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In conversation: How the U.S.-Mexico border shaped Adrian Quesada's fluid sound

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4.33.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras from NPR's Alt.Latino sit down with prolific producer and creator Adrian Quesada to discuss his experimental approach to border-driven, sonic expression.

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Okay, Anna, I want to play some music for you. Check this out.

0:03.0

Okay.

0:04.0

I woke up to you the morning sky first.

0:28.0

All of that music is the sound of Texas, believe it or not.

0:31.0

And it's heard and interpreted through the ears of our guest this week,

0:35.0

musician producer Adrian Cassada.

0:37.0

And I love that he's, you know, producer first,

0:41.0

because he's really not a producer in the way we would traditionally think about them.

0:45.0

In the music industry today, Felix, I mean, most producers we've spoken with

0:51.0

they're kind of on this journey of helping other people shape their visions, right?

0:55.0

But Adrian has a very clear vision for his projects.

1:06.0

I've been a fan of his almost since when we started this show years ago.

1:10.0

And been able to watch him progress and be able to expand out his vision of what his sound is.

1:17.0

And I think he's at a point now where it's very, very clear, it's very distinct.

1:21.0

And it's a lot of fun to listen to.

1:23.0

I couldn't agree more.

1:25.0

And honestly, getting to pick his brain about his projects

1:29.0

is one of the most fun things I think I've done in a while, Felix.

1:33.0

So I'm going to throw out to the interview with Derek,

1:36.0

call him Professor Adrian Cassada.

1:46.0

I kind of imagine it like cooking on, you know,

1:49.0

if I had a huge stove with like 12 burners and I'm cooking all the time on all of them,

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