PirSquared • thesoundsofpostrock
[ 9/10 ] - Wonderful amalgamation of several Genres ranging from Shoegaze & Psychedelic to Post-Punk & Hardcore.
This Album is a part of a 4 series release. Parts 1-3 have been released and i recommend listening to them in successive order. Looking forward to getting my hands on Parts 4. Favorite track: el sorbo de la fuente con el dado de estrellas encima, en la cabaña.
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In Corona, Ox en Mayo Alto continues to build on their past releases, and somehow made their sounds broader with deep textures and punchy dynamics. They show again how they can expertly pull back the music, letting ghostly poetry guide us, and then punch in for intense and frenetic passages where every instrument takes turns guiding the intricate rhythms. Music like this is felt more than heard.
Favorite track: el sorbo de la fuente con el dado de estrellas encima, en la cabaña.
"The golden deer is found in Cambodian legends. The solar character of the animal appears here, unlike other representations, in its malefic aspect. As often happens, the solar animal is related to drought; it is convenient, to obtain rain, to kill the deer, and this is the purpose of the trot dance so popular in the Angkor region. In addition, in other regions the penetration of the deer in a village announces fire. The same idea of evil deer and bringer of drought is known in ancient China. It is noted with interest that Origen makes the deer "the enemy and the serpent catcher" (ie, the enemy of evil, expressly the symbol of Christ); but the serpent is an animal of earth and water, to which the animal of heaven and fire is opposed. The deer is like the eagle, a snake-eater, an eminently favorable but bipolar sign, since it destroys with fire, and drought suffocates everything that lives on water."
Jean Chevalier - A Dictionary Of Symbols
Credits:
The name of the songs are based on the poem "Todtnauberg", written by the Jewish-Romanian poet Paul Celan after returning from a visit to Martin Heidegger after the end of WWII. The two Spanish translations used here are from Felix Luque and Enrique Foffani.
All voice-over belong to fragments of films directed by the Soviet filmmaker Andréi Tarkovsky (Mirror, Stalker and Sacrifice). All selected fragments are about sculpting time in a dead world.
The album cover is an intervention of "Alpheus and Arethusa", oil painting by the English romantic painter John Martin (1789-1854)
The EP was recorded at Islandia Estudio and Fusis Estudio, Córdoba, Argentina, November 2021. The recording engineers were Manuel Collado and Sebastián Palacios. The co-production, mix and master was in charge of Manuel Collado.
The Ox, on the skirt of the Alto Mayo, blesses Mot, the White House Stag and the Fox with a bellow.
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"El ciervo de oro se halla en las leyendas camboyanas. El carácter solar del animal aparece aquí, a diferencia de otras representaciones, en su aspecto maléfico. Como pasa a menudo, el animal solar está en relación con la sequía; conviene, para obtener lluvia, matar el ciervo, y éste es el objetivo de la danza del trote tan popular en la región-de Angkor principalmente. Por añadidura, en otras comarcas la penetración del ciervo en una aldea anuncia incendio y obliga a escapar del sitio. La misma idea de ciervo nefasto y portador de sequía se conoce en la China antigua. Se advierte con interés que Orígenes hace del ciervo «el enemigo y el cazador de serpientes» (es decir, el enemigo del mal, expresamente el símbolo de Cristo); pero la serpiente es animal de la tierra y el agua, al que se opone el animal del cielo y el fuego. El ciervo es como el águila, devorador de serpientes, signo eminentemente favorable pero bipolar, pues destruye con fuego, y la sequía asfixia todo cuanto vive del agua."
Jean Chevalier - Diccionario de símbolos
Créditos:
El nombre de las canciones se basan en el poema "Todtnauberg", escrito por el poeta rumano de origen judío Paul Celan, al regresar de una visita a Martin Heidegger una vez finalizada la segunda guerra mundial. Las dos traducciones al español utilizadas estuvieron a cargo de Félix Luque y Enrique Foffani.
Todas las voces en off pertenecen a fragmentos de largometrajes dirigidos por el cineasta soviético Andréi Tarkovski (El espejo, Stalker, yEl sacrificio). Todos los fragmentos escogidos hablan sobre esculpir el tiempo en un mundo muerto.
La tapa del EP es una intervención de "Alpheus and Arethusa", óleo por el pintor inglés romántico John Martin (1789-1854).
El EP fue grabado en Islandia Estudio y Fusis Estudio en la ciudad de Córdoba, Argentina, en noviembre del 2021. Los ingenieros de grabación fueron Manuel Collado y Sebastián Palacios. La mezcla, el máster y la co-producción estuvo a cargo de Manuel Collado, en Fusis Estudio.
El Ox, sobre la falda del Mayo Alto, bendice en un bramido a Mot, al Ciervo de la Cabaña Blanca y al Zorro.
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Takes me back to my high school classroom during the days of binging Inio Asano's old manga scanlations before anything was licensed. At that time, I was discovering many kinds of Asian shoegaze, but I've never heard anything like this. Makes me think of Pasteboard, Supecar, and Midnight Pingpong a bit, and it's funny bc the first two I listen have blue album covers too. Lu
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I love the light and shade between Bryan's dirty and Emma's forlorn vocals. There are so many layers to this recording that are driven home through contrast. Plus the riffs are brilliant and get me moving. I can't stop listening to Thou and Emma in general lately. spaceman2250
The proceeds of this extensive compilation of punk and rock go towards the healthcare costs of beloved musician Dan Wild-Beesley. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 21, 2017
Three renditions of “Snowflakes in July” explore all aspects of the song’s stunning beauty, including a mind-blowing 17-minute live version. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 15, 2020