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Jefre Cantu-Ledesma – Shining Skull Breath LP
2007/2011 vinyl repress
Jefre Cantu Ledesma (Tarentel, The Holy See, The Alps) aprovecha el tiempo libre que sus proyectos y su sello (Root Strata) le dejan para grabar multitud de trabajos en solitario. Hasta ahora éstos estaban principalmente marcados por su caracter minimalista, tanto en su vertiente de "cantautor" folk-experimental, cómo en sus entregas más ambientales -como The Phantom Harp y The Garden Of Forking Paths de este mismo año-. En Shining Skull Breath abandona su habitual tono delicado y ensoñador para abrasarnos con pura lava. Aquí su sonido está dominado por la experimentación con la guitarra y otros instrumentos y deja de lado el laptop para volver a lo analógico. El muro de ruido, distorsión se va retroalimentando constantemente convirtiendo la escucha en una experiencia extenuente por momentos (Shining Skull Breath y Diamond Star hacen que tengan que bajar el volumen). En el resto del álbum JCL da completamente en la diana y tanto los cortos interludios de ruido (Cannibal Hymn) o de belleza reposada (Tigris And Euphrates, Moon of Blood y The Honeybees In My Heart) sirven de engarce perfecto para las dos piedras preciosas del álbum: Distant Star (for Pete Swanson) y The Last Time I Saw Your Face I Thought It Was A Dying Star dónde la melodía se sobrepone a la marea sónica dando cómo resultado dos piezas sombrías, desesperanzadas, hechizantes y emocionantes a partes iguales. Tras las capas de ruido se esconde un sobrecogedor caudal de emociones que hará las delicias de los fans de Yellow Swans, Tim Hecker o incluso Nadja.
If you're not already familiar with Jefre Cantu-Ledesma's solo recordings, chances are you'll have encountered his work in Tarantel, or perhaps come across his consistently outstanding Root Strata label, home to some of the key recordings by artists like Grouper and Machinefabriek. The first piece of music on this latest solo disc is dedicated to Pete Swanson, and fittingly, it sounds every bit as devastating as the magma-flow noise spirals Yellow Swans have been known to turn out. 'Distant Star' makes for an intense five minutes, but 'Cannibal Hymn' allows some recuperation immediately afterwards with a sparkling series of loops slowly dying out over a minute and a half, but soon after you're plunged back into the extremes with the acid bath title track. Actually, have you seen some of these track titles? 'The First Time I Saw Your Face I Thought It Was A Dying Star' might well be the worst chat-up line in the history of the cosmos, but it's also an effortlessly epic piece of viscous, droning melancholy, situated somewhere in the shaded part of a Birchville Cat Motel / Tim Hecker Venn diagram, evoking a deep, sad beauty. The album closes on the whirlpool sustain and soft noise emissions of 'Beautiful Thunderbolt' (Moon Gazing In Your Skull)', which corrupts otherwise tender, muted tones with flecks of noise to great effect. Get one of these while you can - this really is horrifyingly limited and there's literally just a handful left in circulation anywhere. No hanging around on this one...
Jefre Cantu-Ledesma: "Shining Skull Breath" by Students of Decay
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Jefre Cantu Ledesma (Tarentel, The Holy See, The Alps) aprovecha el tiempo libre que sus proyectos y su sello (Root Strata) le dejan para grabar multitud de trabajos en solitario. Hasta ahora éstos estaban principalmente marcados por su caracter minimalista, tanto en su vertiente de "cantautor" folk-experimental, cómo en sus entregas más ambientales -como The Phantom Harp y The Garden Of Forking Paths de este mismo año-. En Shining Skull Breath abandona su habitual tono delicado y ensoñador para abrasarnos con pura lava. Aquí su sonido está dominado por la experimentación con la guitarra y otros instrumentos y deja de lado el laptop para volver a lo analógico. El muro de ruido, distorsión se va retroalimentando constantemente convirtiendo la escucha en una experiencia extenuente por momentos (Shining Skull Breath y Diamond Star hacen que tengan que bajar el volumen). En el resto del álbum JCL da completamente en la diana y tanto los cortos interludios de ruido (Cannibal Hymn) o de belleza reposada (Tigris And Euphrates, Moon of Blood y The Honeybees In My Heart) sirven de engarce perfecto para las dos piedras preciosas del álbum: Distant Star (for Pete Swanson) y The Last Time I Saw Your Face I Thought It Was A Dying Star dónde la melodía se sobrepone a la marea sónica dando cómo resultado dos piezas sombrías, desesperanzadas, hechizantes y emocionantes a partes iguales. Tras las capas de ruido se esconde un sobrecogedor caudal de emociones que hará las delicias de los fans de Yellow Swans, Tim Hecker o incluso Nadja.
If you're not already familiar with Jefre Cantu-Ledesma's solo recordings, chances are you'll have encountered his work in Tarantel, or perhaps come across his consistently outstanding Root Strata label, home to some of the key recordings by artists like Grouper and Machinefabriek. The first piece of music on this latest solo disc is dedicated to Pete Swanson, and fittingly, it sounds every bit as devastating as the magma-flow noise spirals Yellow Swans have been known to turn out. 'Distant Star' makes for an intense five minutes, but 'Cannibal Hymn' allows some recuperation immediately afterwards with a sparkling series of loops slowly dying out over a minute and a half, but soon after you're plunged back into the extremes with the acid bath title track. Actually, have you seen some of these track titles? 'The First Time I Saw Your Face I Thought It Was A Dying Star' might well be the worst chat-up line in the history of the cosmos, but it's also an effortlessly epic piece of viscous, droning melancholy, situated somewhere in the shaded part of a Birchville Cat Motel / Tim Hecker Venn diagram, evoking a deep, sad beauty. The album closes on the whirlpool sustain and soft noise emissions of 'Beautiful Thunderbolt' (Moon Gazing In Your Skull)', which corrupts otherwise tender, muted tones with flecks of noise to great effect. Get one of these while you can - this really is horrifyingly limited and there's literally just a handful left in circulation anywhere. No hanging around on this one...
Jefre Cantu-Ledesma: "Shining Skull Breath" by Students of Decay
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