Q&A: Yellow Dudes Is The Mexican Dream Pop Band You’ve Been Missing Out On

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Written By The Luna Collective
 
 
 

CREATING IRRESISTIBLE DREAM POP THAT TRANSPORTS YOU TO ANOTHER DIMENSION - Mexico-based band Yellow Dudes is sure to be your latest obsession. Hazy guitars and synths layer effortlessly with vocalist Columba to create a smooth and endearing tone. 

Finding influences from everything from their small town in Mexico to music of the West, Yellow Dudes is able to incorporate an array of sounds while sticking to their cohesive dream pop undertone. With current EPs Backstage Escenario, Parking Spot and Ordinary Films giving us a taste of their evolution and musical direction as they continue to grow, the band continues to explore what they want they want their true sound to be. 

Yellow Dudes will be releasing merch as well as two more music videos to round out their Ordinary Films era before diving into their next chapter. Read below to meet Yellow Dudes and hear more about their story. 

LUNA: For those unfamiliar would you mind introducing yourselves? 

YELLOW DUDES: We are Carlos, Columba, Mario, Ramon and Ramses, a group of friends who make music in a small town in Mexico 

LUNA: How has your cultural backgrounds shaped the feel of your music? 

RAMSÉS: Despite the fact that we are from Mexico we really like the music of the West. When we make music we really like to express that in what we do 

COLUMBA: I think that we are immersed in an interculturality that encourages us to navigate over the thousands and diverse existing genres of music. This openness has taught us a lot about the different sounds and experiences that one can have within the reality in which we find ourselves, but above all, it has taught us not to limit ourselves and be able to feel how the external is internalized and incorporated into our music somehow. 

CARLOS: Growing up in such a small city led me to question what existed outside of it, when I began to discover music that I really liked, I found a totally unknown culture, in which I began to feel part of it; concerts, festivals and some blogs that I read were what gave me the desire to create songs that made me feel the happiness that this environment causes me. 

LUNA: What can you share about new music you’re working on? How has your creative process evolved with it? 

RAMSÉS: We just finished a series of three EP's, which taught us a lot about how we want to sound. From that, we want to do something completely new that sounds inspired by the music we listen today, but keeping our essence. 

COLUMBA: I think it is quite a challenge since we always seek to feel good about what we do, however; listening to our ideas and communicating what we feel, musical or not, has helped us express ourselves comfortably. What I hear in this new music is the essence of a friendship that knows how to convey and transform emotions into sounds that move our souls. 

CARLOS: During the pandemic, our process totally changed, we learned new ways of working in a virtual way which have remained until today, now we usually start with a synthesizer and a chord progression that moves something within us.

MARIO: I am quite excited with the fact that we seek to try new things and change a bit the processes to which we are already used to. What I could say is that we are in search of new sounds without leaving behind what identifies us. 

RAMÓN: We have introduced new methods of composition within our practice, in addition to looking for new sounds that can serve to represent and guide the music that we seek to externalize. 

LUNA: Sonically, your music has a sweet, melancholic feel to it - what are some of your favorite elements going into your sound? 

COLUMBA: Synthesizers and Reverbs, we also really like Samples although we have hardly explored that part. 

CARLOS: The reverb and the atmosphere that is created alongside it, also the fact of incorporating many influences from different genres. 

MARIO: Without a doubt it would be the pad synths 

RAMSÉS: I think it's all in the melodies 

RAMÓN: Using a lot of effects to create a new sound, more dreamy 

LUNA: A few months ago you created the most beautiful 8mm short film “Ordinary Films (The Film)”. I really love the aesthetic - can you share a bit about the making of this video? 

RAMSÉS: The general idea of the EP is that of a nostalgic film, so we wanted to represent the aesthetics of a film. 

COLUMBA: Somehow we all had elements that we wanted to incorporate when making the video, but the narrative never had a linear purpose and it varied a lot between different timelines (past, present and future), so we had to inquire into our emotions to represent the nostalgia we were looking for. 

LUNA: What do you like about tapping into the visual side of your music? 

RAMSÉS:We like to create audiovisual experiences with what we do, through aesthetics that inspire us and make us create new things.

CARLOS: One of our main motivations is to create a visual environment that matches our sound identity. 

LUNA: Who have y’all been listening to lately? 

CARLOS: Lately lot of Vegyn, Maye, Yves Tumor and Mk.Gee 

COLUMBA: Japanese City Pop and Brazilian Bossanova 

MARIO: I have Kendrick Lamar's DAMN on loop 

RAMÓN: Disco music from the 70's and 80's 

RAMSÉS: Cutemobb, is a collective from Spain that I really like. 

LUNA: A fun one - if you had to only listen to one album for a year straight what would you pick? 

COLUMBA: Angel Youth of Vansire, without a doubt 

CARLOS: It’s a hard one, i think a would choose For Ever of Jungle or Hive Mind of The Internet 

MARIO: Avida Dollars of C. Tangana, or Encanto of Chita 

RAMÓN: Guardian of the Light of George Luke or Cause and Effect of Keane 

RAMSÉS: Moctezuma of Porter or New Bois of Nvscvr 

LUNA: Any upcoming plans we should know about? 

YELLOW DUDES: We are about to release merch along with the last two videos of the Ordinary Films EP era, after that we will start a kind of new era in which we will release several singles and videos between 2021 and 2022.

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