Artist Spotlight: Meet Industry Doll
by Punk Head
TJPL NEWS
In an era where music often feels either too ephemeral or over-engineered, Pablo Langaine’s Nómada emerges as a deeply grounded, spiritually resonant listening experience. The Mexican-American composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist has crafted an album that feels like a sonic passport—one that crosses borders, centuries, and genres with instinctive grace. Released via his new label Muse Tones, Nómada is a remastered anthology of Langaine’s early singles and previously unreleased EP material, elegantly reframed into a cohesive whole.
Langaine’s style is rooted in the folklore of Latin America, yet it spirals outward into orchestral, ambient, electronic, and progressive rock territories. This is not pastiche—it’s fusion born of lived experience. With a CV that includes work on Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Red Dead Redemption 2, and the 2025 PBS series The Cleaning Lady, Langaine is no stranger to cinematic world-building. But Nómada is something far more personal. It’s a homecoming through detours, a diary written in different languages and time zones, then lovingly translated into a singular musical voice.
From the first notes of “Mar Adentro,” you’re submerged in rich textures—Spanish guitars, subtle electronic pulses, and woodwind flourishes that float like birds across an overcast skyline. It’s followed by “Pardal,” a track whose rhythmic complexity is matched only by its melodic intimacy. These are not merely songs—they’re emotional postcards, each carrying a distinct sense of place and memory. Tracks like “Reloj De Sol” and “Rompecabezas” offer luminous, rhythmic intricacies, echoing traditional son jarocho and nueva canción while allowing room for modern experimentation.
Meanwhile, “Duna” and “El Pez” stretch into ambient territories, building tension and release like a Desert Storm approaching in slow motion. “Billie Jean” is not—this is music for listening, not backgrounding. Langaine demands attention, and Nómada rewards it richly. The production across the album is polished without being sterile. The mix allows breath and resonance, which makes sense given that much of Langaine’s work has been in scoring film and TV. But what elevates Nómada isn’t just technical mastery—it’s vulnerability. Even in instrumental passages, there’s a sense of personal reckoning, of finding one’s voice by listening to the echoes of many.
PUNK HEAD
How did you come up with the theme?
Lola: ‘Tough Luck’ came out of this feeling of constantly getting knocked down and still showing up. It wasn’t some grand plan—we were just writing about what pissed us off, what hurt, and what made us laugh at how ridiculous life can get.
Pablo: The theme found us, honestly. It’s about surviving with scars, rolling your eyes at the chaos, and keeping your middle finger up when everything’s falling apart.
What impact do you hope 'Tough Luck' will have on your audience?
Lola: We want people to feel like it’s okay to be a mess. To scream, to dance, to crash and burn, and get back up again.
Pablo: If ‘Tough Luck’ gives someone the guts to say “screw it” and be themselves—loudly—then we’ve done our job.
Can you talk about any standout tracks on 'Tough Luck' and what makes them special to you?
Pablo: "Imitation" hits hard for me. It’s got this gnarly riff and a kind of nervous energy that captures the constant fight between wanting to blow everything up and still caring too much.
Lola: "Your Mother" is the one for me. It’s got attitude, but underneath it, there’s this ache. It’s about how people expect you to be put together when you’re falling apart inside—and telling those people to shove it.
What is your creative vision as a duo?
Lola: Loud. Honest. No filler.
Pablo: We want the music to hit like a punch to the chest, but still have something to say. We’re not here to play nice—we’re here to make noise that matters.
What role do you feel emotions play in your music, and how do you channel them into your performances?
Lola: Emotion is the music. If I’m angry, you’ll hear it. If I’m heartbroken, I’ll scream it. We don’t hold back onstage.
Pablo: The guitar is my weapon, my therapy, my voice when words don’t cut it. We pour everything we’ve got into this music—no walls, no ego, just raw energy.
Music Composers-Formed Diversity Collective Releases New Album
The Composers Diversity Collective, which represents composers of diverse backgrounds working in visual media, this week releases an album showcasing the music of a dozen of its members.
It’s a co-production with the Helix Collective, a chamber-music ensemble that has been active in live-to-picture film-music presentations in Los Angeles. Called “Shoutout,” it’s an opportunity for members who might not otherwise have an outlet to write and record music they can share with the world.
Composers represented include Mexican-born Pablo Langaine.
Conoce al mexicano que participó en el soundtrack de ‘Red Dead Redemption 2’
En entrevista para Foro Tv, el compositor y guitarrista mexicano Pablo Reyes habló sobre su colaboración como “guitarrista especializado” en la banda sonora de ‘Red Dead Redemption 2’.
En 2015, Pablo (Reyes) Langaine fue contratado por la compañía Rockstar Game para realizar la curaduría y adaptación de un libro de partituras de música que se desarrolló en la frontera entre México y Texas durante la primera década del Siglo XIX.
El guitarrista realizó demos y arreglos que posteriormente envió a un musicólogo encargado de aprobar el material, para filmar las imágenes de acompañamiento, en donde además de coachear a los actores participó en algunas escenas.
Destacado compositor mexicano colaboró en el soundtrack de “Red Dead Redemption 2”
Conoce al mexicano que fue contratado por la compañía Rockstar Game para realizar la curaduría y adaptación de un libro de partituras de música que se desarrolló en la frontera de México.
El compositor, guitarrista y mexicano Pablo (Reyes) Langaine colaboró como “guitarrista especializado” en la banda sonora del famoso juego de Xbox “Red Dead Redemption 2” y en la cual también tuvo participación en algunas escenas. Fue contratado en 2015, por la compañía Rockstar Game para realizar la curaduría y adaptación de un libro de partituras de música que se desarrolló en la frontera entre México y Texas durante la primera década del Siglo XIX.
Parte del trabajo del destacado guitarrista fue realizar demos y arreglos que posteriormente enviaba a un musicólogo encargado de aprobar el material, para filmar las imágenes de acompañamiento, en donde además de coachear a los actores participó en algunas escenas.