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Influences
Los Tres, Violeta Parra, Elis Regina, Yma Sumac, Bidu Sayao, Siouxsie Sioux, Cafe Tacvba,
The Go-Go's, Pedro Almodovar, Terry Hall, Luscious Jackson, Deborah Harry, Kim Deal, Bjork, Jeanette, Yuri, Los Prisioneros,
Les Rita Mitsuko, Cyndi Lauper, that dog, Happy Mondays, Wendy & Lisa, Hall & Oates, Soul Train, Debbie Deb, Dolly Parton, Los Angeles Negros, REM, Joe Strummer, Jonathan Richman, Magnetic Fields, Morrissey, Camilo Sesto, Mike Patton, Andrea Echeverri, Pauline Black, Marisa Monte, XTC, Bananarama, Colin Hay, Emily Haines, Le Tigre, CalArts, Ira Glass, Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares, murales; Basco/Vazko, Siqueiros, Chile, mi mama la Fufita cantando folklore y mi papa Gerardo tocando harmonica en los Bi-Bops y Ritmo Tres, mi tio Eduardo tocando guitarra con sus hijos en los asados de Nuñoa. Last but not least - root beer floats & french fries.
Pilar featured in NYLON MEXICO magazine (Junio/Julio 2009)
"Novia De Soldado" music video (by Bárbara Matas, April 2009)
"Piñata" music video (by José Asunción, February 2009)
MY NUMBER ONE MUSIC HERO! JOE STRUMMER
Chilean-born and California-bred, Pilar Díaz is a talented singer-songwriter whose life highlights her many interests. Moving frequently between Santiago and LA as a child, she was taught guitar by her parents, both of whom were acclaimed folkloric musicians, and her voice was soon heard on various cartoons in her native and newfound countries. Accurately reflecting her adopted hometown of Los Angeles, she spent her teenage years going to punk shows in Hollywood, and her bedroom walls had as many photos of Victor Jara and Violeta Parra as they did REM and Bjork.
She graduated from CalArts, where she majored in classical voice (specifically opera), was a member of a Bulgarian women's choir and Balkan music group, participated in a gamelan ensemble that toured Bali, and led a popular campus band with Ryan Francesconi, who currently serves as Joanna Newsom's musical director. During and after college, Díaz worked with Danny Elfman on numerous soundtracks, and her vocals appear in films like Spiderman and Sleepy Hollow. With her rock band Los Abandoned, a bilingual new wave outfit whose debut album was lauded everywhere from the LA Times to Perez Hilton, she performed on Conan O'Brien and KCRW, gigged with Sonic Youth and Neil Young, and played before a crowd of 40,000 in Mexico City.
Díaz has now chosen to go solo, working on new songs and exploring new songwriting partnerships. She aims to continue the hybridity of her life experiences and wide artistic tastes, while increasing the personal nature of her songwriting and maintaining her vibrant and unique stage performances. (Alexis Rivera)
Music video for "TU Y YO" (by Mariah Garnett, October 2008)
Pilar's complete live performance at Quiksilver's SiteStage (April 2008)
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