hotchpotch - Miúin Selection Vol. 1, 2022 - Three Colour, A3 Risograph Print, which is the physical element of this release. Designed by Neil P. Quigley, the print is an interpreted collection of object from each contributor on the album, it is based on bookcase wallpaper found in a shoddy Cork Airbnb and Korean Chaekgeori paintings.
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Luis:
"Quebrada"
When I was living in Puerto Rico, I stayed at a house next to a "quebrada:" a brook that runs between two small mountains just outside of San Juan. The topography around this quebrada [in italics] has protected the trees from being cleared for construction which, naturally, has also protected the fauna that inhabits it. I have fallen in love with the variety of sounds that come from it at different times of the day. The word quebrada [in italics] also means “broken.” Indeed, the brook and the ecosystem around it have been broken up by houses, warehouses, and highways built around it. Every day, the sounds produced by the fauna in the quebrada [in italics] mix with those of the dominating animal of this region: the human. At dusk, thousands of coquís (tiny frogs, native to Puerto Rico) begin to create a sort of wall of sound that is present throughout the night, built together with the sounds of insects and nocturnal birds. This wall of sound is every so often penetrated by fireworks or a reggaetón booming from a car passing by the highway nearby. At dawn, the sounds of several species of wild birds—pitirres, guaraguaos, comeñame, reinitas moras [all in italics]—mix with what sounds like a war cry from dozens of roosters. Later in the day, the rumor of cars, trucks, and airplanes begins to creep in as the songs of non-human animals become more sparse and quiet. Quebrada [in italics] is a sonic exploration not only of the quebrada itself but of the relationship I’m building with it. It presents field recordings of this ecosystem at different times of the day and night mixed with sounds made with objects found in it. Some of the field recordings have been digitally manipulated.
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from hotchpotch - Miúin Selection Vol. 1, 2022,
released November 4, 2022
Born in Aguascalientes, México, Luis Fernando Amaya is a composer and percussionist currently based in Barcelona. Topics such as collective memory and the relationship between humans and non-humans (such as plants, animals, or environments) are commonly present in his work. He studied composition and music theory at the Centro de Investigación y Estudios Musicales (CIEM) and holds a Ph.D. in composition and music technology from Northwestern University. As a performer, Amaya is a member of the collective composition and free improvisation trio Fat Pigeon. His scores are published by BabelScores.
