I am Dive

I am Dive are José A. Pérez and Esteban Ruiz, two folks from Seville, Spain, who got together and started making Music -dance music for sad people, someone said- back in late 2010. Since then, they have released five LPs, nine EPs and a decent bunch of singles, remixes and collaborations; they founded their own record label, WeAreWolves Records, and have performed over three hundred shows to date -counting tours in The US, The UK, China, Canada and Japan among them, and concerts in Spain, France, Iceland, Korea, Sweden or Ukraine, just to mention a few… Festivals like Strawberry Festival in Shanghai, Sound of the Xity in Beijing or SXSW, and venues like Húrra in Reykjavík, Moonromantic in Tokyo,Piano’s in NYC, Debaser Strand in Stockholm or The Bull & Gate in London -among so many others- have seen these two guys play their songs over the last years.
Last November, I am Dive were invited to open the last show of Explosions in the Sky’s European tour in La Riviera, Madrid.

I am Dive can hardly be compared to any band you have heard recently. You can find hints that lead you to Boards Of Canada, The Album Leaf or Sigur Rós, Slowdive o Cigarettes After Sex tangled in sober, deep melodies that take you to grounds where Mark Kozelek, Neil Young, José González or Father John Misty would feel cozy in, wrapped in powerful guitars, synths and beats that make them deliver really big songs. Every influence you find, opens the path to its perfect complementary opposite. I am Dive just made it to their very own sound and keep growing and shaping it with every record.