Date Released: October 27, 2005Origin: Mexico
Genre: Ambient, Glitch, Click & Cut
Label: The Leaf Label
Site: http://myspace.com/murcof
Tracklist:
1. Recuerdos
2. Razón (en 3 partes)
3. Retrato
4. Rostro
5. Ruido
6. Reflejo
7. Resignación
8. Ríos
9. Camino
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It's easy to think of glitchy, atmospheric electronica as the audio component of a serial killer's everyday routine, given its virtual ubiquity in edgy/"indie" horror films over the past half-decade or so. While Murcof's music is certainly as edgy and creepy as it gets, the music's gothic sensibilities never overwhelm its sonically interesting traits.
Murcof is a Mexican artist, but there's nothing about his work that (to anglo ears, at least) suggests a particularly Mexican sensibility. He deals in the universally idiosyncratic relationships between creator, instruments, technology, rhythm, noise, melody, form and formlessness that can make the best electronic music so compelling. His work is certainly dark and eerie, but not cartoonishly so.
No two ways about it, though: you wouldn't want to walk through a fog-shrouded graveyard listening to Remembranza. Unless it was noon. And your mom was there. And your teddy bear. Opener "Recuerdo" kicks off with a pulsing beat that's just glitchy enough to resemble an arrhythmic heart. The rest of the track is full of creepy creaks, tuneless piano-string glissandos, slamming doors and other stuff that makes you go bump in the night. About halfway through its eight-minute running time, the rhythm track kicks in in earnest, and the song loses some atmosphere, but gains much-needed forward motion.
Remembranza as a whole can be seen as a struggle between the competing aesthetics of formless atmospherics and subtle rhythm. "Rostro", one of the album's most strongly melodic tracks (remember, it's a sliding scale), barely scatters rhythmic elements, but leaves just enough to perpetuate a structure. The two-note melody that recurs over the top, then, creates a pensive element against which to consider the percussion, as it gradually coalesces into a more conventional rhythm track. It's an effective approach, and will hold your attention without adding a single unnecessary element.
It's moody and atmospheric. In fact, somewhere out there, a burgeoning Blair Witch auteur is already writing the scene where his killer sticks a victim's skin to his face and does a little dance, knowing he'll be scoring it with tracks from Remembranza. Don't discount it for its similarities to other records in its genre -- celebrate it for Murcof's personal and frequently fascinating vision.
It's easy to think of glitchy, atmospheric electronica as the audio component of a serial killer's everyday routine, given its virtual ubiquity in edgy/"indie" horror films over the past half-decade or so. While Murcof's music is certainly as edgy and creepy as it gets, the music's gothic sensibilities never overwhelm its sonically interesting traits.
Murcof is a Mexican artist, but there's nothing about his work that (to anglo ears, at least) suggests a particularly Mexican sensibility. He deals in the universally idiosyncratic relationships between creator, instruments, technology, rhythm, noise, melody, form and formlessness that can make the best electronic music so compelling. His work is certainly dark and eerie, but not cartoonishly so.
No two ways about it, though: you wouldn't want to walk through a fog-shrouded graveyard listening to Remembranza. Unless it was noon. And your mom was there. And your teddy bear. Opener "Recuerdo" kicks off with a pulsing beat that's just glitchy enough to resemble an arrhythmic heart. The rest of the track is full of creepy creaks, tuneless piano-string glissandos, slamming doors and other stuff that makes you go bump in the night. About halfway through its eight-minute running time, the rhythm track kicks in in earnest, and the song loses some atmosphere, but gains much-needed forward motion.
Remembranza as a whole can be seen as a struggle between the competing aesthetics of formless atmospherics and subtle rhythm. "Rostro", one of the album's most strongly melodic tracks (remember, it's a sliding scale), barely scatters rhythmic elements, but leaves just enough to perpetuate a structure. The two-note melody that recurs over the top, then, creates a pensive element against which to consider the percussion, as it gradually coalesces into a more conventional rhythm track. It's an effective approach, and will hold your attention without adding a single unnecessary element.
It's moody and atmospheric. In fact, somewhere out there, a burgeoning Blair Witch auteur is already writing the scene where his killer sticks a victim's skin to his face and does a little dance, knowing he'll be scoring it with tracks from Remembranza. Don't discount it for its similarities to other records in its genre -- celebrate it for Murcof's personal and frequently fascinating vision.
Review taken from: http://www.splendidezine.com/review.html?reviewid=1128942106721212
Download link [Reuploaded Link]: http://rapidshare.com/files/153347187/Murcof_-_Remembranza.rar.html
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