Mujeres Encinta was a short-lived musical project / concept band known for recording only on cassette

Compact Cassette

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. They sang in English

English language

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, Spanish

Spanish language

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 and French

French language

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 and wrote most of their songs in collaboration. The wide range of background and musical styles of its members was both conducive for their originality and richness as a project, as well as one of the main reasons for their break-up. Despite the fact that they released cassettes with known labels, they remain an obscure band known mainly to artsy crowds.

Lineup

Mujeres Encinta was also known for their many fluctuating international members. The line-up often changed according to the city where the band was playing or recording and the availability of its members. Most of them were already part of other bands.

The following musicians were, at some point between 1999 and 2002, members of Mujeres Encinta: M. C. Schmidt from Matmos

Matmos

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, Ros Murray bassist with Electrelane

Electrelane

Electrelane are a British all-female indie rock band, formed in Brighton in 1998 by Verity Susman and Emma Gaze. The band comprised Susman, Gaze, Mia Clarke, and Ros Murray. Their music draws from wide range of influences including Neu!, Stereolab, Sonic Youth, and The Velvet Underground...

, Genís Segarra from Spanish indie pop bands Astrud

Astrud

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 and Hidrogenesse

Hidrogenesse

Hidrogenesse is a Spanish pop band whose members are Carlos Ballesteros and Genís Segarra . Although they have been together since 1997, they didn't release anything until 2000, with "Así se baila el siglo XX", a smart, cynical approach to the new millennium through the inventions of the 20th...

  visual artist Daniela Franco, Camilo Lara from Instituto Mexicano del Sonido

Mexican Institute of Sound

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, Eduardo Leal de la Gala bassist with Wreckless Eric

Wreckless Eric

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 and Les Tétines Noires, Beto Cabrera, former drummer of the Mexican band Zoé

Zoé

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, Oulipian

Oulipo

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 member and reviews editor for The Believer

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, Daniel Levin Becker

Daniel Levin Becker

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, and French cellist Vincent Ségal

Vincent Ségal

Vincent Ségal, is a French cellist and bassist born in 1967 in the French city of Reims.He is a conservatory musician from the National Music Academy of Lyon who also studied at Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada. He is mainly known for the variety of his collaborations and out of the ordinary...

. As well as several members of bands from the Spanish Indie Pop scene such as Espanto and Las Pulpas.

Discography

Mujeres Encinta released a number of cassettes and singles, some self-released, others across a variety of labels. They were a prolific band and, given the fact that all of their recordings were analog

Analog recording

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 and on limited edition, their tapes are hard to find and keep track of.

Albums

• 2000: It Was Delicious Losing You
• 2001: Carisma de Alquiler
  Carisma de Alquiler
  Carisma de Alquiler is a covers compilation by concept band Mujeres Encinta. It was released on a limited edition cassette only in Spain in 2001 by [PIAS] Spain...
  
  
• 2002: We have won! Haven't we?

EP/Singles

• 1999: Surfeit's Up (The Beak Brackets Series
  The Beak Brackets Series
  The Beak Brackets was a series of experimental tapes made by the musical project / concept band Mujeres Encinta from 1999 to 2001. In this series Mujeres Encinta applied the n+7 principle to some records and songs from The Beach Boys....
  
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• 1999: Wild Hongi (The Beak Brackets Series
  The Beak Brackets Series
  The Beak Brackets was a series of experimental tapes made by the musical project / concept band Mujeres Encinta from 1999 to 2001. In this series Mujeres Encinta applied the n+7 principle to some records and songs from The Beach Boys....
  
  )
• 2001: Petal Soundbarriers (The Beak Brackets Series
  The Beak Brackets Series
  The Beak Brackets was a series of experimental tapes made by the musical project / concept band Mujeres Encinta from 1999 to 2001. In this series Mujeres Encinta applied the n+7 principle to some records and songs from The Beach Boys....
  
  )
• 2001: Noa Noa