Los Sara Fontán (ES)

Los Sara Fontán are one of those undiscovered gems that make the whole process of seeking out new music worthwhile. That’s exactly how we felt when we heard the very first notes of their debut album Queda Pendiente, which turned out to be the perfect introduction to the musical ideas and adventurous spirit of Sara Fontán and Edu Pou.

We’re already familiar with Edu from the cult duo ZA!, but this collaboration with Sara opens up new worlds. And what a rousing story this classically trained violinist and DIY experimentalist are writing together. After five years of intensive live touring across Europe by train, car and plane, and after making sure that it would be possible to travel without an album, single or video in tow and without following the routines forced on them by the music business, they decided to put an end to their ‘live only’ principle and release a record.

Sara Fontán (violin, electronics) / Edu Pou (drums, percussion, electronics)

There were a few reasons for this: to explore new ways of doing things, to banish complacency, and to (finally) listen to all those people who’d been saying they wanted to take the experience away with them and relive it at home. Another key motivation was that they had built a home studio, which allowed them to spend three weeks in January working entirely on their own, leave a record of themselves as they are now and carve out spaces for new creation.

Los Sara Fontán will be opening this 41st edition of Druga Godba, and you can be sure that even the tiniest dose of the magic that adorns their debut will be enough to inspire you right up to the final note of the festival.

In co-production with Cankarjev dom.

Supported by Institut Ramon Llull