MUSIC

Five years in the making, Maria Alejandra Quintanilla's debut solo project, Irrefragible Laws, represents a life of experiences that shape her views on life and art as transdisciplinary. Suffused with lyrical impulses that elude simple definition, this album + art book explores temperaments and techniques that touch on the weight of urbanity, the intimacy of nature's healing, the flux portraits of home, and the tipping edge between silenced voices and voiced silences in a pandemic and post-pandemic era. Extended vocal techniques, acoustic/electronic connections, and field recordings celebrate this work as multi-layered, openly associative, and strikingly undisguised.

Voice, Percussion, and Compositions by Maria Alejandra Quintanilla

Piano and Synths by Renato Diz

Recorded & Engineered by José Diogo Neves at Douglass Recording Studios, Brooklyn, NY.

Additional elements recorded by Maria Alejandra Quintanilla & Renato Diz at W&J Productions in Harlem, NY.

Mixed & Mastered by José Diogo Neves in Tallinn, Estonia.

Photography by Pedro Marnoto

Graphic Design by Lizzie Suh and Maria Alejandra Quintanilla

Produced by Maria Alejandra Quintanilla and Renato Diz

Executively Produced by W&J Productions

℗ © 2023 Maria Alejandra Quintanilla. All rights reserved.

Shade of White is the second single release by Maria Alejandra Quintanilla. Shade of White was spontaneously composed at the end of a 10-hour studio session, evocative of deep despair and healing. Selected out of 26,000 entries as an International Songwriting Competition 2020 Semi-Finalist.

Composition & Voice by Maria Alejandra Quintanilla

Piano & Arrangement by Renato Diz

Recorded & Engineered by José Diogo Neves at Douglass Recording Studios, Brooklyn, New York, USA.

Mixed & Mastered by José Diogo Neves in Tallinn, Estonia.

Produced by Maria Alejandra Quintanilla and Renato Diz

Artwork by Maria Alejandra Quintanilla and Renato Diz

© 2020 W&J Productions. All rights reserved.

Seven Courses is the first single release by Maria Alejandra Quintanilla. Inspired by the Oscar award-winning Danish drama, Babette’s Feast, Seven Courses was spontaneously composed at the end of a 9-hour studio session and post-edited with “at home” field recordings that invite you into the intimate world of living and dreaming in small spaces and moments. The official music video was set in a miraculous sunlit corner of Porto, Portugal after days of flooding from Storm Elsa; conceived, filmed and post-edited by Maria.

Maria Alejandra Quintanilla - Composition, Voice & Field Recordings

Renato Diz - Piano & Arrangement

Recorded & Engineered by José Diogo Neves at Douglass Recording Studios, Brooklyn, New York, USA.

Mixed & Mastered by José Diogo Neves in Tallinn, Estonia.

Produced by Maria Alejandra Quintanilla & Renato Diz

Artwork by Maria Alejandra Quintanilla & Renato Diz

Breathing Taiwan is a visceral journey, an otherworldly tribute to the unheard stories of Taiwanese ancient culture and its fascinating history. Through the percussive sounds of native instruments such as the tatuk we are immediately transported to the indigenous landscapes of Taiwan. Once arrived, we can witness the echoes of deep pain yet a profound sense of pride and celebration through the aural rituals of ancestry. This music is as much a symbolic interpretation as it is an immersive experience into a world of wordless emotions that are altogether universal.

Renato Diz - Piano & Extended Techniques

Maria Alejandra Quintanilla - Voice

Sayun Chang - Percussion & Voice

Recorded by Tom Tedesco at Tedesco Studios, New York, USA.

Mixed & Mastered by José Diogo Neves in Tallinn, Estonia.

Artwork by Marta Soutinho & Nelson Luís.

Distance Chemistry is a live hall recording comprised entirely of improvised arrangements of songs that marked their musical growth during their formative years with no cuts, edits or separation. Masterpieces like Strange Fruit, Calling You, Just The Two Of Us and Autumn Leaves are rediscovered, deconstructed and rebuilt with singular twists. Prominent movie director Pedro Marnoto invited them to create a short movie based on their original composition Conversation II. Since its release on W&J Productions, Distance Chemistry has sold more than a 1500 hard copies worldwide.

Renato Diz - Piano & Extended Techniques

Maria Alejandra Quintanilla - Voice

Recorded by José Diogo Neves in January 2015 at Daniel Lee Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA.

Photography - Sammy Yonjai Sohn

Cover Design - Marta Soutinho & Nelson Luís.

Mixed & Mastered by José Diogo Neves in Tallinn, Estonia.