Published on July 2, 2024 at 10:07. / Modified on July 2, 2024 at 10:07.
It was 7 years ago, in the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, in front of an immense black and white painting, the voiceless cry of those on whom the bombs fall. The horse, the bull, the faces of the Guernica Picasso’s are confused with that of the singer Rosalia. She kidnaps a very old flamenco by Manuel Vallejo, she sings: “I’m going to die”. Next to her, a guitarist in Stan Smith seems to sculpt the void. His name is Raül Refree. He is undoubtedly one of the greatest masters of European music. He is called one afternoon in June, while he walks in Barcelona.
Right away, he tells you about another Spanish painter, Miró: “Towards the end of his life, he would spend hours in front of canvases, without painting anything. I feel close to that attitude. The notes I chose not to play are perhaps more important than those we hear.” Raül in majesty, a punk fascinated by form, born in 1976 in Catalonia, the link between worlds that are apparently so dissimilar that he is more of a pollinator than a musician. He produced Ricky Martin and is one of the founders of the New York group Sonic Youth. He is neither quite pop nor quite avant-garde. He is a suspension bridge.
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