View basket “Verbal” has been added to your basket. Erosión Ildefonso Aguilar SKU: MENT010 Barcode: 4040824086756 29.00 £29.00 Genre: Electronica Released Date: 11th January 2017 Buying Format: 2LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info A masterpiece of proto-ambient, isolationism and minimal synth music. Spooky, meditative soundscapes inspired by the desolate volcanic environment of Lanzarote (Canary Islands), created using Minimoog, Polymoog, vocal loops and field recordings. Originally recorded in Germany in 1978 by Spanish painter / sound artist Ildefonso Aguilar, only a selection of the original recordings were released a few years later on a very rare limited edition cassette and LP. Now, for the first time ever, “Erosión” is reissued on 2LP featuring the complete recordings, as Ildefonso conceived it at the time. “Canary Islander Ildefonso Aguilar is best known for his paintings and surreal photography of the desolate volcanic wastelands of his homeland. He was also organiser of concerts at the Jameos del Agua in Lanzarote, a regular event which has featured the likes of Michael Brook, Roedelius, Steve Roach, and numerous other luminaries of ambient and atmospheric music. But, for his own music Ildefonso has never gained the mass recognition he really deserves. “Erosión”, recorded in 1978, is certainly one of the most fascinating of synth albums I’ve heard. And, it’s remarkable really, if you consider all the technological advances that have happened since, what with digital synthesizers and samplers, that this music created entirely on analogue synthesizers still sounds so fresh and original. Okay, I know in the past that I compared Ildefonso’s use of melody to more atmospheric Neuronium, and the mood of the music to early Klaus Schulze, Conrad Schnitzler, and Edgar Froese circa AQUA, but in retrospect it’s really a forerunner to the acclaimed spacious works of Michael Stearns and Steve Roach (I could also quote Kevin O’Neill here, as to the use of ambiguous melody and texture), but besides all that “Erosión” has a style all of its own. Artist Ildefonso Aguilar Genre Electronica , Leftfield / Experimental Buying Options 2LP Format 2LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings Side A 1. Primera Parte (16:35) - Elementos - Evocación - Transformación Side B 1. Segunda Parte (19:04) - Meditación y acercamiento a la Génesis - El vuelo del "Bú" ácromo y el despertar del "Bú" rojo Side C 1. Tercera Parte (19:46) - Magma - Perdido entre las arenas del Siroco - Un instante en el vértice Side D 1. 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