| Exclusive interview with Titin Moraga :: Yellow Magnetic Star |
Trixiebelle interviews Yellow Magnetic Star aka Titin Moraga - chill-out and groover extraordinaire
::>Titin! AKA Yellow Magnetic Star, chill-out and groover extraordinaire for Kundalini; thank you very much for agreeing to do this interview for us. Let’s start at the beginning… Where are you originally from? I am from a small town called Santa Cruz, Chile, South America. ::> How long have you been based in London? From 1992. ::> Why have you stayed so long?! Because it’s the right place for people like me. ::> Do you go back to Chile often? No not really; maybe every 4 to 5 years. ::> How is the scene there different from here? A lot! In Chile the musicians always love to emulate and copy what happens outside our country, and so the music is really all about what is in fashion....very few people are diing for a more spiritual connection....but this is far from what I see over here and in Europe. In Chile the scene is growing more popular every day....the organisers have sponsors becoming involved and also the media... and sometimes I feel that they’re a becoming a bit arrogant....so for me when I go I feel that it’s not the right place for me....I make a lot of effort to take a large selection of music on cd’s and vinyl for the djs....but I still do not feel at home to be honest – I love to be here in the end; where people expect a high standard...that makes me grow more and brings my music to the highest level that is possible… ::> Give me a bit of a background about your musical history and journey please…. I was a singer in a band called PEQUENO VICIO...which I started in 1986, but before that I was working in dance and theatre; in many avant-garde performances in what was a very difficult time in Chile at that point socially and politically – the reality at the time of living under a military dictatorship - that created in me and many artists a huge power of creative expression. ::> What music are you listening to most at the moment? In the last few months not so much really....I been concentrating on my own sounds. I am really looking for sounds more than music. ::> You are just about to release your 4th solo album…what is it called and where can we buy it?! It is called MIND SOUL AND BODY and will be available almost everywhere with the right distributors. ::> What or who inspires you musically? My own experiences that come from true feelings and emotions..and the music is a transmitter of all of this. ::> How do you think your music differs from other groove and psy-trance music out there? I always try to just bring the roots of my self; I always got the melancholic sounds from the Andes, the adventure of the New World sounds, the poetry and the beauty of where I am come from. ::> Do you have any further collaboration plans? Anahata 2 is always in mind. ::> Apart from music what motivates you to get up in the morning? I have a beauiful son to look after! And also I have another job as a French Polisher..that I really enjoy. ::> What is your favourite way to spend a weekend? Usually I have my son with me...we play..we buy toys...we go to the park, I like to cook....we collect trains....also he comes with me to the studio to make my new album; we try to enjoy ourselves as much is possible, just be ourselves! ::> How long have you been playing for Kundalini? From 1997 I think or early 1998… ::> Why do you like playing for Kundalini? Because they believe in me. And the high standard of the production. Also, when I play I always see the magic that my music can make happen. ::> What else are you looking forward to listening to at next week’s Synergy? Usually I like to listen to all of the other artists....but the sound of love that comes from the heart of every one is my favourite music. ::> And finally I need to ask you – where did you get your name Yellow Magnetic Star?! When I was in Chile on my first trip back home in 1995- I took my first album that I had made in London--Andean Trance. It was music inspired by the Andes and all the magic from intergalactic travellers from South America,,,,,the Mayan. When I went to see my mother who lived in the mountains I met a person on the bus who is a healer.... she knew me and my mother. When I showed her my album at that time she started to speak about the Dreamspell journey of timeship earth 2012... I realised that all my music was connected with the subject..without me knowing about this work.... and the she give me a book all about it and all the tools about Dreamspell. I was fascinated with the synchronisation....just incredible stuff. When I found out my k’in (editor’s note - Mayan birthday) ...there are 260 possibilities....I was again fascinated with the description....I really identified with it in a way that never happened before in my life. Here is the description…
When I came back to London I decided to start using the name because it truly resonated in me. ::> Wow that’s wicked!! Thank you Titin – anyone interested in finding out their own K’in can go to http://www.astrodreamadvisor.com/free_mayan_readings - I was amazed to find out I too am a Yellow Magnetic Star…..in fact the proportion of Yellow Magnetic Stars in the Kundalini family is very high…way above the 1 in 260 chance it should be….it is indeed, as Titin says, synchronistic.
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