Uruguayan musician Jorge Drexler wins big at Latin Grammy Awards

Uruguayan musician Jorge Drexler wins big at Latin Grammy Awards

Jorge Drexler was nominated for nine Latin Grammy awards on Thursday and took residence seven — additional than any other artist up for an award at the ceremony in Las Vegas, like two of the most coveted prizes for record and music of the 12 months.

Like numerous artists and musicians, Drexler employed his time all through the COVID-19 pandemic to get resourceful.

For the duration of the top of the pandemic, he composed the songs highlighted in his new album “Tinta y Tiempo,” or “Ink and Time,” in which he collaborated with reknowned singers like Ruben Blades, C-Tangana, and Noga Erez.

But for Drexler, who was born in Uruguay and life in Spain, it was not quick coming up with new tunes in the course of a time of finish isolation.

“The pandemic was hard on every person, and I guess it afflicted people in different ways, depending on their character. I observed it extremely, really tough, in particular to end the music.”

He reported he uncovered a thing new about himself: that he likes composing in isolation, but only up to a specified stage.

“Once I’ve received the initially draft of a new tune, I will need to participate in it or say it to one more human becoming, I need to have to truly feel the presence of a different particular person to immediate that producing. It’s odd. I did not know I necessary that.”

The album title is “kind of a prayer,” he mentioned, a prayer for inventive inspiration, to at last end writing the tracks.

“And when I observed myself in that writer’s block, I tried out to unwind and think that, you know, what has to be created will be created in the finish. Just allow the ink and time do the perform on the blank web site.”

Drexler explained that with this album he is shelling out homage to the blank webpage, and that is why the deal with of the new album is absolutely white.

“The blank web page is a guarantee of choices. Nearly anything can drop into a blank webpage. But for each and every fight that you win in opposition to the blank site, which is each concluded music you have, I have at least 10 unfinished verses or tracks that will never see the gentle of working day. So, I paid out homage to them.”

In this album he also explores different designs and genres. In the track “Oh Algoritmo!” He teamed up with Israeli rapper Noga Erez, who he fulfilled on social media in the center of the pandemic, and they established lyrics collectively on Zoom.

“Tell me what I have to sing. Oh, mighty algorithm! I know that you know it much better than I do,” he sings.

He explained the track demonstrates on the idea of no cost will.

“We converse a whole lot about independence, but lots of quite a few instances we choose to allow anyone else or some thing else make the choice for [us]. They might be politicians or they could be algorithms.”

Drexler was skilled as a health practitioner, but after learning medicine for 10 yrs, he recognized he wanted to devote his everyday living to tunes.

Soon after 30 many years — and many successes — he said he’s changed a large amount.

“As you evolve as a human being, your songs also evolve with you, and items that have been ideal at some point of your life, come to be completely wrong at some other point of your everyday living. And you will discover songs that contradict a person one more, like durations of my everyday living that contradict one one more.”

Questioned what he thinks now about the Jorge Drexler of 30 several years ago, he stated: “I would tell Jorge of 1992 to not hear to Jorge’s 2022 guidance. Just abide by the way, make just about every mistake again, and obtain your way.”