Although, as an antecedent there is the album "Music from Penumbra I", I decided to keep this forever in most of its content. So I gave priority to the edition II and only included some (very few tracks) of the first edition that were recorded in 2004. Having composed and recorded this material, meant a real headache because I could not shape the project . It was until I started recording in parts, between 2005 and 2006, when I started releasing that "Season in Hell" (as Rimbaud would say) that I had been living in those years.
Entering the theme that concerns me today, listening to this album from a distance, I can say that although it is a rather dark or melancholic material, it is not flat. It is a material that many people have served to enter into the subject of reflection.
In the album has a progression and addresses the subject of death steadily from the first theme: "Flower of the desert",(Flor del desierto) in the instrumental version we anticipate the atmosphere of the material and the first version of this same theme Of the "cursed" loves that smell of something sinister, but that finally we are seduced before the beauty of a being so unique, but at the same time so ephemeral: Blossoming desert, diamantine rain, cloudy flower of the desert ... aroma impregnated in The land that no one will perceive (Beauty is ephemeral).
Then we make a trip through the infinite, believing we have the universe in our hands and we think we touch the ethereal ... And we are on top of the world. A sensation of flight and radiance with the theme "Circle in the air" (Circulo en el aire) makes us angelic and powerful beings, but at the same time announcing the fall ... the ripping of fragile wings like the same love ... waking from sleep.
The theme "Until the end of time" (Hasta el fin del tiempo) is a declaration of eternal love, although the "Flower of the desert" (For del desierto) withered soon ... it was a flash of beauty that lasted only a few moments.
From track 7 "My Dead Body" (Mi cuerpo muerto) we have submerged ourselves with the idea of dying, a desperate cry in the night. Placed on the edge of the cliff about to throw us to the sea seeking oblivion.
"Last breath" (ültimo suspiro) is the death throes of agony, it is the lament produced by a mortal wound that causes ephemeral love ...
Finally "Floating dead in the lake" (Flotando muerto en el lago) is calm, a haven of evening light amid so much darkness. Sparks of light leap from the surface of the lake. The anguishes are ended, to rest on the surface of the stillness in the contemplation of the lived ...
"Water that evaporates" (Agua que se evapora) is the closing of the cycle, the announcement of a rebirth to return turned into glow. The learning...
BONUS TRACK: "So Empty" (Tan vacío) A theme that comes out of the album sequence, but it has a lot to do. The piece was written for a scene of the theater assembly "Azul Pecado" of the theater group THE FOURTH WALL. A story of two teenagers who escape from their home to live a love, in discovering the loneliness in which they lived.
Musically, the album I composed with minimalist influences, small musical phrases that are repeated and that are intertwined with each other. Vocally one perceives an influence of the Gregorian chant and the extended vocal technique. In the instrumentation the use of the piano and the ropes predominates with some sound effects to texturize the atmospheres. The harmonic progressions are very basic so your listening is assimilated from the first moment.
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