“Introducing David Herradón aka cosmic lithium, the Madrid-based artist pushing the boundaries of live electronic music performance. Absolutely unreal to have him making his UK debut with us in London this August. David Herradón’s music as cosmic lithium explores possible reconciliations between the spontaneity, variation and development of musical ideas which he had come to … Continue reading UK Debut :’)
Prior to my interest in electronics, or simultaneously, there is a rather classical background in piano and studies in Musicology. From this vantage point, it was a bit over a decade ago when I first saw in a then unfamiliar sphere of music, that which we call (or imagine as) “electronic” music, extremely attractive possibilities … Continue reading Livedebut (Desde Proyecto Celesta)
As a kid, I first got into recording music using a TASCAM multitrack cassette portastudio. I keep all those tapes. And while their contents are not worth sharing publicly, in private I frequently look and listen back, beyond my out-of-tune and mushy pop of the time. I certainly am still fond of the warm impurities … Continue reading Here Comes the Sludge
“‘Emtyl Ops’ means nothing. It’s just broken words, their pieces scattered arbitrarily over a bed of reverberating pads, asymmetrical beats, digital artifacts and a premeditated coupling of Western classical musical ideals with their own negation. But we love broken words; broken words with broken meanings. We hope you do too!” Continue reading Emtyl Ops
—He aquí la ligereza del ánimo que tanto ansiamos. Mientras exhalamos, mantenemos las manos y la cabeza ocupadas y, de paso, o así, apaciguamos temores habituales asociados a cotidianas formas de interacción humana. La vista, el oído y, en suma, nuestra atención se agudizan. La culpa se domestica, pero a regañadientes, no sin pelear por … Continue reading Cig Up
Ninguna de ellas sería buena. O quizá sí; no me acuerdo de ninguna, pero la costumbre es asumir lo peor. Intento controlarlas, o al menos ser consciente de la experiencia misma, pues por ahí he leído que la lucidez puede tener su utilidad terapéutica. Y cualquier ayuda me vale a estas alturas. Tumbado en la … Continue reading 3847 cuadernos
Delightful text. Thank you so much, 12 min albums, and to all of you who may give Miércoles, 16 de septiembre de 2020 a listen. <3 <3 <3 “Condensing the experience of a full-length album into twelve minutes, cosmic lithium presents us with 15 micro-tracks that oscillate between the most alien drones, flashes of ’90s … Continue reading Miércoles, 16 de septiembre de 2020
Some time ago, in an interview for the Journal of Electromusical Inquiries, Kerban reminisced: “Nights of Bus. Nights of Cinesa at Manoteras. Nights of Cinesa at Manoteras plus Bus. Nights of Destino. Nights of Wrong Way, Maravillas and other Malasaña dives. Nights of Wild Thing. Nights of Siroco and Mondo (of course!). Nights of ‘tercios’, … Continue reading Our Emotional State of Choice
“Another plugin. Granular synthesis now.” “It sounds amazing.” “Yes. Versatile, fun. And easy to use. I’m worried about the usual stuff.” “…” “Where does one find the composer? Or the composer’s identity, more specifically? This vanishes behind the technical and aesthetic sovereignty of the work tool, of the instrument.” “…” “And I also perceive a … Continue reading Easy to Use
“Marvelous phenomenon, stasis in musical discourse. It reigns supreme over genres, styles and schools of thought. The art of sound expanding not only in space but in time, crystallized in eternal instants that neither move forward nor cease their advance. Minimalist object of study of minimalism. But not only of minimalism. The variation form (a … Continue reading absent tonics
cosmic lithium :) 