or heroine in music (and why)?
Robert Smith, creo que como letrista y compositor es único.
Robert Smith, I think as a lyricist and composer is unique.
What does the FP Shirt mean to you?
Un icono, un distintivo cultural, una pieza de moda que ha trascendido hasta convertirse en lo que es hoy en día.
An icon, a cultural hallmark, a piece of fashion that has transcended to become what it is today.
04Playlist Notes
The first track you play on repeat?
Jesus of Suburbia – Green Day
A song that defines the teenege you?
Pieces – Sum 41
One record you would keep forever?
Disintegration – The Cure
A song lyric that has inspired you?
Gathering Swans – Choir Boy
A song you wished you had written?
Las Pistas Falsas Conducen Al Desamor – The Secret Society
Best song to turn up loud?
Go Your Own Way – Fleetwood Mac
A song people wouldn’t expect you to like?
La Oreja de Van Gogh - 20 de enero
The song that would get you straight on the dance floor?
Dónde Esta Er Camino – VAN17INO6, Plasaporros
Best song to end an all-nighter?
Alison - Slowdive
¿Algún grupo o artista que te interese en este momento? / Any new bands you were into at the momento?
Me quedaría con PRESA que está iniciando una carrera musical muy interesante, creo que es un proyecto muy sólido que va a dar mucho de que hablar. También me gusta mucho toda la música de Xenia, siento debilidad por todos esos sonidos que oscilan dentro del pop oscuro. Y para terminar dos de los artistas que más estoy escuchando últimamente son Vatocholo y Jesse Baez. /
I would choose PRESA who is starting a very interesting musical career, I think it's a very solid project that will give a lot to talk about. I also really like all the music of Xenia, I feel weakness for all those sounds that oscillate within the dark pop. And finally, two of the artists I'm listening to the most lately are Vatocholo and Jesse Baez.
PRESA – Catedrales
Xenia – Y si no hay nada
Vatocholo – nos pensaremos a la vez?
Jesse Baez – No Jaló