Artista: Suspended MemoriesÁlbum: Earth Island
Año: 1994
Género: Electrónica / Ambient / World Music
Duración: 56:06
Nacionalidad: Internacional
Como pueden ver en el video, y a pesar de lo que su música pudiese parecer en principio, esto no es inocente ni ingenuo, ojo al piojo. Y ya hemos dicho antes esto:
Este trío desarrolla su música en una atmósfera en la que la improvisación y la búsqueda tiene preponderancia sobre cualquier otra sintaxis musical, un álbum suena realmente genial cuando tengas el estado de ánimo adecuado para adentrarte a los terrenos suaves, instronspectivos, intimistas, minimalistas y oníricos que proponen los músicos... ahora, no escuches esto si lo que pinta es poner un crudo rockanrol. No hay resultados, no hay planes, al igual que los artistas de jazz que improvisan libremente a través de cierta ideas trazadas y en base a un lenguaje musical común, pero tampoco es jazz lo que están tocando, Roach, Reyes y Saiz practican una forma de improvisación colectiva casi intuitivaLos tres haciendo una especie de etnomúsica ambiental y atmosférica. Música etérea de sonoridades inusuales, que trabaja a un nivel muy espiritual, una danza de trance con cantos, tambores primitivos, y la percusión de ritual chamánico moderno, un disco casi new age, aunque estoy seguro que los músicos no quisieron apuntar a ese estilo al crear este tipo de obras.
The second chapter in the Suspended Memories story. Recorded between concert dates in Spain and Germany. This recording presents a more complex and layered sound due to the studio conditions the group found themselves in. A "Next World" sound is further explored. Prehispanic and Mexican shamanic influences merge with more urgent rhythms while the guitar and synths create the expansive fabric on which it all sits. Winner of the NAIRD Independent Release of the Year, 1993.Steve Roach
Y en el siguiente video pueden escuchar el disco completo.
Y no tengo mucho más para aportar, si escucharon el disco anterior, este va más o menos por el mismo camino, así que directamente vean si en los comentarios alguien dice algo nuevo y vamos al disco.
It is easy to grasp the concept that Suspended Memories is one of the greatest e-music trios ever. Each member -- Steve Roach, Jorge Reyes, and Suso Saiz -- had a brilliant solo career before forging ahead as a trio. Earth Island, the group's second CD, explores the concept of this planet as an island in the sea called the galaxy. The composition titles make references to the dawn of man and hide isolation and desolation. The music is deep, inspirational, and distant. Roach, Reyes, and Saiz bring their own spiritualities to the table along with their own sound worlds. When they emerge, they emerge as one. This disc is an amalgamation of three distinct entities that intertwine and interact seamlessly. They do not just bring out the best in each other; they bring the totality of each other. The dark atmospheres are full of ethnic spirituality and cultural richness. There are no holes. This is a great CD from a trio of great artists.AllMusic
Splendid flow and development. Starts out lighter, gradually drifting deeper, ever deeper into a soft darkness… neither distancingly chilly nor encasingly hot.Tropylium
(I really could do without the pseudo-country violins on the last track however)
The trio known as Suspended Memories recorded the follow-up to FORGOTTEN GODS between gigs and literally from the four corners of the globe. Techno-shamen Steve Roach, Jorge Reyes, and Suso Saiz are three of the few musicians who can effectively merge the primordial and the contemporary with both mesmerizing force and galvanizing power. Atmospheric presence is in spectacular abundance on EARTH ISLAND, enshadowed within a smoky cavalcade of obfuscating rhythms, piercing chants, liquefied guitars, and chasms of respiring, nocturnal electronics. The seemingly telepathic link among these players reflects itself more vividly in these macrocosmic compositions than in any other recording in the genre in recent memory. From the drifting expanses and rugged hand-struck percussion of "Melting World" and the near-mythic prehistoric rumblings of "Places Inbetween" to the ancient floating meditations and serpentine rhythms of "Curandera," Roach, Reyes and Saiz' ongoing tribal odyssey continues in a gripping exploration as equally illuminating as the aural templates they've individually forged. Audio Mixers: Steve Roach; Jorge Reyes; Suso Saiz. Liner Note Author: Linda Kohanov. Recording information: Studio Harderberg, Germany; Timeroom, Tucson, AZ; Track Studio, Madrid, Spain. Photographer: Kevin Kelley . Suspended Memories: Steve Roach; Jorge Reyes (vocals, clay drum, shaker); Suso Saiz. Personnel: Steve Roach (ocarina, didjeridu, synthesizer, drums, percussion, programming, sampler); Suso Saiz (guitar, electric guitar, sound effects); Jorge Reyes (flute, ocarina, trumpet, drums, percussion, sound effects); Los Reyes (trumpet); Roach (synthesizer).CD Universe
Como escribí cuando publiqué el álbum "Forgotten Gods" para cerrar el posteo:
Y cuando termina el disco, uno se queda pensando que así deben sonar los paisajes del sueño de un chamán, en su viaje a través de las diferentes atmósferas de su subconciente. Un disco que es un ritual musical que intriga y cautiva al oyente. Recomendado para noches de instronspección y contemplación, en las que el alma desea viajar por terrenos ancestrales y místicos... si te va la onda, llevate el disco porque para eso está especialmente bueno, sino a otra cosa mariposa..Y podés escuchar el disco completo desde su espacio en Bandcamp:https://heartsofspacerecords.bandcamp.com/album/earth-island
Lista de Temas:
1. The Sky Opens
2. Earth Island
3. Curandera
4. Melting World
5. First Man (Watakame)
6. Places In Between
7. First Blessing
8. El Mitote
Alineación:
- Jorge Reyes / Drums, Flute [Bamboo, Prehispanic Clay], Ocarina, Percussion [Clay Water Pots, Turtle Shell], Rainstick, Voice, Whistle
- Steve Roach / Didgeridoo, Flute [Lakota Plains], Percussion [Distant, Sampled], Sequenced By [Rhythm Programming], Synthesizer [Analog, Digital], Voice
- Suso Sáiz / Effects, Electric Guitar, Percussion