Bosques de mi Mente

I have no words to describe this album. Oddly enough, I have seen many records on jamendo described as "Prog rock" by their authors without being even partially progressive, while I would more than happily put this tag here, for what it implies... Wonderful, Creative, Beautiful, Arty... music doesn't gets much better than this.

There is such a palette of musical colors here is outstanding. You have the Beatlesque affair "Barcelona", the King Crimson-like "At Odds", the Radiohead's "Ordinary Day"... there is an art rock wonderful style plaguing all the album not unlike Radiohead's last disks, and a jazz rock sensibility (like Karate or King Crimson) that just took my breath when I listened to the album, and some latin/bossa feel in some songs (that I don't like too much), folk, ambient, postrock... Even though, the sound is extremely creative and original, merging all these influences and surely many others and adding a personal touch I love. The experimentation in sounds, effects and samples is highly rewarding, and the instruments surprises (like the eastern-styled violin of "Ender" -which incidentally brings to my mind "Lark's Tongues in Aspic", or the brass section in some songs) are just a delightful encounter.

The music gets drown a little bit in songs like "Barrio Chino", that remembers me more of Manu Chao and the such... definitely not my kind of music, and IMHO, these musicians can give much MUCH more, although the flute solo returns me to the good mood of the album, the good jazz-indie-art-whatever-rock :D.

Except for the latin/bossa feel, maybe one of the VERY best records I have listened since Radiohead's "Kid A", and if that's not a recommendation, I don't know what is. The recording quality it superb and the playing and effect application is flawless. There is too much in this disk to absorv just with a few listens, it requires more.

I'm not usually much into vocal records, as I prefer instrumental works by far, but here the voices are just so charming and nicely sung... just how I like singing, sweet but strong at the same time. I have been very surprised by this album, a strange discovery in a world full of commercial, banal or mediocre music.

Instant fan.

Very beautiful gem of post-rock here. Rooted in the classical sound of mono-explosions in the sky of two guitars, bass and drums, the music moves you within several emotional realms. The musicianship and recording quality are excellent. The mood is very much in the Mono vein of nostalgic/apocalyptic sadness. The drummer remembers me easily of the explosions in the sky's drummer with his heavy use of martial snare drumming.

Some tracks (mainly "3x3+2" and "Rien pour l'instant") remembers also me of Kid-A/Amnesiac epoch Radio-head.

My favourite song of the EP is "Scorpion Rouge, avec Dolph Lundgren", because the beginning is more light/upbeat and less doomy overtly dramatic.

Apart from being short in size, the only criticism I have on this disc is that music gets VERY predictable at times, following all the overused clichés of post-rock such as obvious crescendos and explosions (very much in the Mono fashion), specially on tracks "Lichen A" and "Rien pour l'instant").

Overall, a very pleasant and thoughtful album that sets for a very enjoyable listen. Keep up the good work!

Tras escuchar este disco se me queda una sensación similar a terminar de escuchar el disco "Zeit" de Tangerine Dream... la de haber sido transportado a un lugar remoto y distante... un lugar helado en lo más recóndito del universo o lo más escondido de la psique de un individuo aislado.

De algún modo los temas evocan frío, distancia y aislamiento, lo que encaja perféctamente con la temática y simbología del nombre, pero mientras #1 era más cercano, este disco para mí es todo lo contrario, es abrirse a una distancia infinita y vacía. Me imagino perfectamente este disco usado de banda sonora de películas como 2001 o Alien. Una obra de arte por derecho propio. En mi opinión "OFF" está más lograda por ser más coherente la atmósfera, pero a mitad del tema "ON" es donde encuentro el momento más satisfactorio de todo el disco. A diferencia de #1 no encuentro ningún momento más ruidoso o desagradable, todo el disco es como un viaje conceptual que recomiendo encarecidamente.

I have been following your music since "Fingertips". I think this album shows some clear development, as you are gaining confidence in the instrument and in your capacities as a good composer. I love your simple, sad approach to the music.

However, there is still a lot to develop. The album gets too short at just 16 minutes.

The sound is still the biggest problem with your work, unless your intention is to keep your sound distorted and buzzy, but in this case you have still some path to walk to reach the mastery of lets say Library Tapes, forestflies or similar artists. This is a great problem that avoids fully enjoying your work in my opinion. The clearest example is in my fave track, "Last Day of a Postman", there you have some really beautiful melodies and passages, but the terrible hiss and noise coming from a bad recording/mixing doesn't allow me to fully enjoy it. All tracks suffer more or less from this bad recording issue. Some parts may also benefit from a softer playing technique, like on "Child with a Broken Violin".

Anyway, I can see some huge development in your confidence and compositional skills, congratulations on this new beautiful record!

Quizás esta música está pensada para ser parte de una experiencia multimedia, sonido y visión, como he leido en vuestra descripción. Sin embargo, por si sola vuestra "música" no me dice nada... una sucesión de ruidos que en ocasiones llegan a ser rallantes e incluso a hacer daño a los oidos. Quizás viéndoos en directo comprendería lo que estáis tratando de hacer, pero solo por lo que oigo me recuerda más a el frotar de un tenedor sobre un plato o unas uñas en una pizarra que música en sí misma.

Hay un género musical que busca escapar de las restricciones de la música tradicional (harmonía, melodía, partes estructuradas...), lo puedes encontrar en el Zeit de Tangerine Dream, los discos más experimentales de Sonic Youth, en Steve Reich o en grupos de aquí como Hikikomori o Lágrimas en la Lluvia, y disfruto mucho de esa música, sin embargo, quizás me falte un transfondo adecuado para comprender vuestro sonido.

Pese a todo, no se os puede negar una aproximación experimental loable, quiero oir el resto de vuestros discos para ver qué tienen que ofrecer, pero éste para mi es más ruidos crispantes que otra cosa.