08.10.2021
PRODUCER SEBASTIAN KRYS ON REMAKING THIS YEAR’S MODEL
La La Lista: Jorge Farah: August 9th 2021
There’s a scene in the 2003 documentary End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones where Mickey Leigh, brother of Joey Ramone, describes discovering how all these albums he & his brother listened to were produced by the same person (Phil Spector). A similar feeling came over me when I first looked into the discography of legendary producer Sebastian Krys, a parade of instantly recognizable names and titles that were basically inescapable if you ever listened to any Spanish-language radio. He’s worked on seminal albums from the Latin pop canon, collaborating with artists such as Shakira, Carlos Vives, Luis Fonsi, Eros Ramazzotti, David Visbal, and many, many more.
Sebastian was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and moved to the US at a very young age. He has carved out a career as one of the most celebrated Argentinian musicians of all time, earning 6 Grammy Awards and 12 Latin Grammy Awards. Most recently, he’s been collaborating with legendary singer-songwriter Elvis Costello, co-producing the albums Look Now (which earned a Grammy for Best Traditional Pop Album) and Hey Clockface. Now the unlikely pair is involved in a peculiar new project: Spanish Model, a re-interpretation of Costello’s 1978 album This Year’s Model which brings the original instrumental tracks together with new vocal performances by various notable Spanish-language artists such as Jorge Drexler, Fito Paez, Robi Draco, and more. The album comes out on September 10th.
We reached out to Sebastian for an interview. Ever the multi-tasker, and since he’s much nicer than Phil Spector, Sebastian graciously agreed to do it while driving his mother to the airport.