{"id":29766,"date":"2025-09-22T05:30:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T09:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=29766"},"modified":"2025-08-14T13:51:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T17:51:29","slug":"the-indoor-astronomy-of-astronomia-interior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/22\/the-indoor-astronomy-of-astronomia-interior\/","title":{"rendered":"The Indoor Astronomy of Astronom\u00eda Interior"},"content":{"rendered":"

This feature appeared previously in <\/em>SPIN Magazine<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe agreed not to make another rock and roll band,\u201d laughs \u00c1ngel Mosqueda. Good thing, because he and Jes\u00fas Baez are already in one of those: Grammy-winning Zo\u00e9. Existing alongside their main group, the duo\u2019s new project Astronom\u00eda Interior explores a different side of music.<\/p>\n

\"\"With more than ten albums to its credit, Cuernavaca, Mexico\u2019s alternative rock band Zo\u00e9 is one of the most popular and critically acclaimed groups in the Spanish-speaking world. Baez and Mosqueda launched Astronom\u00eda Interior as a parallel endeavor, one that combines classic synthpop textures, evocative Spanish-language vocals and a modern electronic vibe.<\/p>\n

To occupy themselves during the lockdown phase of the pandemic, the two passed musical ideas back and forth via email. It wasn\u2019t long before a group of solid new songs began to take shape. Mosqueda suggested, \u201cWhy don\u2019t we do this as a real, official project with all the ingredients that come [with] making an album?\u201d<\/p>\n

The new project lets Mosqueda and Baez step beyond their customary roles as bassist and keyboardist. \u201cWe started doing things that we don\u2019t do in Zo\u00e9,\u201d Mosqueda explains. \u201cWe\u2019re going to musical places that maybe you don\u2019t go in a band.\u201d<\/p>\n

Astronom\u00eda Interior is inspired in part by synthesizer-based music of the 1970s and \u201880s, but not defined by it. \u201cWe\u2019re not attached to any style or way of doing things,\u201d Baez says. The songs on the duo\u2019s self-titled 2023 debut album are built with keyboards, drum machines and vocals, but the duo\u2019s second album, due in March, takes things beyond those confines. The haunting and moody \u201cAbril\u201d adds guitars and real drums into the mix. \u201cOur musical spectrum has become wider,\u201d Mosqueda says.<\/p>\n

The music video for \u201cAbril\u201d emphasizes the song\u2019s dark and surreal quality. The female character in the video is an enigma: \u201cYou don\u2019t know if it\u2019s her<\/i> dream, or if she belongs to a dream world,\u201d Mosqueda says, noting that the song showcases just one side of Astronom\u00eda Interior. \u201cOther songs we have are brighter, more colorful,\u201d he says. \u201cAnd that\u2019s part of the joy of this.\u201d<\/p>\n

A duo in the studio, Astronom\u00eda Interior expands to three or four musicians for live dates. Creative experimentation is at the core of what they\u2019re doing with this new project. \u201cIt’s a combination between fun and trying to do the best music we can,\u201d Mosqueda says, noting that for Astronom\u00eda Interior, it\u2019s always about the song. \u201cWe can experiment, but we\u2019re always focusing on narrative and structure. We\u2019re not DJs,\u201d he says with a laugh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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