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Listed in genres:
· Electronica, Ambient
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Notes:
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NOT UNLIKE HIS PREVIOUS WORKS WHICH HAVE BEEN COMPARED TO THE LIKES OF PASCAL COMELADE, ASA CHANG & JUNRAY, PENGUIN CAFÉ ORCHESTRA AND STEVE BERESFORD, THE ALBUM'S USING REPETITION AND SIMPLICITY, MELODY AND WARMTH, CHARM AND A POSITIVE NAIVITY TO CREATE AN ADDICTIVE, OFTEN HYPNOTIC MUZAK; NEVER OVERLOADED, FULL OF SPACE FOR TINY SURPRISING IDEAS/SOUNDS AND LITTLE ELEMENTS AND INFLUENCES TO UNFOLD THEIR INNER BEAUTY. THIS IS CONTEMPORARY AND TIMELESS MUSIC WITHOUT THE URGE TO BE (POST-) MODERN JUST FOR THE SAKE OF BEING SO.
STILL FEATURING THE UNUSUAL BUT FASCINATING COMBINATION OF AFRICAN INSTRUMENTS SUCH AS THE BALAPHON, MBIRA, KALIMBA, BERIMBAU WITH MODERN SOFTWARE, PIANO, CELLO, GUITAR, BASS, MELODICA, CHIMES, THE OVERALL THEME OF THE ALBUM IS A DIRECT REACTION TO THE WIDELY USED (AND MISLEADING) TERM OF "EXOTICA" OFTEN FOUND IN THE WRITINGS ABOUT LAGARRIGA'S MUSIC AND OTHER SO-CALLED "WORLD MUSIC". OFTEN USED BY OUR BELOVED "1ST WORLD" TO CREATE A PSEUDO-ROMANTIC MARKETING NICHE THESE TERMS HAVE BECOME EMPTY LABELS FOR CULTURES WE DON’T KNOW TOO WELL OR ARE TOO LAZY TO LEARN ABOUT WITHOUT ACCEPTING THE FACT THAT EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE IS (OR, AT LEAST, CAN BE) INFLUENCED BY ANYTHING ELSE. WE ARE NOT LIVING IN A HERMETIC CAPITALIZED SURROUNDING BUT TOO OFTEN ACT AS IF WE ARE...
LAGARRIGA’S MUSIC IS NEITHER "WORLD MUSIC" NOR "EXOTICA" BUT SIMPLY A MUSIC THAT IS TRYING TO BE INCLUSIVE, EMBRACING EVERYTHING HAPPENING AROUND HIM (BE IT MUSIC, ART, WRITING AND/OR SIMPLY, AND MOST IMPORTANT, EVERYDAY LIFE) IN CONTRAST TO THE OFTEN ENCASED EXPONENTS OF "OUR" WESTERN CULTURE, WITHOUT DENYING THE FACT THAT ALL OF US (INCLUDING LAGARRIGA AND, WELL, MYSELF) ARE PERSONALLY THINKING AND ACTING WITHIN THOSE STEREOTYPES WAY TOO OFTEN (UNFORTUNATELY).
Tracklist:
01. WWW.NONPHILO.ORG
02. WWW.PONTEENSUPIEL.ORG
03. WWW.ALKARMEL.ORG
04. WWW.ONPHI.ORG
05. WWW.AFRICULTURES.COM
06. HOMEPAGES.GOLD.AC.UK/HUTNYK
07. WWW.AFROPOP.ORG
08. WWW.CRITICAL-ART.NET
09. WWW.MST.ORG.BR
10. WWW.AFROFUTURISM.NET
11. WWW.NODO50.ORG
12. WWW.GAMELAN.ORG
13. WWW.EDITIONS-HARMATTAN.FR
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