At the age of 14, after two years living in Mexico City, Mimi returned to Puerto Rico for good. In 1987, she started jamming with local bands, untill her brother Niguel influenced her into Metal Music; and they formed a band. They played a couple of years together with Rencor, one of the first “in-Spanish” rock bands from Puerto Rico.
Mimi studied Fine Arts in The Arts School in Old San Juan. When she was 20 years old, she met the island ska scene and got hooked on Jamaican reggae-rocksteady beat style. In 1991, she entered an all-girl band, Alarma!, a heavy music band. They travelled to New York, and played in Sob's and in Los Angeles for the La Banda Elastica Festival with Maldita Vecindad. They were also opening act for many bands that came to the island, such as Dos Minutos, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, and Fito Paez.
But things were about to change... she met an Argentinian musician from Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, saxophone player Sergio Rotman. After a coupe of years of friendship, the relation grew, they fell in love, and started to travel together anywhere! Sergio invited Mimi to form a band with him, so she decided to go South, to Buenos Aires. In Argentina, Mimi was invited to sing with Cienfuegos (Sergio's punk rock project), she sang in the Caravelas y Diablitos by Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, met the "porteña" scene, recorded with Attaque 77, Los Piojos, Kapanga, and sang with many other friends.
In 1998, she became mother to a son named Leroy. Sergio and Mimi formed a band with friends that had the same love for Jamaican music & Latin rhythms. They've performed in many Buenos Aires clubs, cafe's & theaters, for example, Ciclo Molotov in the Centro Cultural Ricardo Rojas, along with Riddim, in Luz y Fuerza Theater with Cienfuegos, in Cemento with Lumumba, openings for Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Fun People, Divididos...
Mimi won a Gardel Award in 2002 as Best Female Rock Singer. She also toured Spain, Germany, México, and Argentina. In 2007 Mimi Maura recorded her 6th album Mirando caer la lluvia , she toured in Argentina and made her first DVD Dulces Sueños recorded live in ND Ateneo Theater. 2008-2009 she toured with Los fabulosos Cadillacs singing Vasos Vacios. In 2010 Mimi Maura recorded her 7th album Dias de Sol in Argentina and Puerto Rico, mixed it in Jamaica with Steven Stanley.
Mimi Maura is an independient artist, her label name is Canary Records.
La Huella
Mimi Maura Lyrics
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Cuando lloras puedo entrar
Y descubrir la pena que vive allí
Dejala descansar
Si sentís el dolor
Del cielo al caer
Dejo una huella aquí
Cuando ya no este
Te llevaras mi voz
Puedo volver así
Hecho canción
Vuelvo a mirar tu corazón
Lleno esta de mi canción
Para decir no busques mas
Fuera de ti el camino del sol.
In Mimi Maura's song "La Huella," the lyrics explore the power of emotions and communication in human experience. The opening lines express how the act of speaking allows a person to be reborn and how crying can allow someone else to enter into their emotions and discover the pain that resides within them. The phrase, "Dejala descansar" or "let it rest," implies the need for rest and introspection that follows this journey through pain.
The second verse explores the idea of leaving a mark or footprint behind in the world. The lyricist suggests that when we feel the pain from the sky falling, we leave a different kind of imprint on the world. The reference to "my prison" implies that the pain is something we inevitably carry with us, but that through art, it can become something transcendent. When the singer is no longer present, only her voice will remain, creating a kind of eternal presence.
The final verse of the song suggests that the love between two people can be a source of healing and comfort, that the singer's song has filled the listener's heart and can guide them away from searching for happiness outside of themselves. This interpretation is reinforced by the title of the song, which translates to "The Footprint" or "The Trace," emphasizing the idea that every action we take leaves a lasting impression on the world.
Line by Line Meaning
Cuando hablas vuelvo a nacer
Your words have the power to bring me back to life
Cuando lloras puedo entrar
When you cry, I can come in and discover the pain you're going through
Y descubrir la pena que vive allí
And find out the sorrow that's living within you
Dejala descansar
Let it rest
Si sentís el dolor
If you feel the pain
Del cielo al caer
Of falling from the sky
Dejo una huella aquí
I leave a mark here
De mi prisión
From my prison
Cuando ya no esté
When I'm no longer here
Te llevarás mi voz
You'll take my voice with you
Puedo volver así
I can come back like this
Hecho canción
As a song
Vuelvo a mirar tu corazón
I look at your heart again
Lleno está de mi canción
It's full of my song
Para decir no busques mas
To say don't search anymore
Fuera de ti el camino del sol.
Outside of you, there's no path to the sun.
Contributed by Jacob C. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
cesar Ska
Mujer hermosa, bella voz, una de las voces mas representativas del Ska.
Mario Ruiz
Genia total la sigo hace tiempo a puro ska
Florencia Riquelme
genial ! muy buen tema...
Nahui Dorado
Que buen tema loco!!
CINTIA D
Me había olvidado de esta canción.
Ayer de casualidad la radio de mi vieja estaba alta y ¡zas! ¡mimi maura! (Casi me puse a llorar cuando la escuché! 😄)
Norma Alfonzo
Que hermosa es! !!!!
Lorena Cipriano
Aun bajo los efectos the last show❤❤❤
Gustavo Ariel Gutierrez
Puedo volver así hecho canción,genios ustedes y el chango
Daniel Lopez
Bless hermano, one love fayah...
marco antonio ibarra
Que bello!