Review | By Aurelio Cianciotta / Neural
Catorce reflexiones sobre el fin | Angélica Castelló
These recordings from Mexican composer Angélica Castelló were originally developed in 2019 for an installation at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca and are now released on the Gruenrekorder label. The tracks are relatively short with only one of them lasting more than five minutes. They allude to the end of life and have been developed with the use of field recordings and unconventional sounds from various musical instruments, radio frequencies, quotations and references to other songs. Echoes of multiple languages can also be heard. The sound quality is intentionally non-homogeneous, corresponding to the nature of the recorded materials, not worrying too much about format or resolution. Nor is there any special manipulation of the sound sources, everything seems to be the result of different juxtapositions. A new beginning always provides new energy: each of these meditations might also be meant as the viaticum for a new journey or existence. […]