How I Made It: Buscabulla

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🗓️ 13 October 2020

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Buscabulla is a Puerto Rican indie duo formed by wife and husband Raquel Berrios and Luis Alfredo del Valle. In this segment of our "How I Made It" series, the duo joins us from Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, to tell us about their debut album "Regresa."

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0:00.0	Hey dear listener, it's Baria. Please stay tuned after this episode, because you're
0:12.2	going to want to hear the trailer for our upcoming podcast from Futuro Studios and WBUR.
0:17.8	I think you're going to love it. It's called Anything for Selena. And it's about the
0:24.2	cultural impact of the one and only Selena Quintanilla. Okay, remember to listen and onto our show.
0:35.7	From Futuro Media, it's Latino USA. I'm Mariano Rosa. Today we bring you one of our how I made
0:42.2	its segments with Puerto Rican indie band Muscavulla. It's the voice of Raquel Berrios that takes us
0:59.6	through Buscavulla's ever evolving sound. Buscavulla is the Puerto Rican experimental duo,
1:14.7	formed by wife and husband Raquel Berrios and Luis Alfredo del Valle. In May they released their
1:24.0	new album Regresa. And with Regresa, Buscavulla expands on their Caribbean synth pop sound by using a
1:31.6	variety of rhythms and influences from marching band drums to R&B vocals. By 2018, Buscavulla was one of the
1:39.6	most beloved Latinx bands in New York City. Raquel and Luis had just released their second EP and confirmed a
1:47.5	performance in that year's Coachella Music Festival. Around this time of success Raquel and Luis
1:59.5	also decided to move back to Puerto Rico. It was a significant life change but when they were
2:05.6	certain they wanted to make as artists and as new parents.
2:19.8	Regresa, Buscavulla's debut album, follows Raquel and Luis in their journey back home. Through their
2:28.0	dreamlike sound we access a subtle portrait of hopes and anxieties brought on by their return to
2:35.1	the island after living in New York City for many years. In the video for their song, Niel, you can
2:42.2	read the sign of an upcoming tourist resort in the town of Aguadilla. It's weaved in with scenes
2:48.7	of the gritty pink and green masks of the traditional festival de las mascaras. The song lyrics give
2:55.2	a warning to those who think that they can own what is in theirs.
3:09.6	In this segment of our How I Made It series, Raquel and Luis join us from Aguadilla Puerto Rico to tell
3:16.8	us how they got there. My name is Raquel and I do vocals, keys and sampler.
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