20 minutes of nice experimental ambient sounds from this Puerto Rican project. All of this material was created using field recordings of everyday soundscapes, and this music was actually featured in an online exhibition of The Public Art Project of Puerto Rico. In large the tracks are subtly melodic, and the field recordings are well manipulated so they're sometimes recognizable, but work within the atmospheres of the compositions. Opener "Paseo Lineal" contains ringing drones and hums with some flitting percussive textures and lots of samples of animal sounds; "Plazoleta" is similarly flowing with hums and drones that have a bright, ringing quality to them, but a bit more abstract and concise; "Golondrina" starts with crashing waves before slowly morphing into a more ambient realm that has birds in the distance behind a darker set of resonant jingles; and then closer "Una Noche Cualquiera en Guaynabo, P.R." is the most quiet and minimal piece herein, similar to "Plazoleta", but with what I could call a more sinister approach. The CD-R comes in a small plastic sleeve with a nice wraparound band for the package. A lot of white space is used with light blue tones and clean text. The tracklist appears inside with a small hand-numbered corner, and additional text information is on the back. This is the first release from the label, limited to 500 copies, and it's really a nice start. Look for more from Yituey, as this is a strong release.
[Paralelo 18]
Running time - 20:28, Tracks: 4
[Notable tracks: Plazoleta, Una Noche Cualquiera en Guaynabo, P.R.]
Paralelo 18 - http://www.paralelo18.org
