Sonorous fruits
Mooi means pretty in Dutch but her music comes from the Mexican land. Mooi is in her own words an apple sweet like a cherry, sometimes in sorrow like a plum but in the end it’s all good like a watermelon. But she creates images that are evocations beyond the earthly fruits, they are a land for dreaming.
Mooi is a recent project born from the experimental composition of Renée Mooi, the production of Gunther and the electronic sounds of Diego Quirós. Together, they have created an electronic pop sound ready to catch us. Renée sings in English with a suggestive voice weaving dense sounds but dreamy, as she says un gran ejemplo de lo que puede resultar al lograr lo complejo de lo simple.
Apple’s first notes sound like this although they are also disturbing. Suddenly, some drops are sounding in the middle of the darkness before Mooi’s voice calls us from a long distance. Oh, why, tell me why you have a heart like mine inside and why you grow in trees…It’s very close to the Hamlet’s wondering to be or not to be just changing the skull for an apple. While the reasons resound the music becomes richer around the piano’s pounding because it’s always raining inside us.
A sinister atmosphere takes over Cherry although Mooi brings some light quickly. A subtle and beautiful piano tune calms us down after a dark beginning but dangers are still there. Programming and distorted sounds appear and disappear while Mooi sings her personal cherry taste. Moments are eternal even when they are dead.
Memories hit our minds when they are not solved. Plum’s sound is bittersweet but very rich in its mix of eastern and western sounds. When she sings I remember it’s like a mantra which is dead before its birth. Probably she can’t remember but she wishes to. The strings section surrounds a dream created from desperation.
All those tastes get mixed with memories and fears of an uncertain future. But Mooi moves forward with a firm step and an elegant creativity.
Text by Juan Carlos Romero
Photo courtesy of Renée Mooi