Various Artists - Colores—Volumen 1 - Mil (Grooves Magazine, 2005)
With the help of strong releases from labels like Static, Mil, and At-At, along with especial attention from the Mutek crew, Latin America is blowing up in 2005. And it’s not just Mexico, as Argentina and Chile are both bringing formidable production forces to bear. A number of promising acts from these three countries are featured on Colores, the first installment of a compilation series highlighting a particular trio of Spanish-speaking nations. Many of the featured acts have enjoyed individual successes, like Mambotur, Gustavo Lamas, and Nortec Collective’s Roberto Mendoza, but never have they appeared together in such a complete and coherent manifesto.
Mendoza, better known for his work under the Panoptica moniker, contributes the ambient techno epic "Yapapi" , a smoothly thumping blend of granulated acoustic guitar and sweet, micro-sequenced froth. Under his solo alias Chord, Detalles’ Andres Bucci combines gentle Rhodes, clockwork clicks, and dubwise implications in the sublime "Rare." Amongst the most promising of the new wave of Latin producers is Point Loma, a master analog beat-smith whose "Foraneo" shudders, trips, and drips motor oil on the nice rugs of his indie-tronic bedroom contemporaries. The prevailing song structure throughout Colores is the instrumental, frequently gentle, beat-driven, and without vocal accompaniment; this homogeneity is unfortunate, with notable omissions in ambient, noise, and pop categories. Still, there is an excitement surrounding this disc, an early snapshot of what looks to be a turbulent and singular adolescence; if these same producers were asked to contribute tracks to a similar compilation five, or even two years from now, the resultant portrait would be much different.

John H DeGroot




This Album CD is for sale here by Paypal.
Make payments with PayPal, it's fast, free and secure!
(Visa, Mastercard, American Express o Discover)