#panchomolina

Pancho Molina and Elias Meister met while attending Berklee College of music in Boston. Their music defies genre boundaries by blending modern jazz, rock and latin influences to create a unique sound that's both "daring and playful"(Downbeat). Molina & Meister will be joined by saxophonist Kevin Hays and bassist Peter Slavov this Thursday at SubCulture at 10pm. Tickets still available here. 

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SubCulture: Who inspired you to become a musician?

Molina: The Rhythm, and a Band from Chile that play South American music fusion with Rock, called Los Jaivas.

SC: Who are you major musical influences?

Meister: Bach, Coltrane, Bill Frisell, Guinga, Rolling Stones, Radiohead, The Beatles... lately a lot of electronic music like Jacques Greene or Burial.

SC: What is your favorite piano piece ever?

Molina:  Franz Liszt - La Campanella 

Meister: The Goldberg Variations

SC: What is your favorite song to perform?

Molina: Walking the dog-->chuck Berry 

Meister: 'All I Want'. A song from my rock band Mon Khmer

SC: If you could perform with one artist (dead or alive) who would it be?

Molina:  Jimmy Hendrix 

Meister: Paul Motian

SC: What is your process when writing a song?

Molina:  internal deep listening to my ideas and then record those ideas in my H4d zoom and then sitting at the piano. And see what's up.  

Meister: I usually start with a simple melody or chord progression. I write a lot of these. Most of them don't become anything. There are a few that get stuck in my head or intrigue me. Those I start to develop into a song. Sometimes they evolve very organically and unplanned and sometimes I decide to go in a certain direction and start to develop that (like making it a simple song, or a very long composition, having it groove or more melody based etc).

SC: What is your favorite album of all time?

Molina: England's newest hit Makers by The Rolling Stones AND Transition by John Coltrane.

SC: On a typical Friday night I am....

Molina: At home working in music. Worst day to go out to hang.  

SC: What advice would you give young, aspiring musicians?  

Molina:  Play like there’s no tomorrow, develop the sound and don't believe the hype