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Bordando el manto terrestre

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Album included on A Closer Listen's list of 10 best experimental releases of 2023.

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[English]

When held captive, we dream...

"Bordando el manto terrestre" (Embroidering the Earth's Mantle) is a musical journey around the figure of Remedios Varo, a painter born in Spain in 1908, who lived in exile in Mexico until her death in 1963. This journey begins with an ocean-like motion; driven by the ruin of war and exile, and follows, in Mexico, with the construction of a new intimate space flooded with light and wonder. This is a path of fantasy inhabited by captive moons, weavers of the cosmos and human gardens, and one in which to recover lost harmony and place ourselves in the world again.

The Galician dark ambient project trajedesaliva (Mon Ninguén & unavena) teams up with Madrid-born singer and pianist Maud the Moth (Amaya López-Carromero) to create a soundtrack to Remedios’s work.

Making use of analog synthesizers, an arsenal of acoustic instruments and multifaceted voices, both art projects bring their respective idiosyncrasies to the palette, creating a soundtrack riddled with symbolism and references to the pictorial work of Remedios.

Like this work, the musical compositions and arrangements seek to explore associations of the subconscious and exploit the beauty of chance. Many of the instruments used in this album are sensitive to weather conditions or are found objects; pianos or guitars which have fallen out of tune providing notes with which to construct invented scales as if guided by the hand of a mystical Hildegardian god.

unavena's poems serve as a narrative structure, which frames the landscapes and territories sonically traversed.

The work has been mixed by Scottish producer Scott McLean (Ashenspire, Falloch, Healthyliving, etc.) who also provided additional input in the sound design.

[Español]

Cuando nos vemos atrapadas, soñamos...

«Bordando el manto terrestre» es un viaje musical alrededor de la figura de Remedios Varo, pintora nacida en España en 1908, que vivió exiliada en México, hasta su muerte en 1963. Es un trayecto que arranca con un movimiento oceánico, impulsado por la ruina de la guerra y la experiencia del exilio, hasta la construcción en México de un nuevo espacio íntimo inundado de luz y sorpresa. Un camino de fantasía habitado por lunas cautivas, tejedoras del cosmos y jardines humanos en los que recuperar la armonía perdida, ubicarnos de nuevo en el mundo.

El proyecto de dark ambient gallego trajedesaliva (Mon Ninguén y unavena) une fuerzas con la cantante y pianista madrileña Maud the moth (Amaya López-Carromero), para trasladar el mundo de Remedios al plano sonoro.

Haciendo uso de sintetizadores analógicos, un arsenal de instrumentos acústicos y voces multifacéticas, ambos proyectos artísticos aportan sus respectivas idiosincrasias a la paleta, creando una banda sonora plagada de simbolismo y referencias al trabajo pictórico de la pintora española naturalizada mexicana.

Al igual que el trabajo de Remedios, las composiciones y arreglos buscan explorar asociaciones del subconsciente y la belleza de la casualidad, a menudo usando escalas inventadas, formadas por notas de instrumentos «desafinados» por la naturaleza, o guiadas por la mano de un dios Hildegardiano.

Los poemas de unavena sirven como estructura narrativa, que enmarca los paisajes y territorios recorridos sónicamente.

El trabajo ha sido mezclado por el productor escocés Scott McLean (Ashenspire, Falloch, Healthyliving, etc.), con contribución adicional en diseño sonoro.

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released May 26, 2023

Mon Ninguén: synthesizers
Amaya López-Carromero: vocals, instrumentation and sound design
unavena: spoken word
Scott McLean: additional sound design and guitar in "Perla"
 
Lyrics by unavena & Amaya López-Carromero
Music by Mon Ninguén & Amaya López-Carromero
Mixed and mastered by Scott McLean

Art direction and concept by unavena
Artwork & design by Colin Herrick

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