Mariachi is Parisian guitarist Nina Garcia' solo project, started in March … Read Full Bio ↴Mariachi is Parisian guitarist Nina Garcia' solo project, started in March 2015. Mariachi experiments between improvisation and noise music. The setup is ultra minimal: 1 guitar, 1 pedal, 1 amp. Everything is focused on the gesture and the sound research of the instrument: its resonances, limits, expansions, impurities, all the audible parts of the guitar: to go with or against it, to contain it or to let it go, to support it or to hurt it. You will probably find: feedback, crackling, short circuits, impacts, harmonics, grindings noises, overflowings, notes and an almost perfect chord.

Her first LP was released in October 2018 on No Lagos Musique and Doubtful Sounds. Nina Garcia was born in 1990, she lives and works in Paris.

She has performed at Instants Chavirés, Paris / Sonic Protest, France / LUFF, Lausanne / Cave 12, Geneva / Café de la Danse, Paris / All Ears, Oslo / Mayhem & JazzHouse, Copenhagen / Café Oto, London / Echoraum, Wien / Occii, Amsterdam / Ateliers Claus, Brussels / Worm, Rotterdam / Festival Banlieues Bleues, Pantin / Musique Action, Nancy… She also plays in the band Mamiedaragon, in duet with trombonist Maria Bertel (Selvhenter, Ymers Pizza) and with drummer Augustin Bette (Where Is M.R?).

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"Guitar, pedal, amp… this utterance might sound classical nowadays. However Nina Garcia solo project makes it unheard of. Her group mamiedaragon describes itself as "no wave no noise no tapes". Perhaps this is a sign of a post post-punk hyper removal strategy? Not yet. The apparent negativity of her arrangement overturns, or "explodes like a piñata", under the innovative pressure between fingers and metal scrap, in search of a soundwave to chisel, round off, taper and slash" (Luff 2016)

La Casita
Mariachi Lyrics

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Voy a tumbar la casita
Que piedra por piedra
Hice para ti

Voy a tumbar la casita
Para que la quiero
Si ya te perdí

Con cada piedra que tumbe
Con cada piedrita
De cada pared

Quiera dios que se derrumbe
Adentro de mi alma
Tu imagen también

No quiero que ronde
Ahí tu fantasma
Y que tu recuerdo
Ande por ahí

Mañana comienzo
A tumbar la casita
Y ojalá comience a olvidarme de ti

Voy a tumbar la casita
Que piedra por piedra
Hice para ti

Voy a tumbar la casita
Para que la quiero
Si ya te perdí

Con cada piedra que tumbe
Con cada piedrita
De cada pared

Quiera dios que se derrumbe
Adentro de mi alma
Tu imagen también

No quiero que ronde
Ahí tu fantasma
Ni que tu recuerdo
Ande por ahí

Mañana comienzo

A tumbar la casita
Y ojalá comience a olvidarme de ti

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Mariachi's song "La Casita" depict a man who is trying to move on from a past relationship. He plans to demolish the small house he built for his significant other, piece by piece, because he no longer sees the purpose of keeping it intact since he has lost her. He hopes that with every stone that falls, and with every grain of sand that scatters, his memories of her will crumble and fade away as well.

The singer is struggling to accept that his relationship is over, and he is painfully aware that his feelings will not disappear overnight. He begs for divine intervention to make his memories of her fade away with every fragment of his house, so that he can finally move on with his life. He knows that letting go of someone he cared for deeply will not be easy, but he is taking the first step towards the next chapter of his life by destroying the casita.

The song illustrates the pain of lost love, the difficulty of moving on, and the importance of taking action towards closure. It's a poignant and melancholic melody that tugs at the heartstrings, with each verse building up a sense of sadness and longing until the final refrain when the singer accepts his loss and is ready to move on.

Line by Line Meaning

Voy a tumbar la casita
I am going to knock down the house

Que piedra por piedra
Stone by stone

Hice para ti
I made for you

Para que la quiero
What do I want it for?

Si ya te perdí
If I already lost you

Con cada piedra que tumbe
With each stone I knock down

Con cada piedrita
With every little stone

De cada pared
From every wall

Quiera dios que se derrumbe
God willing, it will crumble

Adentro de mi alma
Inside my soul

Tu imagen también
Your image too