In 2001 Juana Molina started the recording process of her latest album Tres Cosas. On her terms in the very intimate setting of her home, she created a 13-track masterpiece of rich harmonies and textures. Juana explains the differences between her new album and her last: "After two years of working on Segundo - a record based on songs with a lot of layers of sounds - I had the need to make a more simple record, only based on guitar and vocals. Then, I couldn't resist the temptation off adding things here and there, but still, Tres Cosas is drier than Segundo. It's more stripped off . Although songs like 'Yo seque' or 'El cristal' contradict this totally. Somehow Tres Cosas is closer to Rara. Even the sound is very different - Rara was recorded live with three other musicians live in a studio in a week, and Tres Cosas was recorded at home in several months - the way the songs were written is similar. Harmony is defined with the guitar and vocals. I wanted to get back to the essential: a molecule of me. Like Segundo, Tres Cosas was recorded on my own . Alejandro Franov plays keyboards and sings on some songs ('El Cristal' 'Salvese Quien Pueda,' 'Isabel' and 'Zamba Corta'). The fact I recorded less instruments and there are less arrangements, makes the record sound more crystalline, transparent, brighter than Segundo and it is also more like what I can do live just with the guitar" asserts Molina.