1996 fue un año sublime para la vanguardia metamusikal en todo el mundo. Se publicaron discos hermosos y alucinantes. Se realizaron conciertos estratosféricos en diversos lugares del globo. El espíritu de los tiempos se sentía respirar a cada instante de la vida por aquel entonces. Las drogas, para que negarlo, cumplían su papel a la perfección. Ese año Spectrum publicó el "Songs for Owsley EP" la antesala al "Forever Alien" nada menos. Tortoise editaba su disco cumbre "Millions Now Living Will Never Die". Los peruanos Silvania remecían la escena iberoamericana más entonada con "Delay Tambor" su álbum de remezclas. Fue en 1996 que Main, el proyecto de Robert Hampson (ex Loop), publicó los seis eps que luego formarían la caja "Hz", a razón de uno por mes. Disjecta, el proyecto de Mark Clifford de Seefeel, hacía lo propio con esa gema llamada "Clean Pit and Lid Pit" vía Warp. Cranes nos pasaba de vueltas con "La Tragedie d'Electre et Orestes", Alpha Stone, el proyecto de Pete Bassman ex Spacemen 3 debutaba con "Stereophonic Pop Art Music" para todos los marxianos de Tawa y el resto del mundo, Porter Ricks tumbaba a sus acólitos a surcar el infinito con el mágico "Biokinetics" y hasta Cocteau Twins y Dead Can Dance remecían nuestras ansias de más ... Ese mismo año en Michigan la dupla conformada por Windy Weber y Carl Hultgren daban a luz a uno de los discos más jodidamente etéreos y descorazonados de toda la década: "Drawing of Sound".
Weber y Hultgren habían formado parte de una avanzada previa, el ensamble post shoegazer Once Dreamt en donde militara otro ilustre músico espacial, Randall Nieman (Füxa). Existía en Michigan una escena fuerte de artistas devotos por los mantras sónicos y la experimentación postrockera: Childrens Ice Cream, Asha Vida, Füxa, Five Way Mirror, et al. Además, los efluvios del shoegaze y ethereal noise habían pasado ya pero proyectos como Lovesliescrushing, New Grape y Windy & Carl mantenían viva la flama en Estados Unidos y lejanas latitudes. A Lima llegaban noticias de todos estos capos y su arte formaba parte del devenir diario de nuestra existencia aquellos días de fin de siglo.
Cocteau Twins, Brian Eno, Spacemen 3. Todos ellos se funden magistralmente en los cerca de 45 minutos que dura la travesía celestial que es el "Drawing of Sound". Los susurros de Windy en plan ninfa perdida en Andrómeda año 40 000, las guitarras minimales, delidroners y psicodélicas de Carl envolventes y bienaventuradas como el abrazo de una madre, los bajos de la Weber siempre horadando el pulso de tu corazón para recordarte que estás allí sintiendo/presenciando la gracia y fuerza de los sonidos más etéreos que un par de chamanes pueden extraer de las guitarras. Una vez más, el minimalismo se torna maximalismo: are your dreams at night 3 sizes too big?
Dos "canciones" que se quedarán en ti para jamás olvidarte: "You" y "Lighthouse". ¿Qué hubiera sido de la juventud mundial si estos himnos hubieran sido irradiados por la mass media vía la FM o la MTV? ¿Revolución Estelar? Y tres viajes astrales a los que haríamos flaco favor acumulando palabras tratando de describirlas cuando de lo que se trata es experimentar la magia, el amor y la trascendencia de una música llamada a ser la solución a este sistema/mundo donde el ego y la estupidez insubstancial rigen. O como bien declararía Windy Weber algunos años después: "I hate people".
Así es, damas y caballeros, existen creadores paridos por el cosmos para recordarnos que alguna vez fuimos felices, que por más que hoy nos empeñemos en olvidarlo en algún tiempo existió el paraíso, la inocencia y la miel cada día de la vida. Si lo crees y sientes que no encajas Windy & Carl te harán probar el cielo en la tierra, conocer la música de los dioses. Escúchalos y no dudes jamás. El espacio no falla.
25 Years of WINDY & CARL's "Drawing of Sound" .: Trascending Trascendence
1996 was a sublime year for the metamusikal vanguard all over the world. Beautiful and amazing records were released. Stratospheric concerts were held in various parts of the globe. The spirit of the times felt like breathing every moment of life back then. Drugs, why to deny it, fulfilled their role to perfection. That year Spectrum released the "Songs for Owsley EP" anteroom to "Forever Alien" no less. Tortoise was releasing its apex album "Millions Now Living Will Never Die." Peruvians Silvania shaked more intoned Latin American scene with "Delay Tambor" their album of remixes. It was in 1996 that Main, the project of Robert Hampson (ex Loop), released the six eps that soon would form the box "Hz", at a rate of one per month. Disjecta, Seefeel's Mark Clifford project, did the same with that gem called "Clean Pit and Lid Pit" via Warp. Cranes blew our minds with "La Tragedie d'Electre et Orestes", Alpha Stone, the project of ex Spacemen 3 Pete Bassman debuted with "Stereophonic Pop Art Music" for all the marxians of Tawa and the rest of the world, Porter Ricks knocked down his acolytes to cross the infinite with the magical "Biokinetics" and even Cocteau Twins and Dead Can Dance shook our cravings for more... In the same year in Michigan the duo formed by Windy Weber and Carl Hultgren gave birth to one of the most fucking ethereal and disheartened records of the whole decade : "Drawing of Sound".
Weber and Hultgren had been part of a previous advance, the ensemble Once Dreamt where another distinguished space postrocker musician took part, Randall Nieman (Füxa). There was a strong scene in Michigan of devout artists for sonic mantras and post-rock experimentation: Childrens Ice Cream, Asha Vida, Füxa, Five Way Mirror, et al. In addition, shoegaze effluviums and ethereal noise had already passed but projects like Lovesliescrushing, New Grape and Windy & Carl kept alive the flame in the United States and the rest of the world. To Lima came news of all these masters and their art was part of the daily evolution of our existence those days of end of century.
Cocteau Twins, Brian Eno, Spacemen 3. All of them merge masterfully in the 45 minutes of the celestial journey that is the "Drawing of Sound". Windy's whispers in lost nymph in Andromeda year 40 000 manner, Carl's minimal and psychedelic guitars enveloping and blessed as the embrace of a mother, Weber basses always piercing the pulse of your heart to remind you that you are there feeling / witnessing the grace and strength of the more ethereal sounds that a pair of musician shamans can extract from the guitars. Once again, minimalism becomes maximalism: are your dreams at night 3 sizes too big?
Two "songs" that will remain in you to never forget you: "You" and "Lighthouse". What would have been of the world youth if these hymns had been radiated by the mass media via FM or MTV? Stellar Revolution? And three astral trips that we would do thin favor by accumulating words trying to describe them when it comes to experiencing the magic, love and transcendence of a music called to be the solution to this system / world where ego and insubstantial stupidity rule. Or as Windy Weber would well declare a few years later: "I hate people".
Wilder Gonzales Agreda.
25 Years of WINDY & CARL's "Drawing of Sound" .: Trascending Trascendence
1996 was a sublime year for the metamusikal vanguard all over the world. Beautiful and amazing records were released. Stratospheric concerts were held in various parts of the globe. The spirit of the times felt like breathing every moment of life back then. Drugs, why to deny it, fulfilled their role to perfection. That year Spectrum released the "Songs for Owsley EP" anteroom to "Forever Alien" no less. Tortoise was releasing its apex album "Millions Now Living Will Never Die." Peruvians Silvania shaked more intoned Latin American scene with "Delay Tambor" their album of remixes. It was in 1996 that Main, the project of Robert Hampson (ex Loop), released the six eps that soon would form the box "Hz", at a rate of one per month. Disjecta, Seefeel's Mark Clifford project, did the same with that gem called "Clean Pit and Lid Pit" via Warp. Cranes blew our minds with "La Tragedie d'Electre et Orestes", Alpha Stone, the project of ex Spacemen 3 Pete Bassman debuted with "Stereophonic Pop Art Music" for all the marxians of Tawa and the rest of the world, Porter Ricks knocked down his acolytes to cross the infinite with the magical "Biokinetics" and even Cocteau Twins and Dead Can Dance shook our cravings for more... In the same year in Michigan the duo formed by Windy Weber and Carl Hultgren gave birth to one of the most fucking ethereal and disheartened records of the whole decade : "Drawing of Sound".
Weber and Hultgren had been part of a previous advance, the ensemble Once Dreamt where another distinguished space postrocker musician took part, Randall Nieman (Füxa). There was a strong scene in Michigan of devout artists for sonic mantras and post-rock experimentation: Childrens Ice Cream, Asha Vida, Füxa, Five Way Mirror, et al. In addition, shoegaze effluviums and ethereal noise had already passed but projects like Lovesliescrushing, New Grape and Windy & Carl kept alive the flame in the United States and the rest of the world. To Lima came news of all these masters and their art was part of the daily evolution of our existence those days of end of century.
Cocteau Twins, Brian Eno, Spacemen 3. All of them merge masterfully in the 45 minutes of the celestial journey that is the "Drawing of Sound". Windy's whispers in lost nymph in Andromeda year 40 000 manner, Carl's minimal and psychedelic guitars enveloping and blessed as the embrace of a mother, Weber basses always piercing the pulse of your heart to remind you that you are there feeling / witnessing the grace and strength of the more ethereal sounds that a pair of musician shamans can extract from the guitars. Once again, minimalism becomes maximalism: are your dreams at night 3 sizes too big?
Two "songs" that will remain in you to never forget you: "You" and "Lighthouse". What would have been of the world youth if these hymns had been radiated by the mass media via FM or MTV? Stellar Revolution? And three astral trips that we would do thin favor by accumulating words trying to describe them when it comes to experiencing the magic, love and transcendence of a music called to be the solution to this system / world where ego and insubstantial stupidity rule. Or as Windy Weber would well declare a few years later: "I hate people".
That's right, ladies and gentlemen, there are creators born by the cosmos to remind us that we were once happy, that even though today we try to forget it at some time there was paradise, innocence and honey every day of life. If you believe it and you feel you do not fit Windy & Carl will make you taste heaven on earth, know the music of the gods. Listen to them and never hesitate. Space does not fail.
Wilder Gonzales Agreda.
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