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Date of release: 15.10.11 Format: FILE - MP3 Lenght: 29:00 min Artwork: Audiotalaia / Jean Montag _ DOWNLOAD FULL RELEASE (MP3) DOWNLOAD ARTWORK (JPG) DOWNLOAD ARTWORK (PDF) hosted at:  archive.org _ One of the most interesting things of the global online community is the possibility of collaboration with artists all over the world. This situation that a few years back seemed impossible now a days its happening all the time. A Quiet Norway is a very good example of this kind of collective work. Rune Martinsen an Jean Montag joined forces a few years back to unveil a collaborative project that now we know as A Quiet Norway. Between Martinsen and Montag there are 3.250 km distance all across Europe. Despite the distance and weather conditions (In that part of Norway snow covers the place for a long time every year) they manage to confront their own perspectives and tastes and match them together creating a very interesting project that ranges from noise to, in this case, field record...

Date of release: 13.09.11 Format: FILE - MP3 Lenght: 25:59 min Artwork: Audiotalaia / Almudena Villar _ DOWNLOAD FULL RELEASE (MP3) DOWNLOAD ARTWORK (JPG) hosted at:  archive.org _ Almost one year ago I met for the first time Juan Antonio Nieto. He came with his wife Almudena to perform in Valencia at La Clínica Mundana. I didn’t have so much clues about his work. By that time I had rushed to hear his bast oeuvre and I couldn’t get a grasp of what he would perform on this tiny space in Valencia. His concert arrived and it was a surprise, a blast of energy and a continuous flow of different ambiences, textures, drones and energy, pure sound energy floating over the space. Using an extremely aseptic mis-en-sene Nieto managed to deliver a 30 minutes set that muted the space and made all think that there is no need for extras on a laptop concert, nor visuals or lights or whatever, if the sound is good that’s all you need. We spent the weekend together chatting, touring around Valencia...

Date of release: 12.07.11 Format: FILE - MP3 Lenght: 25:59 min Artwork: Audiotalaia /Nigel Samways _ DOWNLOAD FULL RELEASE (MP3) DOWNLOAD ARTWORK (JPG) hosted at:  archive.org _ And finally we reach the last release of the season. This time and closing this year's catalogue, we receive the work by British artist Nigel Samways. Mirror is a 25 minutes EP that combine field recordings and electronics. The album is another example of the specific sound of Samways. Samways has been really involved with the netaudio scene releasing material on various netlabels such as Camomille, AudioGourmet or Experimedia. As well Samways has released various physical releases with Hibernate, and soon heâs going to release a collaboration with our dear Ennio Mazzon, at Ripples Records. In the meantime we can enjoy "Mirror". According to Samways this album is about all the things we aren't listening around in our immediate environment. Samways tells us that all tracks are considered as spe...

Date of release: 20.06.11 Format: FILE - MP3 Lenght: 27:42 min Artwork: Audiotalaia _ DOWNLOAD FULL RELEASE (MP3) DOWNLOAD ARTWORK (JPG) DOWNLOAD ARTWORK (PDF) hosted at:  archive.org _ At the dawn of summer we are glad to present once more the work by Jaume Muntsant. Under its ambient project Nigul, Muntsant walks one step more on his approach on ambient music. Since Maya (his last instalment on Audiotalaia) many things have changed on the creative level of this artist from Barcelona. A few months ago Muntsant self-released "De Sobte Tot Canvia" that translated from the Catalan means, Suddenly, Everything Changes. That seemed some sort of premonition of what was starting to happen. Effectively, "De Sobte Tot Canvia" was already a shift, a change of perspective a breath of fresh air for a project that seems to not have an end. On this self-released album we could hear what was changing, and now, we can confirm that there has been a turning point. With this, I don...

Date of release: 10.05.11 Format: FILE - MP3 Lenght: 20:30 min Artwork: Audiotalaia _ DOWNLOAD FULL RELEASE (MP3) DOWNLOAD ARTWORK (JPG) DOWNLOAD ARTWORK (PDF) hosted at:  archive.org _ “A universe full of light and motion, gave birth to another point of view of the common things, the shadow, that strange silhouette behind the elements. This phenomenon is the basis of this project, with whom you can interact with the not so known side of the things, that dark, dense and blurry side.” Santiago Merino. In Audiotalaia we are always glad to receive new projects from new artists. This time we have the honor of hosting the work by Santiago Merino’s debut as Reverse Projection. Ceniza its an EP that points out the interests of this artists. Through dense atmospheres splattered by complex sound objects, Merino builds a story that talks about spaces, and times. It seems that inside Ceniza you can find many rooms, open spaces and dark corridors. All compositions had a special room tone th...

Date of release: 12.04.11 Format: FILE - MP3 Lenght: 36:32 min Artwork: Avelino Saavedra _ DOWNLOAD FULL RELEASE (MP3) DOWNLOAD ARTWORK (JPG) DOWNLOAD ARTWORK (PDF) hosted at:  archive.org _ Avelino Saavedra is a multidisciplinary artist currently living in Valencia, Spain. His work ranges from ink drawings to sound performance, video and painting. Musically trained as a drummer, Saavedra has been involved since many years in various projects of free improvisation, jazz, performance arts, noise, experimentation and hardcore. Collaborations include pieces with well known spanish performer Bartolomé Ferrando, Truna and Martí Guillem (AttA). Currently he is involved in the improvisation ensemble created at La Clinica Mundana, La Orquesta Mundana, a joint of various experimental musicians from Valencia. The very specificity of Saavedra’s sound is based on the usage of infinite variety of instruments, objects and materials. He builds his own flutes and collects anything that can produce...

Date of release: 03.03.11 Format: FILE - MP3 Length: 24:02 min Artwork: Agustín Medina _ DOWNLOAD FULL RELEASE (MP3) DOWNLOAD ARTWORK (JPG) DOWNLOAD ARTWORK (PDF) hosted at:  archive.org _ Agustín Medina is a sound artist from Seville (Spain). Previously he was known as Medinadifez. Now a days he’s best known by its collaboration with ambient project Carrier To Noise Ratio based in Seville as well. Medina has a minimalistic and abstract way to understand sound and composition. Medina focus its interest on creating complex sound structures in which we can hear a deep understanding of sound synthesis. As well Medina pays special attention on graving sound samples extracted from many sources as well as soundscapes. His works have been part of different projects ranging from art to theatre working hand by hand with Cirque Du Soleil and with Atalaya TNT, 2008’s National Prize of Theatre. Fascination For Seeing The Invisible is a short EP that runs for 24 minutes. Nevertheless, with this...