About

Bernal is a Costa Rican songwriter and music producer, weaving dream-like indie elements with modern textures and melodies rooted in Latin American folk. His artistry becomes a vessel for sonic exploration, a way to liberate fragmented memories. The warmth of his voice and guitar grounds his music, creating a delicate counterpoint to the unpredictable nature of his sonic experiments. His pursuit of raw sound infuses every piece with spontaneity—whether captured in home recordings or shaped in the studio. Between fleeting moments and lasting impressions, his songs emerge as a living, ever-shifting dialogue.

This dialogue extends beyond his music into his life. His introspective writing reimagines the idea of home from a cosmopolitan perspective—sometimes as a place we long to return to, sometimes as a refuge we create. Embracing nostalgia, Bernal transforms it into vivid stories of resilience and self-discovery, exploring identity and vulnerability as pathways toward a more compassionate world.

Now based in Hamburg, Germany, Bernal is preparing to bring his debut album to life. Among its songs is Manifiesto, a reflection on the loneliness of arriving as a stranger in a new land during a global pandemic, where, in the quiet of a tower, new greenery and new songs offered solace. Hammock in a Cas Tree unfolds as a sonic postcard of his daughter’s childhood—set in a sunlit backyard with a hammock, a tree, and exotic fruit drinks from his native Costa Rica. Refugio is an intimate meditation on a shared space shaped by dreams, memories, and quiet rituals—gradually opening itself to the world.