Julián Muro is a composer, arranger, producer, singer, and poet whose work seeks a language that inhabits the intersection of poetry and music, drawing from both tradition and dissent. Through this exploration, he questions the boundaries between musical genres and traces a poetics that dialogues with his biography as a nomad and naturalist. His singular artistic vision has earned him international recognition, leading him to perform on prestigious stages such as the NN North Sea Jazz Festival 2024, participate in numerous artistic residencies, receive an award from the Tishman Environment and Design Center, and complete a master's degree at Codarts University (Rotterdam). He currently resides in Madrid, supported by a full AIE scholarship for studies in Iberian Peninsula Folklore, consolidating a period of great creative effervescence that includes the recent recording of his fourth studio production, Crazy Science.
Streaming already: No se está solo and Si III. Si
APFUS, VOL. 1 (2026) dwells in the subtle intersection of contemporary chamber music, improvisation, and South American roots music. Driven by what he describes as a “tension between his untamed nature and his artistic calling,” Muro left his home in the Argentine Patagonia in 2018 to embark on an itinerant life. After years of European nomadism—where he funded his first recordings by working in mountain refuges in the Alps—his artistic compass led him to the asphalt of New York, earning a full scholarship for the then-brand-new Performer-Composer Master of Music at The New School.
The seed for his most ambitious recording project, APFUS, had been planted years earlier during a residency at the Banff Centre (Canada), where he first collaborated with Dave Douglas. Reunited in New York, and moved by the urgency to transform his life's journey into a tangible sonic testament, Muro presented him with his sketches. Douglas immediately assumed the role of mentor and co-producer.
APFUS, VOL. 1 (2026) presents a chamber ecosystem, while the second installment, slated for 2027, will feature a jazz ensemble with Dave Douglas as a guest artist. Recorded “the old-fashioned way” by engineer Geoff Countryman—live in a single room in New York without acoustic isolation between the instruments—the record achieves an organic and genuine sonority, becoming a triumph of imagination over a scarcity of resources. The meticulous arrangement work, which successfully amalgamates contemporary music with jazz and folklore, received guidance from figures such as Jacob Garchik, one of the primary arrangers for the Kronos Quartet, and Emilio Solla, a Latin Grammy winner known for his unique treatment of tango and jazz in a Big Band format.
Julián Muro: Vocals, guitar, additional percussion, composition, arrangements, lyrics, co-production alongside Dave Douglas. (Own albums: Dingungu, Unterwegs. Collaborations with: Caroline Shaw, viñu-vinu, Kenosha Kid)
Bergamot Quartet: Ledah Finck, Sarah Thomas, Amy Tan, Irene Han - String quartet (of Caroline Shaw, Paul Wiancko, Sō Percussion, Dan Trueman, Terry Sweeney)
Ethan Cohn: Double bass (of Focus Year Band 21, Ensemble Infinity, Sebastián Greschuk, Dave Douglas)
Pauline Roberts: Vibraphone, backing vocals, additional percussion on tracks 3, 5, and 6 (of Lulada Club, The Furious Bongos, Billy Martin)
Kulusé Souriant: Drums, backing vocals, additional percussion on tracks 5 and 6 (of Kulusé Souriant Sextet, Café Fuerte, Raíz Viva)
Rintaro Mikami: Percussion on tracks 5 and 6 (of Bubble Tea and Cigarettes, Ester Wiesnerova, First Fish)
Alex Baiz Perry: Keyboards on tracks 5 and 6 (of Indigo Mirror, Leni Kreienberg, Paul Sakai)
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