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Alvear / Bondi: Sigh (Carried Away) / Grado de potencia #2
ByOn Bandcamp, the tracks are listed separately with durations of forty-two-and-a-half minutes and twenty minutes, respectively, but on the CD they play sequentially as one sixty-three-minute track. Either way, the two tracks contrast with one another; on his composition, d'incise contributes electroacoustic treatments to Alvear's electric guitar and Bondi's four cymbals, which makes sense as he wrote it; on Astaburuaga's piece, Bondi and Alvear both contribute field recordings in addition to their percussion and electric guitar.
The different instrumentations on the two compositions give them dissimilar soundscapes, making them feel quite different. from each other. On "Sigh (carried away)," Bondi's cymbal work gives the piece a steady tempo which combines with d'incise's interjections to give a quasi-industrial feel. "Grado de potencia #2" is more diffuse, as its field recordings intermittently feature human voices, animal sounds and birdsong, punctuated with occasional silences, Both make good listening and their contrasts make them a well-chosen pair. As the first of this series, the album works in its own right and also augers well for those to follow.
Track Listing
Sigh (carried away); Grado de potencia #2.
Personnel
Cyril Bondi
percussionCristián Alvear
guitar, electricAdditional Instrumentation
Cyril Bondi: four cymbals (1), field recordings etc, (2); Cristian Alvear: field recordings (2); d'incise: electroacoustic treatments (1).
Album information
Title: Sigh (Carried Away) / Grado de potencia #2 | Year Released: 2021 | Record Label: Insub
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