Pumuky
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Island
Tenerife
Career
Active since 2003

In brief

Pumuky is a Tenerife-born project around Jaír and Noé Ramírez, now one of the Canary Islands’ references for introspective indie pop and post-rock.

Related figures

  • Jaír Ramírez
  • Noé Ramírez
  • Adán Zeus
  • Daniel Benavides

Works and repertoire

  • De viaje al país de las tormentas
  • Los exploradores perdidos
  • El bosque en llamas
  • Plus Ultra
  • Justicia Poética

Group history

La Fonoteca places Jaír Ramírez’s initial stage around 2002 under the alias Alex Kid en el País de las Tormentas and documents the change to Pumuky in 2003. The project gained recognition with a demo highlighted by Radio 3’s Disco Grande and Rockdelux, released De viaje al país de las tormentas between 2005 and 2006, and gradually consolidated as a band with Noé Ramírez and other musicians. Jabalina documents a later path through Los exploradores perdidos, El bosque en llamas, Plus Ultra and Justicia Poética.

Why it matters

Its importance lies in giving the Spanish indie circuit a recognisable Canarian voice without reducing itself to island exoticism. The 2010 FMAC cited it among the acts with acclaimed records beyond the islands, and Jabalina records Justicia Poética reaching stages such as Primavera Sound and countries such as Peru and Chile.

Style and repertoire

The repertory combines melodic pop, slow atmospheres, post-rock textures and intimate writing. La Fonoteca stresses serene, deep and mysterious music; in the Jabalina stage the group keeps that emotional pulse with denser arrangements.

Transmission and legacy

Pumuky’s transmission comes through independent labels, specialist radio, festivals and a listening community that has followed its line-up changes. Its path helps explain how the Canarian indie scene built national networks from a peripheral position.

Key milestones

  1. Nombre Pumuky

    Jaír Ramírez reappears with a new alias and demo.

  2. De viaje al país de las tormentas

    The debut album appears on Federación de Universos Pop.

  3. Plus Ultra

    The third LP is recorded at La Mina with Raúl Pérez.

  4. Justicia Poética

    Jabalina releases the fourth LP and the band gains national and international visibility.

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