Focused on sound morphologies and various electronic manipulations taken from natural sources and green field recordings, sometimes covered by eerily static drone vibes and granular organic textures.
Playing with sound colors, motion and textural variations
Gabriel Mendes (aka Augen) is a microtonal-soundscaping artist active in the small sphere of leftfield experimentalism for a handful of years. After his convincing effort published the past year (Tripulante, Self Released) the sound explorer is back with a new opus welcomed by Iceland indie-based label Móatún 7 whose catalog is (almost) entirely devoted to electro-acoustic researches and modern abstract minimalism.
No shadow of doubt that Gabriel Mendes would find a legitimate place here—among other artists such as Parallel Worlds and Dimitar Dodovski—this new album is focused on sound morphologies and various electronic manipulations taken from natural sources and green field recordings, sometimes covered by eerily static drone vibes and granular organic textures. The result is haptic, sensitive, and conceptual at once, playing with sound colors, motion and textural variations.
Fans of Microstoria, Francisco Lopez, Christ Carter’s, Daniel Menche’s electronic inventions, and also the adventurous and modern day soothing ambient-ish music of Leandro Fresco, Offthesky, Hatakeyama (et al) will find a positive interest here. The whole collection is beautifully crafted and offered in multi-formats for our listening pleasure.
Inter/Flare is available on Móatún 7. [Bandcamp]
