Triángulos De Luz Y Espacios De Sombra

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1.	Arbol Perenne (Gabo) - Preludio S/N 02:40	buy track
2.	Antonio Zepeda Y Eugenio Toussaint - Viento de Lluvia 05:17	buy track
3.	La Fábula - Acuarela Crepuscular 05:09	buy track
4.	Antonio Zepeda Y Eblen Macari - Brisa 05:10	buy track
5.	Armando Velasco - Dafne 06:17	buy track
6.	Eblen Macari - Clarion 03:24	buy track
7.	Vistas Fijas - Dias De Margarita 03:53	buy track
8.	Arbol Perenne (Gabo) - Era Venus 02:42	buy track
9.	Armando Velasco - Una Vez 02:21	buy track
10.	Isaac Alva - Valle De La Luna 06:58	buy track
11.	La Fábula - Changanyika 03:28	buy track
12.	Germán Bringas - Non Observan 05:49	buy track
13.	Antonio Zepeda Y Jorge Reyes - Nosotros Éramos Los Colibrís De Tus Sueños 03:50	buy track
14.	José Luis Fernández Ledesma - La Primera Luz 02:07	buy track
15.	Vistas Fijas - Gotas 05:04	buy track
16.	José Luis Fernández Ledesma - Evos Luz 08:06	buy track
17.	Isaac Alva - Vuelo Azul 06:01	buy track

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Triángulos De Luz Y Espacios De Sombra (Triangles of Light and Spaces of Shadow) is a collection of visionary Mexican electronic music sourced from obscure cassettes, CDs, private pressings, and personal archives, presented by Séance Centre and Smiling C. These works trace an expansive scene of prescient musicians who created a unique speculative cosmology, forging Mesoamerican mythologies with innovative sonic technologies.

From the mid-80s through the 90s, a network of Mexican musicians embarked on a journey to craft a musical expression distinct from the mainstream musical culture that dominated the airwaves and record industry. Based around practices of collaboration, ethnomusicology, electronic experimentation and home-recording, these artists traversed territories at the very edges of genre and musical form. Myth-scientists Antonio Zepeda, José Luis Fernández Ledesma, Jorge Reyes, Isaac Alva, and La Fábula venture into the periphery of the new age, incorporating Pre-Columbian rhythms and melodies into their dream-like compositions. Vistas Fijas, Armando Velasco, Eblen Macari, and Arbol Perenne (Gabo) move through radical new wave territories, utilizing guitars and drum machines to map their musical chronicles. Germán Bringas and Eugenio Toussaint traverse the jazz landscape, blending horns with electronics, improvising long uncharted expeditions. Pinning down a unified sound for these artists is challenging, yet they collectively cohabitate the capacious space of "ambient," employing diverse expressions through various imaginative modalities. What distinguishes these artists is a distinctly transhistorical approach which vividly imagines sonic possible worlds.

In an attempt to situate themselves within a culturally and historically complex landscape, many of the artists on the compilation reactivate ancient Mesoamerican music traditions, those of the Aztecs, Maya, and Olmecs. Their electronic compositions are intricate tapestries woven with the haunting melodies of pre-Hispanic flutes and ocarinas, resonating alongside the echoes of ancient percussive marvels like the teponaztli and huéhuetl. Ritualistic chants, undulating synths, and atavistic rhythms intertwine, conjuring a hypnotic mosaic of chimeric sound. Natural and acoustic sounds are juxtaposed within a synthetic habitat, as if towering skyscrapers cast shadows across ancient pyramids. Rather than longing for an impossible past, these works evoke fantastical visions suspended in dreams, glimpses into the mythical realm of the hummingbirds.

The title "Triángulos De Luz Y Espacios De Sombra" (Triangles of Light and Spaces of Shadow) is inspired by a public access TV show of the same name that showcased several artists featured in this compilation. Imagining triangular prisms of light superimposed on otherworldly shadows feels apt for these illusory and phantasmagoric sounds. The space between these two opposing but interdependent images is the resonant juncture where these artists create their auditory oracles. This compilation highlights the prophetic luminaries of this underground community of musicians, with many of these songs previously unreleased or only available on fugitive formats until now.

This double LP release features 17 tracks remastered from reel-to-reel, DAT, and cassette masters. It includes inserts with an essay by Mexico City based music journalist David Cortés in both Spanish and English, accompanied by archival photos of the artists and artifacts featured on the compilation. The first edition comes adorned with a luminescent sticker illustrating a solar eclipse.

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released April 8, 2024

Design by Asger Behncke Jocobson & Rudy Guedj
Compilation by Brandon Hocura & Henry Jones
Mastering by Brandon Hocura
Mexico City archival work by Joe Macari
Special thanks to Joe Macari, David Cortés & Alonso Salamanca

Co-release by Séance Centre & Smiling C

39SC / SC#13

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