L’Hospitalet :
I’ve remained one of very few people that have not quit using external MIDI gear to compose,
produce or perform. In fact, I refused to get a computer for the longest time.
There have been 2 occasions I almost got one: The first was around 2001.
I did a graphic design job and kept telling myself to buy a computer with the cash
but spontaneously took a trip instead.
The second time was in 2004, when I was promised a Mac power-book ( later ibook )
as payment for the sound design of a very famous theatre play in Tijuana.
I never got that laptop... but that experience indirectly helped me take another trip.
Curiously enough, that trip ended in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, which is where I live now.
This project is my attempt to make electronic dance music with computers but most importantly:
it is my presentation of the connection between man and machine.
Some of the voices on these tracks are of people that I met and asked to speak into a tape recorder.
They talk about different things in several languages and come from all walks of life.
I might never see any of them again in person but these tracks hold their image.
The main themes I wanted to capture are love, joy of life, the spirit of summer
and even a little bit of awareness in regards as to where we are and where we’re going as people.
I will keep exploring.
Extra special thanks for letting me use your computers in Tijuana:
Heibeg, Horacio, Lucas, Octavio & Natalia, Tony Raffa, Viktor Alzina. |
