Hermanos Gutiérrez

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

Pushkin Industries

Music, Society & Culture

4.5 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Hermanos Gutiérrez may be an instrumental guitar band, but they have zero interest in shredding. Instead the Swiss-Ecuadorian brothers, Estevan and Alejandro Gutiérrez, take a minimalist approach to playing. They create hypnotic, sweeping compositions inspired by classical Latin guitar and film scores from old Spaghetti Westerns.

In 2022, after releasing three albums independently, Hermanos Gutiérrez signed to Easy Eye Sound, a label owned and operated by Dan Auerbach, guitarist and vocalist of The Black Keys. Last October they released the album, El Bueno Y El Malo to critical acclaim. The album features the song “Tres Hermanos,” where Auerbach joins the brothers on guitar. Today we’ll hear Estevan and Alejandro play that song, along with a couple other songs live from Auerbach’s studio in Nashville, TN.

Justin Richmond also talks to Hermanos Gutiérrez about how their brotherly spats sometimes fuel their playing. Then they recall a recent performance in Mexico City where they played during a volcanic eruption. And how Dan Auerbach knew he wanted to meet with Hermanos Gutiérrez after seeing them play for just 15 seconds.

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0:36.5	Part one is available now wherever you get your podcasts.
0:41.5	Hermannos Gutierrez may be an instrumental guitar band, but they have zero interest in shredding.
0:47.5	Instead, the Swiss Ecuadorian brothers Estevan and Alejandro Gutierrez take a minimalist approach
0:52.5	to play.
0:53.5	They create hypnotic, sweeping compositions inspired by classical Latin guitar and also film scores from old spaghetti westerns.
1:02.5	In 2022, after releasing three albums independently, Hermannos Gutierrez signed to Easy I Sound,
1:08.5	a label owned and operated by Dan Arbok, guitarist and vocalist of the Black Keys.
1:13.5	Last October, they released the album El Bueno e El Malo to critical acclaim.
1:19.5	The album features the song Trace Hermannos, where Arbok joins the brothers on guitar.
1:24.5	Today we'll hear Estevan and Alejandro play that song along with a couple other songs live from Arbok Studio and Nashville, Tennessee.
1:32.5	I also talked to Hermannos Gutierrez about how their brotherly spats sometimes fuel their plane.
1:38.5	Then they recall a recent performance in Mexico City where they played during a volcanic eruption.
1:44.5	And how Dan Arbok knew he wanted to meet with Hermannos Gutierrez after seeing them play for just 15 seconds.
1:51.5	This is Broken Record, line of notes for the digital age. I'm Justin Richmond.
1:58.5	Before we jump into my interview with Hermannos Gutierrez, let's hear them play Thunderbird Live from Easy I Sound Studio in Nashville.
2:14.5	This is the first time I've ever played Thunderbird Live.
2:19.5	This is the first time I've ever played Thunderbird Live.
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