In amongst touring and working though Sofia was rushing home to Peru at any opportunity to be with her mother, who some months after the passing of her father – the subject of Kourtesis’ breakout single ‘La Perla’ – had been diagnosed with cancer and was deteriorating rapidly. “Doctors were all the time calling me to say goodbye to her, for months” she recalls.
Madres is joyful, awash with warm light and brimming with "hope and the value that big love can create miracles". It’s filled with the minutiae of life that Kourtesis didn’t have time or energy for; going out with friends, dating, dancing, eating, living. Madres also contains everything that has made Kourtesis so beloved already. The dual sounds of her Peruvian home and her adopted home in Berlin are present ("my heart is very Latin American, but my motor is German"), as is the activism surrounding gender equality, protection of queer people and access to safe abortions in Peru that is so close to her heart.
| A1 | Si Te Portas Bonito |
| A2 | Madres |
| B1 | Vajkoczy |
| B2 | Estación Esperanza |
| C1 | Funkhaus |
| C2 | Cecilia |
| C3 | Habla Con Ella |
| D1 | How Music Makes You Feel Better |
| D2 | El Carmen |
| D3 | Moving Houses |
