Santa
García
Santa García (she/her) is Robi, a trans Peruvian artist who is redefining independent music through the testimony of her life. Her music—blending rock, folk, and electronic production—creates spaces where tenderness becomes a form of resistance. Her work isn’t just about creating new sounds, but also about imagining new ways of inhabiting art: freer, more sensitive, more personal.
She debuted in 2017 with Nueva Ola, an EP that stood out for its melodic and lyrical sensitivity. Her second album, El Mundo es Fabuloso, dives deeper into her sonic world with more complex textures and lyrics that reveal and reframe her lived experience.
She has performed in cities such as Lima, Buenos Aires, Concepción, and Valparaíso; in festivals like Viaje Al Sur, and in venues including La Noche, Casa de Salud, El Emergente, El Quetzal, Fundación Telefónica Lima, and C.C. España in Lima.
She currently lives in Boston, where she is pursuing a dual major in Electronic Production & Design and Music Production & Engineering at Berklee College of Music. Her work explores themes of identity, memory, and freedom, building a body of music that is as intimate as it is political.
Nueva Ola (2017)
Music and lyrics by Robi Espinoza
Arrangements in Todavía and Residuos by Robi Espinoza
Arrangements in Habitación, Domingo, Sierra and Miraflores by Robi Espinoza y Diego Seymour
Recorded between January-June, 2017 in Lima, Peru
Produced by Diego Seymour and co-produced by Robi Espinoza
Recorded, edited, mixed and mastered by Diego Seymour
Drums recorded in Dragonverde by Eddie Plange and Ignacio Briceño.
Vocals by Elisa Tokeshi recorded in PlayHouse Studio by Jorge Azama.
Vocals, electric & acoustic guitar, keys, synths and programming by Robi Espinoza.
Synths and programming by Diego Seymour.
Drums in Todavía, Domingo and Miraflores by Renzo Pacheco.
Vocals in Sierra by Elisa Tokeshi.
Vocal choir in Miraflores by Alvaro Allende, Ariana Espinoza, Estela Espinoza, Diego Seymour, Alejandra Moya and Cesar Ramírez.
Art and photography by Paula Virreira.
My first album.
The result of a long self-produced process that took about a year.
Characterized by its simplicity, direct lyrics, and a tender, vulnerable voice.
It explores my childhood, melancholy, and a longing to discover something more—without exactly knowing where to go.
The cover art was photographed by the wonderful Paula Virreira, taken at my grandmother’s house in Pueblo Libre, where I grew up and lived for the first 15 years of my life.
El Mundo Es Fabuloso (2022)
Music and lyrics by Robi Espinoza
Produced by Robi Espinoza (1-9), Agustín Elizalde (1-9) and Agustín Pugh (2-5, 9)
Vocals (1-9), acoustic guitar (1-9), electric guitar (1-3, 5-9), keys (2, 3, 5-7), synths (1-3, 6-8), charango (4), ambient sounds (8) and programming (1, 2, 5, 8) by Robi Espinoza
Classic guitar (8), hammond (2, 5), synths (1, 2, 5, 8), ambient sounds (2, 5), FX (8) and programming (8, 9) by Agustín Elizalde
Ambient sounds (2, 5), synths (5, 9) and programming (2, 5) by Agustín Pugh
Bass by Pablo Alvarez Vilariño (1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9)
Drums by Manuel Maestu (1-3, 6-8)
Vocals, vocal arrangement and lyrics in Sueños by Solange Santa Cruz (8)
Vocals in Mi Corazón Late Fuerte by Valentina Lopardo (8)
Bombo legüero, djembe and shakers in Mi Corazón Late Fuerte by Sebastián Daneu (4)
Recorded by Manuel Maestu in Caminito Estudio (1-4, 6-9), Robi (2, 3, 5-8) and Agustín Elizalde (8)
Vocals by Solange Santa Cruz recorded by Luis Ticona (8)
Mix and edited by Agustín Pugh (1-7, 9) and Robi (8)
Mastering by Matias Ricciardi in Pangea Estudio (1-9)
My little manifesto.
Recorded in Buenos Aires, where I lived for six years and began to navigate my trans identity in the midst of deep uncertainty.
It was born through a mix of in-person sessions and remote production, in the middle of the pandemic, as an attempt to tell my story in nine chapters and expand my sound beyond the limits I had set in Nueva Ola.
The world is fabulous,
like the love I have for you
and the time I spend
singing to the birds.
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