Amuleto - No Para Siempre En La Tierra Sólo Un Poco Aquí (2CD Mazagran, 2015)



CD1 - 70’47’’

[1] STILL LIFE WITH SAND AND STONES (11'40'') 
FD: cello, electronics / RW: electric guitar, electronics.
field recordings from Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar.
[2] LOST IN MOYNAQ... (11'24'')
FD: prepared cello, feedback / RW: synthesizer, harmonium, electric guitar, bass.
field recordings from Bolivia and Morocco.
[3] HUEXOTZINCO CODEX (09'26'')
FD: cello / RW: electric guitar, keyboards, electronics.
[4] HANACPACHAP CUSSICUININ  #1 (02'35’’) 
FD: cellos.
[5] ULRICH THOMSEN'S TEARS (09'50'')
FD: cello, objects / RW: electric guitar, electronics, harmonium.
[6] NEVALYASHKA GOES TO YEREVAN (10'38'')
FD: cello,mute, natural sounds / RW: electric guitar, electronics.
this track includes the Garuna theme by Komitas.
[7] SPOKOYNOY NOCHI, MALYSHI! (15'14'')
FD: cello / RW: electric guitar, harmonium.
field recordings from Bolivia.

CD2 - 69’32’’

[1] THE BLONDE WIG OF VALDERRAMA (11'22'')
FD: violin, cello / RW: electric guitar, synthesizer.
field recordings from Bolivia and Myanmar.
[2] EL DR.WAGNER SE QUITA LA MASCARA (13'20'')
FD: cello / RW: electric guitar, synthesizer.
field recordings from Morocco.
[3] LA DANZA INMOVIL (13'14'') 
FD: prepared violin, objects / RW: electric guitar, electronics.
this track is dedicated to our friend Stefano Scodanibbio.
[4] KVAKERI (11'08'')
FD: prepared violin, electronics / RW: synthesizer.
field recordings from Myanmar.
[5] HANACPACHAP CUSSICUININ  #2 (06'40'')
RW: acoustic guitar, harmonium.
[6] BELKA AND STRELKA RUSSIAN SPACE DOGS (13'48'')
FD: (prepared) cello, feedback / RW: electric bass, electronics.
Sounds from space by Sven Grahn.

All tracks composed by Amuleto except for our two rielaborations of “Hanacpachap Cussicuinin” by Juan Perez de Bocanegra (Perù, 1631), and “Nevalyashka Goes To Yerevan” that includes the Armenian folk song “Garuna” by Komitas. “La Danza Inmóvil” is dedicated to our friend Stefano Scodanibbio. “Bella and Strelka Russian Space Dogs” contains sounds from space by Sven Grahn.

The album was recorded from 2nd to 7th of January 2011 in Florence (Italy), then edited and overdubbed from May 2011 to June 2012 in Lisbon (Portugal). Tracks “Hanacpachap Cussicuinin” takes #1 and #2 were recorded in September 2012. The album was finally mixed by Amuleto and mastered by Christian Alati at Codhouse Studio on October 2012. Photo by Helga Ólafsdóttir.

We want to thank Elena Abbado, Christian Alati, Luca DiPierro, Antje Disterheft, Sven Grahn, Helga Ólafsdóttir.