Mensajes del agua: Nuevos sonidos desde Perú Vol 1
Fascinating expo of contemporary experimental electronics from Peru, introducing richly psychedelic forms and many new names (to us at least) such as Mauricio Moquillaza, Michael Magán, veered Engelhard, Lucía Beaumont, DMTh5, Ayver and more besides
Lima, Peru’s Buh Records follow their ace surveys of Walter Smetak and Mesias Maiguashca, respectively, with an abundance of expressive new compositions from their neck of South America, outlining a spectrum of styles ranging from computer music informed by local traditional sounds, to concrète cut-ups, field recordings, and panoramic ambient-classical compositions. It’s the sort of primer that uniquely gives as much of a feel for the artists as the place they hail from, ultimately adding up to a compilation that exceeds the sum of its parts.
We are best impressed by a standout from the aptly named DMTh5, whose psychedelic scene of folksy woodwind and stereo-phasing electronic subtleties in ‘En honor a los caídos’ surely live up to his moniker’s reference, while we also found ourself wholly absorbed into the wormholing percussive composition of ‘Ansiedad, Futuro & Incertidumbre’ by Isabel Otoya, and the epiphanic, pitchbent panoramics of ‘Brief, Cruel and Anonymous’ from Vrianch which feel like an ideal soundtrack to ritualist trips. There’s also a lushly immersive, yet eerily tainted, piece of patchwork field recordings in Vered Engelhard’s ‘Dirty River’, and properly inquisitive, alien signals from Michael Magán in ‘Quick-A’ that sound like they were intercepted from the Nazca lines. A real headful for the keener exploratory listeners.
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Fascinating expo of contemporary experimental electronics from Peru, introducing richly psychedelic forms and many new names (to us at least) such as Mauricio Moquillaza, Michael Magán, veered Engelhard, Lucía Beaumont, DMTh5, Ayver and more besides
Lima, Peru’s Buh Records follow their ace surveys of Walter Smetak and Mesias Maiguashca, respectively, with an abundance of expressive new compositions from their neck of South America, outlining a spectrum of styles ranging from computer music informed by local traditional sounds, to concrète cut-ups, field recordings, and panoramic ambient-classical compositions. It’s the sort of primer that uniquely gives as much of a feel for the artists as the place they hail from, ultimately adding up to a compilation that exceeds the sum of its parts.
We are best impressed by a standout from the aptly named DMTh5, whose psychedelic scene of folksy woodwind and stereo-phasing electronic subtleties in ‘En honor a los caídos’ surely live up to his moniker’s reference, while we also found ourself wholly absorbed into the wormholing percussive composition of ‘Ansiedad, Futuro & Incertidumbre’ by Isabel Otoya, and the epiphanic, pitchbent panoramics of ‘Brief, Cruel and Anonymous’ from Vrianch which feel like an ideal soundtrack to ritualist trips. There’s also a lushly immersive, yet eerily tainted, piece of patchwork field recordings in Vered Engelhard’s ‘Dirty River’, and properly inquisitive, alien signals from Michael Magán in ‘Quick-A’ that sound like they were intercepted from the Nazca lines. A real headful for the keener exploratory listeners.
Fascinating expo of contemporary experimental electronics from Peru, introducing richly psychedelic forms and many new names (to us at least) such as Mauricio Moquillaza, Michael Magán, veered Engelhard, Lucía Beaumont, DMTh5, Ayver and more besides
Lima, Peru’s Buh Records follow their ace surveys of Walter Smetak and Mesias Maiguashca, respectively, with an abundance of expressive new compositions from their neck of South America, outlining a spectrum of styles ranging from computer music informed by local traditional sounds, to concrète cut-ups, field recordings, and panoramic ambient-classical compositions. It’s the sort of primer that uniquely gives as much of a feel for the artists as the place they hail from, ultimately adding up to a compilation that exceeds the sum of its parts.
We are best impressed by a standout from the aptly named DMTh5, whose psychedelic scene of folksy woodwind and stereo-phasing electronic subtleties in ‘En honor a los caídos’ surely live up to his moniker’s reference, while we also found ourself wholly absorbed into the wormholing percussive composition of ‘Ansiedad, Futuro & Incertidumbre’ by Isabel Otoya, and the epiphanic, pitchbent panoramics of ‘Brief, Cruel and Anonymous’ from Vrianch which feel like an ideal soundtrack to ritualist trips. There’s also a lushly immersive, yet eerily tainted, piece of patchwork field recordings in Vered Engelhard’s ‘Dirty River’, and properly inquisitive, alien signals from Michael Magán in ‘Quick-A’ that sound like they were intercepted from the Nazca lines. A real headful for the keener exploratory listeners.
Fascinating expo of contemporary experimental electronics from Peru, introducing richly psychedelic forms and many new names (to us at least) such as Mauricio Moquillaza, Michael Magán, veered Engelhard, Lucía Beaumont, DMTh5, Ayver and more besides
Lima, Peru’s Buh Records follow their ace surveys of Walter Smetak and Mesias Maiguashca, respectively, with an abundance of expressive new compositions from their neck of South America, outlining a spectrum of styles ranging from computer music informed by local traditional sounds, to concrète cut-ups, field recordings, and panoramic ambient-classical compositions. It’s the sort of primer that uniquely gives as much of a feel for the artists as the place they hail from, ultimately adding up to a compilation that exceeds the sum of its parts.
We are best impressed by a standout from the aptly named DMTh5, whose psychedelic scene of folksy woodwind and stereo-phasing electronic subtleties in ‘En honor a los caídos’ surely live up to his moniker’s reference, while we also found ourself wholly absorbed into the wormholing percussive composition of ‘Ansiedad, Futuro & Incertidumbre’ by Isabel Otoya, and the epiphanic, pitchbent panoramics of ‘Brief, Cruel and Anonymous’ from Vrianch which feel like an ideal soundtrack to ritualist trips. There’s also a lushly immersive, yet eerily tainted, piece of patchwork field recordings in Vered Engelhard’s ‘Dirty River’, and properly inquisitive, alien signals from Michael Magán in ‘Quick-A’ that sound like they were intercepted from the Nazca lines. A real headful for the keener exploratory listeners.