{"id":866,"date":"2021-10-02T12:17:30","date_gmt":"2021-10-02T12:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/?p=866"},"modified":"2026-02-24T14:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T14:05:11","slug":"anbr-artlist-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/anbr-artlist-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Talk: ANBR Turns Emotions Into Soundscapes"},"content":{"rendered":"

ANBR<\/a>, also known as Adri\u00e1n Berenguer, remembers the exact moment he fell in love with classical music. “I was 5, and my mother bought me\u00a0Fantasia<\/em>\u00a0on video, and I watched it again and again and again.” He says all the kids in his class had Walkmans, and they’d swap cassette tapes with each other – they’d fill them with pop, hip hop, dance tracks. “No one wanted to swap with me,” Adri\u00e1n laughs. “My tapes were full of classical music.” As a teen, Adri\u00e1n expanded his musical repertoire to The Beatles, Radiohead, Kasabian, Muse. But classical music will always be embedded in his soul.<\/p>\n

Adri\u00e1n is chatting from his studio in Alicante, a coastal town in the southeast of Spain. He has a beard, square glasses and a shy smile. There’s an electric guitar mounted on the wall behind him and an acoustic guitar on the floor. A big white shaggy dog lies on a sofa with one paw on a ukulele next to some anime posters and expensive-looking speakers. Adri\u00e1n’s softly spoken and modest for someone so excessively talented, but he comes to life when he talks about music and how he’s able to spend every day living out his passion.<\/p>\n

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ANBR’s latest album ‘Immaterial’ is a collection of cinematic Orchestral<\/em><\/p>\n

compositions\u00a0<\/em>with powerful epic build-ups.<\/em><\/p>\n

I’ll use Logic and different music libraries to try out a mix of instruments to find the best sound possible<\/p>\n

Adri\u00e1n began his musical studies when he was 10 at Vicente Lillo C\u00e1novas Professional Music Conservatory in San Vicente (a small town near Alicante). He spent the next 8 years mastering saxophone and playing in some of Spain’s most prestigious bands and orchestras. In 2015 he joined the band\u00a0Pura Mandanga<\/em>\u00a0and spent the next 3 years playing Spain’s signature salsa-inspired music, inducing hips to sway and arms to flail on dance floors across the country. It was through his band that he met producers and filmmakers who needed music to accompany their visuals.<\/p>\n

Adri\u00e1n’s first break came in 2017. A filmmaker asked him to produce the score for a short film called\u00a0Thurbomix<\/em>\u00a0about kitchen-appliance salespeople. The collaboration was such a success the production company recommended ANBR to their contacts, and the projects started rolling in. Now ANBR is known across the industry for his emotive, cinematic soundscapes designed to accompany visuals. He composes on demand, working with numerous clients across multiple industries, including fashion, gaming, automotive and technology. ANBR’s music does more than contribute to a brand’s essence – it actually helps build it.<\/p>\n