Orasique - Ixtlahuaca

eh? and Orasique are two electrons orbiting a nucleus of pure sonic energy. They have worked together, Orasique providing the sounds and eh? securing the platform for the sounds to be heard in a wider spectrum. In this edition of aural spirit, Orasique has collected seven tracks making the foundation of Ixtlahuaca. This album is uncovered seething radioactive noise. Structures have been discarded or melted away over time. What remains are four musicians connecting their vast experience, all gathered in an ammunition depot with a gunpowder trail fuse slowly burning to the center. The beauty of Ixtlahuaca is there is no explosion. With all the combustible energy in hand, this group of four artists skillfully skirts complete mayhem and delivers the thresholds of magnificent sounds. 
 
One of the most intriguing aspects of Ixtlahuaca is the use of voice. Marco Albert is credited with voz in the liner notes, an Italian musician with a flare for language and it's diversity. Fernando Barrios from El Salvador creates an asymmetrical palate of percussion and electronics. The deteriorating canvas held together by strings from Misha Marks, a New Zealand born guitarist who plays a latarra (a homemade electric guitar built from an old metallic first-aid kit). And the colorful splash of sound strokes on this sonic canvas are procured by Barcelona's Don Malfon, a saxophonist with a extensive history in creativity. There is no very good way to use words for description of the sound these four artists have created. The platform is completely free and together they hold cohesive discipline. The bandcamp notes say "free-improv quartet based in Mexico". I would add to this, raw clarity of untethered consciousness, their thoughts brought together by lifetimes of experience in making music. The connection they have made hovers in check with their abilities to be part of something, and not all of themselves. A complete submergence into a fantastic creation of sound. 

As stated above, Ixtlahuaca is released on the San Fransisco label eh? Cassettes are available from the Public Eyesore / eh? website or their bandcamp page. This is a release that grows better with each listen, and also unveils how talented these artists are, and are together.
 

 

Links 
Public Eyesore Records / Eh? - bandcamp - facebook 

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