Monat: Juni 2023

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Review | By Eyal Hareuveni / salt peanuts* – Catorce reflexiones sobre el fin | Angélica Castelló

 

Review | By Eyal Hareuveni / salt peanuts*
Catorce reflexiones sobre el fin | Angélica Castelló
Catorce reflexiones sobre el fin (Fourteen reflections on the end) originated from a sound art installation of Mexican-Viennese composer and sound artist Angélica Castelló, inspired by the French medieval and poet Guillaume de Machaut, who wrote: «My end is my beginning and my beginning is my end». The installation presented 14 bodies woven with magnetic tapes hanging inert in space, exhibited at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca, Mexico, in 2019. The album weaves 14 electroacoustic miniatures reflecting the sound art installation but with a life of their own. The album is released in a limited edition of 300 vinyls and a download option. […]

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Review | By Guillermo Escudero / Loop – Catorce reflexiones sobre el fin | Angélica Castelló

 

Review | By Guillermo Escudero / Loop
Catorce reflexiones sobre el fin | Angélica Castelló
The Mexican composer, sound artist, improviser, curator and teacher, Angélica Castelló, releases her latest „Catorce reflexiones sobre el fin“ album, on the renowned Gruenrekorder, a German label that brings together artists from all over the world who carry out experimental works, using materials of all kinds and field recordings in specific places or in natural or urban environments. This label is also known for the series featuring field recordings and soundscapes.
Castelló studied classical recorder and composition in Mexico, Canada, Holland and Austria. She performs solo or in collaboration with other musicians between Mexico City and Vienna, the latter city, where she begins a career that already has over 20 years, publishing around 30 releases on labels such as Gruenrekorder, Interstellar records, Mikroton recordings, Monotype records, Mosz, among others. She composes for ensembles, fixed media, radio works, and installations and for the Paetzold recorder (at the RADAR festival, in Mexico City, in March 2010, alongside Burkhard Stang, Castelló played this recorder). […]