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Lido Pimienta is much like her music: a complex tapestry of influences and ideas rooted in independent thought and human experience.

Multifaceted artist Lido Pimienta speaks frankly and at length about how personal experiences have shaped her artistic approach, the lessons of collaboration and independence, and why her next album, Miss Colombia, has become not just a record but “a language, a thesis.”
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The Toronto-based, Colombia-born artist made her debut in 2010 with Color, a collection of songs written in Baranquilla that pulled from youthful experiences with metal, identity, motherhood and, quite literally, finding her voice. In the following years she moved from London, Ontario to Toronto and studied art criticism and music production.

She delved further into the potentials of using her voice in combination with loop pedals and electronic production and connected with local musicians, such as Kvesche Bijons-Ebacher and Blake Blakely, who helped Pimienta fashion the sound of her second album, 2016’s La Papessa. That album, self-produced and full of layered compositions, from the sonics to the subject matter, won the 2017 Polaris Music Prize and received numerous public accolades from both Canadian and international media.

In 2018, she signed with American label Anti, reissuing La Papessa in anticipation of her new record, Miss Colombia, which continues to explore Afro-Colombian music traditions and ideas of ownership and identity through Pimienta’s unique lens.

TOPICS:
05:30 - Baranquilla, the metal scene and early influences
13:50 - Using personal experiences as material for songwriting
21:50 - Moving to Canada and releasing debut album, Color
28:38 - How Lido uses her voice in her music
37:43 - Navigating identities through music and language
50:30 - Balancing art, business and personal life
1:12:55 - Writing and recording the new album, Miss Colombia

MUSIC:
10:37 - Aurita Castillo – “Chambacu”
21:15 - Lido Pimienta – “Humano”
32:51 - Lido Pimienta – “La Capacidad”
44:50 - Lido Pimienta – “Camellando”
1:12:21 - Lido Pimienta – “Eso Que Tu Haces”
1:19:41 - Sexteto Tabalá – “Agua”
1:20:09 - Lido Pimienta and Sexteto Tabalá – “Quiero Que Me Salves”

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