Raül Fernández Miró (Barcelona, 1976), better known as Raül Refree, is a Spanish music producer, musician, composer and writer.
Career
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Raül joined the melodic hardcore group from Barcelona, Corn Flakes in 1996, with whom he recorded Ménage (1997). Later, he formed two groups: Romodance, which released Little Symphonies for the Kids (1998) and Zorras (1999), and Sitcom, with a self-titled album in 1999. He embarked on a new adventure with the band Élena, oriented towards a more experimental pop sound, resulting in Porelamordedios (2001) and Present (2003). He directed and arranged the concert The Rockdelux Experience to celebrate the 200th issue of Rockdelux magazine. He repeated the experience in 2004 to celebrate the magazine's 20th anniversary. Both concerts were later released on CD.
Also in 2002, he began his more personal, intimate project, Refree, with the album Quitamiedos, followed by Nones, La matrona , Els invertebrats , Matilda, Tots Sants, Nova Creu Alta, Jai Alai, La otra mitad, El espacio entre, works in which Raül alternates between Spanish and Catalan or intstrumental music.
In 2007 Raül created the show Immigrasons, inspired by the migratory flows between Catalonia and Argentina, commissioned by the Mercat de Música Viva de Vic (MVV). This project marked the beginning of a long and fruitful artistic relationship with Silvia Pérez Cruz (then the singer of Las Migas). Also commissioned by the MMVV, she worked in 2008 with the Mexican artists Cabezas de Cera and Juan Pablo Villa on the album Vientos y lugares. That same year, he directed and arranged the show OJO con la Mala, featuring Mala Rodríguez and the Original Jazz Orchestra of the Taller de Músics. Also in 2008, he received the Premi Ciutat de Barcelona.
In 2009, he began composing film scores with the music for the TV3 series Infidels, and, as a result of his collaboration with the American singer-songwriter Josh Rouse, he toured extensively in Europe and the United States.
In 2014, he released a duo album with Sílvia Pérez Cruz, granada and in 2017, Raül released a duo album with Rosalía, Los Ángeles. On both albums Raül is co-writer, artist, producer, guitarist and arranger.
His musical productions fuse experimental rock, flamenco, traditional music, electronic music, singer-songwriter music, and pop with occasional influences from contemporary music.
In 2018, he participated in the 3D multimedia show "Miedo" (Fear), starring Albert Pla and produced by the Buenos Aires Theater Complex, which also featured the artist group Mondongo. His collaboration as a producer on Amaia Romero's debut album was also announced.
He has collaborated on albums with Richard Youngs (All Hands Around The Moment, Soft Abuse, 2019), Lina (Lina_Raül Refree, Glitterbeat, 2020), and Lee Ranaldo (Names of North End Women, Mute, 2020).
His most recent works in which he has worked as artist, composer, instrumentalist, and arranger and producer, has been in duo format, releasing albums such as Cru+es with Niño de Elche (Sony, 2025), Un final que parece un principio with Gala i Ovidio (RRR 2025), and San Paolo di Galatina with Maria Mazzotta (Galileo Music, 2026).
In recent years, he has focused his solo activity on composing soundtracks for film and television, notably his work for the television series La Mesías (Movistar+), the films Un año, una noche (Isaki Lacuesta) and Muyeres (Marta Lallana), among others.
Immigrasons. Co-director of the project. (Discmedi, 2006)
15 anys del Teatre-Auditori de Sant Cugat (15 years of the Auditorium Theater of Sant Cugat). Direction and arrangements for orchestra. Together with the Orquestra Nacional Clàssica d'Andorra. (2008)
Ruido de la Prensa Award for Best Spanish Disc of 2017
Nominated in the UK Music Video Awards 17 in the category "Best styling in a video in association with i-d" with the video "De Plata" from the album "Rosalía – Los Ángeles" (2017)
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