Muérdago

The Museu Tàpies has invited Adelaida to dialogue with the creative universe of Marta Palau, in a concert conceived to show how the singer and artist share ritualistic aspects that connect the body with nature and ancestral memory. Through organic sonorities and all-encompassing atmospheres, Muérdago [Mistletoe] evokes transitional, transformational space, similar to the symbolic territories that Palau creates with primal materials like wood, earth or botanical fibres. The creations of both artists appeal to sensorial and mystical experience, where matter and gesture become channels for a deep-set connection with both the sacred and the earthly.

Adelaida lives and works on the full moon. A mermaid of heaven and hell, she lifts her voice in an incantation. Born and raised in Barcelona, she has a degree in Fine Arts from Central Saint Martins, which enlivens the performative nature of her endeavour. Her classical voice training at the Orfeó Català is patent in her innovative, personal compositional language, with which she explores the limits of the voice and its expressive and ritualistic potential. On stage, she transforms into the phoenix, then from phoenix into songster, from songster to sea nymph, and so on.

This Catalan singer-songwriter and producer has recently released her second album, Muérdago. The recording poses many questions and provides few answers. Infinite, delicate mantras of sound distinguish this ASMR labyrinth, bursting with lamentations and wounded desires. It features everything from choral ambiences to darker, baroque electronics, with her voice always front and centre. The album features the collaboration of Catalan producers MANS O and Pura Cadera, and was mixed by Rashad Becker. The live presentation took place at Sonar 2024, with a hypnotic, moody performance, and since then Adelaida has been touring in Europe and, more recently, in Mexico.

Adelaida made her debut with Cántaro [Jug], an album of endless vocal layers done with LANAV, and released in September 2022. It was featured in Primavera Sound in 2022 and 2023, Eufònic 2022 at the Fundació Joan Miró, the Festival BAM 2023 and She Makes Noise 2023, amongst many other performances.

© Bo Bannink