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🌀 From noise, the word: Gil Cerezo.
Mexican singer, songwriter, producer and graphic designer, Gil Cerezo has been the lead voice of Kinky, Kinky, one of the most representative bands of the Monterrey avant-garde and Latin American alternative music scene since the early 2000s, has a career marked by sonic experimentation blending rock, electronica, funk, and Latin rhythms. This has led to collaborations with artists from diverse genres and has kept them relevant on the international scene. Alongside his work with Kinky, he has also developed visual and musical projects that solidify his status as a multidisciplinary creator.
In this interview with Gil Cerezo we explore his creative evolution, his influences and his way of understanding art as a process without labels.
🎵 1. Which of your songs would you recommend…?
It's over. It's a song with a strong emotional charge that all of us who have loved have felt at some point. I recommend you pay attention to the next one that comes out soon (CWhen men cry).
🌈 2. What word or concept best defines your sound?
A heartfelt soulpop funk with northern influences, where the lyrics tell stories, tales, and personal anecdotes.
Illustration by Zonagirante Studio
🧔♂️ 3. Who is your current musical hero?
Something is bringing me back to my roots, to my origin And that's why I'm really enjoying Ramon Ayala. I even want to reinterpret it.
✝️ 4. Social or political hero?
I find the work that comedians do as communicators very enriching. John Oliver strikes me as an activist, from his comfortable position at HBO.
🤝 5. Which artist would you like to collaborate with?
💿 6. What's the last album that blew your mind?
Doechii – Alligator bites never heal
🏄 7. What inspires you beyond music?
Contemporary art is what truly inspires me to keep creating. Every time an exhibition transforms a space with a powerful vision, it blows my mind and leaves me brimming with ideas.
Illustration by Zonagirante studio
💸 8. What would you change about the current music business?
In this era of globalized festivals, I miss seeing artists from the region headlining. Not everything has to end with Olivia Rodrigo or Green Day.
Original photos germanoronacastro
🎶 Gil Cerezo, the soloist, in songs.
Here you will find the first chapter of From The Noise, with Cienfue as a guest.