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The sound world of ORIMERA

There are songs for things we struggle to say, and music to hear without searching for words. Here you will find stories of love, loss, boundaries and wanting to begin again.

A Black woman with an afro listens to music through black headphones, her eyes closed.

Choose a work that makes you curious, or stay for an album. You may find something close to what you are living through, or it may take you somewhere unexpected.

Stories that find a voice

An unfinished conversation. Someone we miss. Wanting to say no and being afraid to. These songs begin in situations that may feel familiar.

Each story has its own voice. You can read a little about it before listening, or go straight to the music.

Song / Breathing

Breathe

A breath between everything else

We move from one thing to the next, barely noticing how we breathe. Breathe puts that everyday act at the centre of a song about pausing.

Song / Starting again

Rehacer

Starting again with what we have lived

After a major change, starting again can bring as much fear as hope. We still carry what happened, even when we do not yet know what to do next.

Song / Our relationship with the body

Cuerpo Mío

Looking at the body that brought us here

Some marks on our bodies are hard to look at; others remind us of what we have been through. Sometimes we feel both at once.

Song / Love and identity

Where I End

Loving while remaining yourself

Sharing a life changes our plans and decisions. Sometimes it brings us so close that we struggle to know what we truly want and what we do to avoid losing the other person.

Song / Love and memory

Mirada Azul

Some glances stay with us

Every Friday they looked for each other among the music, red lights and smoke. A movement of hair and a lingering glance were enough to find the courage to approach.

Song / Absence and continuity

Permanecer

Still loving someone who is gone

We still think of telling them something. We repeat one of their gestures or find a word that brings their voice back. Some bonds continue like this after someone is gone.

Song / Origin and belonging

Resonar

Remembering what we shared

Before we learned to separate ourselves, belonging seemed simpler. Resonar returns to that memory and to what we can still recognise in each other.

Song / Mental overload

Always On

The body stops, the mind keeps going

You lie down and the unfinished tasks, questions and things you could have said start appearing. Your body has finished the day; your mind keeps going.

When words are not needed

Lumessence, Soluma and Orivine are ORIMERA's instrumental works. Here the music lets each listener find their own images and memories.

You do not need to follow a story. You can simply listen.

Instrumental / Pause and stillness

Lumessence

Recognising something of yourself again

Lumessence is instrumental music built around an image: light returning. A way of approaching something of yourself that has felt unfamiliar for a while.

Instrumental / Care and calm

Soluma

Treating yourself with a little more care

Soluma begins with the wish to stop demanding so much of ourselves. It is an instrumental work about care and how we speak to ourselves when no one else is listening.

Albums to spend some time with

Some stories need more than one song. Listening in order lets you follow what changes between the beginning and the end.

Despacio

Aquí, Despacio and Silencio: three songs about approaching the present, slowing down and listening to what emerges when the noise fades.

Music for a special occasion

A birthday, a person, a reason to celebrate. These works were made for a particular moment and keep something of it.

Song / Identity and self-worth

You Are Special

Your worth does not depend on other voices

You Are Special addresses someone who doubts themselves amid other people’s voices. The song reminds them that they do not need anyone’s permission to take their place or hide what makes them different.

ORIMERA / Special edition / Celebration

The Rebel’s Birthday

A birthday with an outlaw country spirit

The Rebel’s Birthday was created to celebrate a birthday in an outlaw country style. A dedication made for one person and one occasion, with a place of their own in ORIMERA.