From the country acclaimed for its genius footballers and red wine, Federico Aubele returns with his third album, ‘Amatoria’. Hinting to the familiar sounds of his critically acclaimed debut ‘Gran Hotel Buenos Aires’, Aubele has forged an album entirely about love. Driven by Aubele’s sensual vocals and Latin guitar, ‘Amatoria’ showcases what makes this gypsy troubadour so beloved by many.

Currently residing in New York, the born and bred Argentine singer-songwriter, is renowned for his eminent ability to cement a concoction of genres from Jamaican dub to Mexican Bolero and twelve tracked ‘Amatoria’ features Aubele at his simplest and most personal. Completely self produced, and for the first time featured entirely on lead vocals‘Amatoria’ showcases his voice at it’s most relaxed and with minimal reservation. His conscious decision to opt for lucid instrumentation, consisting of subtle beats, a guitar and FX pedal in order to cultivate the ambient acoustics heard throughout the album, perfectly reflects the inevitable highs and lows that comes with being in love.

One day, while talking with his wife and sitting at a wildly out-of-tune piano, Aubele accidentally bumped four keys with the cup of tea that was in his hand. “A nice melody came out, but since the piano was so out of tune, each key was not the right note,” Aubele smiles. “I saw that the tea bag had a message on it, which said ‘Let Good Things Come to you.’ I said, ‘That’s it!’ I went up and played the riff on my guitar and started developing the melody.” The result was ‘Luna y sol’ the opening track, which chronicles the union of male and female, the joining of two separate lives. Aubele accompanies this with the first release from the album, an uptempo and hook guided single titled ‘Suena Mi Guitarra’.

Further highlight tracks from the album include ‘Hermosa’, a straightforward Mexican-style bolero sung with an Argentinean accent. “The lyrics are a very straightforward love poem about a very intimate moment,” Aubele explains. ‘Este Amor’ with guest vocals from Natalia Clavier, Federico’s wife, is dedicated to her and is a tribute to the great bolero trios of the past, whilst further female collaborations come from Sabina Sciubba of The Brazilian Girls on ‘Otra Vez’, and Miho Hatori of Cibo Matto on ‘Riendo Asi’.

The faultless fusion of his idiosyncratic Spanish guitar sound and sultry vocals, accompanied by subtle electronic beats, creates an intimate and unique collage of love songs that make ‘Amatoria’ an album to be cherished.