Nov 12, 2009
A Spiral Cliff
Photo: Leighton Roberts
Subo hacia el segundo piso y me doy cuenta de que la tiniebla está untada a las paredes, carne de los muros, como si éstas fueran ella misma y yo pudiera transponerlo, como se horada la neblina y, de esa forma, atravesar todos los edificios del Centro, mirando sus vergüenzas y sus orgullos, sus amores y sus melancolias, sus crimenes y sus nacimientos. Necesidad imperiosa de que la tiniebla anciana explique, diga, cuenta cada historia, que resuenen en este silencio los estallidos y las voces poderosas, que se escuche el llanto de una mujer, las canciones de una serenata, la agonia de los viejos. Entonces comprendo que la principal vocación de primera tiniebla es la sugerencia.
-Guillermo Samperio, Algo sobre las tinieblas.
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La Barranca - Como una sombra
Tempestad (Fonarte, 1997) -
The Besnard Lakes - And You Lied To Me
The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse (Jagjaguwar, 2007) -
Beirut - La Llorona
The March Of The Zapotec / Real People Holland (Pompeii, 2009) -
Steven Wilson- Harmony Korine
Insurgentes (Kscope, 2008) -
Young Galaxy - Lazy Religion
Young Galaxy (Arts & Craft, 2007) -
Priestbird - Mandog
In Your Time (Kemado, 2007) -
UNKLE - Chemistry
War Stories (2007) -
Efterklang And The Danish National Chamber Orchestra - Cutting Ice To Snow
Perfoming Parades (The Leaf Level, 2009)
The selection contains music from La Barranca (one of my favorite bands from Mexico; Tempestad is a great album, and its artwork is simply: amazing), Priestbird (recently discovered), Beirut (Dear reader, Mexico is more than Mariachi), Steven Wilson (yes, the member of Porcupine Tree; Insurgentes is one of the best albums of the decade), Young Galaxy and The Besnard Lakes from Canada, UNKLE providing a pounding rock scorcher and finally, the soft and delicate sounds of Efterklang + The Danish Orchestra to end it all in a light note.
The Martians (have kidnapped me) and I say: Enjoy.
March of the Zapotec got such flak, but sometimes you just need some mad horns dangit.
Maybe some Nortec?
I’ve been a long time follower of this happy little place (y si, soy mexicano) and it never fails to deliver. Although sometimes i do feel it should tone down the hispterism and the “clockwork sigh of the postmodern man” and all that cryptic talk…haha, jk. I really like that as well. I really feel you should do more posts about national music, though. I know most posters are not mexican (only Moka and schils, right?), but people need to know that Mexico is indeed more than Mariachi. Plus you guys are obviously knowledgeable. Anyways, excellent post. Thanks for La Barranca!
La Barranca is great!
somnovore:
Nortec (was/is) a grat band, the first album is great but for the other (Sessions 3) it seemed a little repetitive.
Sights…te contesto en mexicano :P
En realidad no queria darle ese corte “nacionalista”, lamento haber dado una percepción erronea, simplemente quise poner de manifiesto que México es mucho más allá del mariachi y que un poco de bandas que realmente valen la pena (la inmensa mayoria solo “copia” lo que hacen en otros lados).
Gunnar:
Listen “El Fluir” the last album is amazing.