Mabe Fratti (born 1992) is a Guatemalan cellist and vocalist. Fratti works in a wide variety of genres. Her work includes collaborations with artists such as Belafonte Sensacional, and she is part of avant-garde music collective Amor Muere.

Life and career

Born in Guatemala, and raised in a

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family, Fratti was classically trained in cello and limited to listening to either

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or classical music by her parents until she discovered file sharing through

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. Also more avant-garde elements were introduced to her like a

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record "randomly" brought home by her father, and a DVD by cellist

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she found in a record store. She began creating her own music as a teenager, and upon leaving the church expanded into playing styles as varied as reggae, blues, and funk, with the cello she uses now being a gift from her school. In 2015, a

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residency took her to Mexico to work on her music. Through this residency and move she performed with more musicians such as established artists ,

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and Julian Bonequi, and got involved in the Mexico City improvisational music scene. She met future members of Amore Muere and her partner Héctor Tosta, then of

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. In 2019, Fratti produced her first album, ''Pies Sobre La Tierra'', citing W.G Sebald's ''

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'' as inspiration. This was followed up by ''Será Que Ahora Podremos Entendernos'' in 2021, collaborating for album with composer

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and the experimental band Tajak, and the album being described as "referending Arthur Russell". Fratti's subsequent 2022 album ''Se Ve Desde Aquí'' has been referred to as "mind blowing" by fellow experimental artist

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. She went on to collaborate with partner Hector Tosta as Titanic in 2023, producing ''Vidrio'', an album described as "somewhere between jazz and chamber pop". In 2023, Amor Muere released ''A Time to Love, a Time to Die''. Fratti had formed this musical collective with artists Concepción Huerta, Gibrana Cervantes and

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, creating works over a period of years. Due to each member's existing work it has been described as an "experimental supergroup".

Discography

Solo * ''Pies Sobre La Tierra'' (2019) * ''Será Que Ahora Podremos Entendernos'' (2021) * ''Se Ve Desde Aquí'' (2022) * '' Sentir Que No Sabes'' (2024) Titanic * ''Vidrio'' (2023) Amore Muere * ''A Time to Love, a Time to Die'' (2023) Other collaborations * ''Phét Phét Phét – Shimmer'' (2023) * ''Mabe Fratti & Concepción Huerta – Estática'' (2022) * ''Gudrun Gut + Mabe Fratti – Let's Talk About the Weather'' (2021) * '' Belafonte Sensacional – (2019)

References

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