Álvaro Domene & Henry Kaiser – El tren fantasma (Iluso)

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Guitarists Álvaro Domene and Henry Kaiser join forces to create a new, improvised soundtrack to El tren fantasma, a Mexican black and white silent film from 1927. Needless to say, the newly substantiated soundtrack is far more contemporary than the movie itself, and consists of two electric guitar duets and one massive acoustic guitar duet, which makes up the biggest portion of the recording. Despite its minimalist conception and impressive length, there is no shortage of ideas flowing through El tren fantasma, from start to finish. The … Read more

Shards – Find Source (Erased Tapes)

Beauty sometimes comes from the unlikeliest of marriages. Enter the debut album of London-based vocal ensemble Shards: Find Sound. Their vision takes the shape of choir music amorously intertwined with electronic music and synthwave. Choirwave, perhaps? The staple track off this record might be the second one. “Summer Sickness” has all the nostalgia and longing it can muster in its dissonant intervals, so poignantly used it’s truly heart-wrenching. The song starts with arpeggiated chords on synth, and a lush, vibrant polyphony of voices, later joined by some percussion and bass. All this … Read more