Quino Piñero

Quino Piñero is a sound designer and filmmaker. Since an early age he has been carrying his audio recorder and camera around the world, hence the signature of a sound journey in his productions. Following his eclectic influences like African blues, punk rock or experimental music, he has recorded and produced albums for Alkibar Junior (Mali 2007), La URSS (Spain 2006) or Orchestra Elastique’s “A Fallible Girl OST” (London 2012). In 2011 he put together hours of footage and audio recordings from his years of music production in Western Africa, resulting in his first documentary film “Le Message du Issa ber” (East End Festival 2011) featuring Khaira Arby, Male Toure and Tinariwen, among others. In 2012 he moved to Ethiopia, where he worked with artists like Mulatu Astatke or Samuel Yirga. Paralelly, he produced and directed his documentary films series on Ethiopian music: Roaring Abyss (Womex15) and New Voices in an Old Flower (IFFR 2016). Quino Piñero has worked as production sound mixer and sound designer at multiple fiction and documentary films with film directors like Miguel Llansó (Chigger Ale: Festival del Film de Locarno 2013; Crumbs: International Film Festival Rotterdam 2015) and Veiko Öunpuu (The Last Ones) among many others. His most recent film, Best Fried Chicken (2019), includes an original soundtrack composed and performed by him self during the years working at his London based studio, Totem Sound.