Alquimia

Alquimia (pronounced al-key-meea), Mexican female multi-instrumentalist and vocalist with a background in electronic, ethnical and classical music.

While her basic tracks feature vocals and piano, Alquima enhances her recordings with layers of looped vocals, electronic processors, sound effects, samples, synthesizers, gongs and bells. The result is a sound that combines the musical traditions of Latin America with influences of rock, pop, avant-garde, classical and improvisational music.

Alquimia was born in Mexico and developed an early love of music and singing, partly from her mother, a classical opera singer. She went on to study in France and Canada, before making her permanent home in England. Although she has often been far from home, her interest in the ethnic musical styles of her home country made her learn various pre-Columbian percussion instruments and flutes, while her search for new sounds inspired her use of modern music technology.

Alquimia has recorded many albums, both as a solo artist and with writers and musicians such as Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Rüdiger Gleisberg, Peter Mergener, Anton Zinkl, Mark Powell, Art Of Infinity, Carlos Robledo, and others.