Music maker Xenia Rubinos uses her voice to create beats and harmonies from scratch. American-born to CubaRican parents, Xenia’s music tends to plays off the cliché of the Latina woman, “It’s an image of these magnificent wild women I grew up around, mixed with me today in Brooklyn.” Her debut record, Magic Trix, bears traces of indie rock, Spanish folk, R&B, and punk while boldly announcing a sound that’s all her own.

Recorded in a sweaty Brooklyn basement, Magic Trix is a colorful illustration of both Xenia’s quirky songwriting and the band’s live show.  Co-producer/drummer Marco Buccelli helped shape the record’s sound, “We experimented with distortion and having an electronic aesthetic on my acoustic drum set. Our overall philosophy was to use what we know and what we have around us to strike a balance between analogic live sound and today’s digital perfection.” The record was engineered, mixed, and mastered by Jeremy Loucas who has worked with Grammy award winner Esperanza Spalding, Lulu Gainsbourg, and Terry Lynne Carrington among many others. Buccelli’s experimentation paired with Loucas’ technical prowess scored the team the punchy, live, aggressive sound they were looking for.

Having toured Europe and US including showcases at last year’s SXSW, the band continues touring in support of their new album this year.

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