On this episode of Mind Massage, Doris Anahí takes us on a sound journey using some of her favorite items such as Kombucha, Plantain Chips and a Vogue Magazine.
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00:00 (blender whirring)
00:02 Shh.
00:06 Hola, hola.
00:11 My name is Ori Sana'i, and welcome to my mind massage.
00:16 I'm going to be taking you on a sound journey
00:19 with some of my favorite things.
00:21 (lips smacking)
00:24 (plastic crinkling)
00:27 (blender whirring)
00:36 (liquid pouring)
00:45 So I used to be a kombucha hater
00:49 until I realized that it's actually good for you.
00:53 So we converted somewhere along the way,
00:58 and now we're here.
00:58 I was born in Whittier, California
01:03 to Mexican immigrant parents,
01:07 and so I felt like I was always raised
01:11 on this notion of ni de aquí, ni de allá,
01:14 neither here nor there.
01:15 And living in that kind of environment
01:22 really just formed who I am as a person.
01:24 I think it's a battle of languages in my mind,
01:26 of cultures, and wanting to honor all of it all at once.
01:31 And I think that's embodied into who I am as a person
01:35 and how I try to take space in the world
01:37 and how I'm trying to navigate this life, I guess.
01:42 My music is really like a mezcla de mis mundos,
01:45 a mix of my worlds,
01:48 whether it's the genres of bolero and ranchera
01:53 to more indie and soul-leaning sounds
01:57 that my brothers introduced me to growing up.
02:00 So just the way that I was raised,
02:03 it was influenced in how I express myself through my music.
02:08 So I was born into a family of musicians.
02:11 So I was raised singing in the church.
02:13 And so music was always around me,
02:15 and I'd write silly little poems and diary entries
02:20 since I was a kid.
02:21 But I didn't really write my first proper song
02:25 until like 10 years ago
02:28 when I experienced my first real heartbreak.
02:31 And I think music is always born out of those moments.
02:35 So shout out to this immortal heartbreak
02:40 to inspire a lot of us.
02:44 (plastic crinkling)
02:47 Vogue has always been my favorite magazine,
03:00 but once I started traveling more to Mexico
03:04 was when I was exposed to Vogue Mexico.
03:07 And I always have this tradition with myself
03:10 where I always buy whatever issue is on the shelves
03:14 when I'm at the airport
03:16 and read it while I'm on the way
03:18 to wherever I'm going in Mexico.
03:20 And I think that kind of ritual
03:25 ended up manifesting this moment
03:28 of being in Vogue for the first time
03:32 and that being in Vogue Mexico.
03:34 (plastic crinkling)
03:39 (tapping)
03:41 If I were to be able to collaborate
03:49 with any artist that are alive,
03:52 hands down it would be one of the greatest songwriters
03:56 of all time, Juan Gabriel.
04:00 Te amo, te quiero, te extrañamos.
04:02 The King.
04:08 His concert at Bellas Artes
04:11 is one that I would pay to travel in time to be at.
04:16 And Amor Eterno is my favorite song of all time.
04:21 So, Juanga, (speaking in foreign language)
04:27 (plastic crinkling)
04:36 (tapping)
04:38 (scraping)
04:49 So I'm making a version of guacamole
05:03 but it doesn't have onions or tomatoes or cilantro.
05:07 I guess we're making just smashed avocados, if you will.
05:12 It's a little nine.
05:14 But low key, this is one of my favorite snacks ever
05:17 just to put on top of a tostada.
05:19 So it kind of worked out perfectly.
05:22 But it's a tough avocado.
05:26 She's not ready yet, but we're gonna try.
05:30 (laughing)
05:32 There we go.
05:40 So, one album on a deserted island.
05:45 That one's really hard.
05:48 I know, these are the tough questions.
06:00 I would probably wanna choose an album
06:01 that reminds me of home in some way.
06:05 So for me, that would probably be
06:07 Canciones de mi Padre by Linda Ronstadt,
06:12 which was her first mariachi album in the late '80s.
06:16 My mom put me onto the album as a young girl
06:22 and she always wanted me to sing grancheros,
06:25 but I was really emo
06:26 when she wanted me to sing that music.
06:28 So I told her to leave me alone with my Paramore covers
06:31 until I finally came around.
06:33 And now when I listen to that album, I think of my mom
06:37 and I think of Mexico, but not just Mexico,
06:41 but the crossover of Chicano culture
06:45 honoring our roots in Mexico.
06:47 Yeah, it's a beautiful album.
06:50 (food squelching)
06:53 (food squelching)
06:56 (egg cracking)
07:10 (egg cracking)
07:12 (bag crinkling)
07:31 (bag crinkling)
07:34 (bag crinkling)
07:37 (egg cracking)
08:05 (food squelching)
08:07 If I were to time travel,
08:12 I would probably want to visit
08:17 the golden era of Mexico.
08:21 I'm already gonna go into the future,
08:26 so we'll see that when we get there.
08:30 But I always had this dream since I was a little girl
08:35 of how cool it would be to be able to meet my ancestors
08:41 when they were younger and see what they look like,
08:47 what they dress like, what their personalities were,
08:51 and just be this fly on the wall, if you will.
08:56 Or how it would be to meet them,
08:58 them not knowing that I was their family or something.
09:03 So yeah, if I were to travel in time,
09:06 it would be to that era of the '40s, '50s.
09:11 They call it "Epoca de Oro," the "Cine Mexicano."
09:20 (chuckles)
09:22 (bag crinkling)
09:28 They don't have Trader Joe's in Mexico.
09:30 And I forget how superior Trader Joe's truly is
09:36 when it comes to the snacks.
09:38 So here's some of my favorite.
09:41 (chuckles)
09:43 Even though you can get these freshly made over there,
09:58 there's just something about these that hit
10:00 in a different way.
10:01 Yeah.
10:08 My advice to any aspiring musicians out there
10:15 would be to be very clear
10:19 on what you want to bring to the world.
10:24 It's your unique point of view, your perspective.
10:29 We're all very different people,
10:34 and as artists, we are vessels, messengers.
10:39 And so I think something that's helped me
10:44 is to really understand that I can't compare myself
10:49 to anyone else, and as artists,
10:52 I think we just have to keep our blinders on
10:54 and know that whatever we're bringing to the world
10:59 is what we're meant to bring.
11:00 My best self-love advice is always to speak to myself
11:12 with kindness the way that I would to my inner child.
11:20 If I would be speaking to myself in such a harsh way,
11:25 would I speak to the child version of me in that harsh way?
11:30 Would I have grace for her?
11:32 Would I have compassion for her?
11:35 Would I be kind to her?
11:37 And so why wouldn't I do that for myself
11:41 at this big old age now?
11:43 Thank you so much for coming to my mind massage.
11:48 - All righty, you did great.
11:51 That was awesome.
11:52 - Thank you.
11:52 - We can cut.
11:54 Um, we can cut.
11:56 (electronic beeping)