Working on España Cañí was probably one of the most fun tracks to work on in this whole project. I see it as such a bold, dramatic piece, and I love that it has its recognisable features with its brass flourishes and Flamenco flair. I started by remixing the original in Logic Pro, keeping its theatrical energy but reshaping the structure to feel more grounded and cinematic. I played around with tempo and used filters and delay automation to give it more movement and build-up. Instead of letting the original sections play out at full force, I introduced tension and space to let the track breathe and feel a little less like a march and more like a story.
Once I was happy with the remix structure, I began layering in the street food textures. I used recordings from Youtube videos of Spanish tapas markets sounds like meat sizzling on planchas, metal tongs clinking, people calling out orders, and sangria glasses clinking. These were mixed in carefully as I didn’t want them to clash with the brightness of the brass and guitars, so I EQ’d out competing frequencies and sidechained them just slightly to the rhythm. The aim was to make España Cañí feel like it was soundtracking a busy summer evening in Seville, full of food, people, and passion, with the music rising naturally from the heart of it all.
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