Forward by KevW:
"At the start of 2014 we were first introduced to the work of Canary Islands native Miguel Cámara and his EP 'Nevertheless Introductory'. More music has been recorded since then, and you can find it using the links below. So when he offered to make a mixtape for us explaining what music inspired and influenced him then we were more than happy. It's always interesting to learn what sounds artists use and how they go on to shape the songs that they're making. This mix is interspersed with a few touches from Cumbres Carrascosa himself, as well as featuring some of his own tracks. There's plenty to enjoy here, and quite a variety too. Plus, if anyone was unsure of where our site got its name, you only need to listen to the first tune to find out! If you're at work, or if you just want some sounds to get you through your day, then scroll down, hit play and listen a a great selection."
60-minute
mixtape for The
Sound Of Confusion
with a compilation of tunes and artists inspiring the solo project
Cumbres
Carrascosa.
Expect certain analog keyboard + pedals or eventual whistled language
from the island of La Gomera on the mix. Enjoy.
1.-
Spacemen 3 - Walkin' With Jesus.
Repetitive
and mind-altering chords to start this mixtape. Neo-psychedelia they
call it. I actually got to Spacemen 3 quite late, after their
break-up. "Spiritualized"
was one of my first hunts as soon as I got an internet connection.
That search took me to Spacemen 3. I stick to the lyrics of this
tune:
(…)
I've
chosen what's best
Well,
here it comes
Here
comes the sound
The
sound of confusion
The
sound of love.
2.-
Gina X - BB 50.
I'm
not really a fan of Gina X Performance and this song is not the main
turntable favorite but I like this track anyway, the way it's
composed. They somehow put this one as an interlude out of the German
disco influenza of that time. And god knows I love interludes. I
lived in their hometown Köln 20 years after this record was put out.
I fantasize thinking one of them was a regular client at the late
night club I used to work.
3.-
Gaz Nevada - Going Underground.
Not
much I can tell about this Italian band but there must be a logic
between the "maybe I feel so lonely" and the "going
underground" verses. There is.
4.-
Crystal Stilts - The Dazzled.
Drummer
Frankie Rose was the link to this band, and The
Dazzled
certainly represents how I wanted my music to sound like when I
started the Cumbres Carrascosa thing. Indeed Still
And Hushed Forever
was composed in 2010 after listening to The
Dazzled
a trillion times. I wanted to stare at the horse and scream and kill
god at the same time.
5.-
Tomo Akikawabaya - Diamond.
My
leitmotiv in an absolute dramatic and Wagnerian way. The Arabic-like
melody of the vocals sets me adrift. The simplicity of the
composition is enough to divert the attention from his mysterious
background. Minimal Wave Records is re-releasing his music in a
louder remastered 2LP edition.
6.-
AC Marias - Drop.
Angela
Conway, the intriguing ingredient.
7.-
Nina Simone - Funkier Than A Mosquito's Tweeter.
I
find much more fury on this version by Nina Simone. A song for the
haters.
8.-
Les Rallizes Dénudés - La Mal Rouge.
Besides
all the attractive mystique and the political background behind Les
Rallizes Dénudés, I admire the timeless capacity (or inexorable
fortune) of Takashi Mizutani to perpetuate his work during almost 50
years.
9.-
Tropic Of Cancer - More Alone.
Oh…
Camella Lobo… Camella Lobo… She is Camella Lobo… Oh, dear…
Camella… Lobo… She is… Oh… I might have romanticized the idea
of a collaboration with her… I might have even proposed it
actually… Oh… She is… I am… She is… I am… More Alone.
10.-
Cortex - You Just Can't Kill The Boogeyman.
I
was in Gothenburg right after a concert with a side project in
Sweden. The family Ingelhammar hosted us before our trip to Holland.
We spent the night drinking cheap wine and listening to their vinyls.
Mostly Swedish underground. I was then told about Freddie Wadling,
the band Cortex and the story behind You
Just Can't Kill The Boogeyman:
the things that are always coming back. That reminds me the words of
my former psychologist on regards love and drugs. She helped me to
embrace my fears and addictions because drugs work the same way love
does in your brain.
11.-Rheingold
- Dreiklangsdimensionen.
One
of my favorites. I've always distrusted the Neue
Deutsche Welle
as much as the fairy tale of the Movida,
but I Iove the "Sequenzen hone Grenzen" thing.
12.-
Gary Wilson - Gary's In The Park.
Total
respect.
13.-
TALsounds - All The Way.
Just
a little piece of Natalie Chami's world. I read somewhere there's no
overdub here and it truly looks like a formidable first take. It
inspired me to create Pyre
Passage.
I recently purchased her cassette All
The Way
via Hausu Mountain Records.
14.-
The Fassbinders - Hellfire.
Geology
Records released this project. All I know about it is a resemblance
from Reiner Werner Fassbinder so that's all I need to pay attention
to Hellfire.
15.-
Cumbres Carrascosa - Glitch Of Love.
I
had worked on the lyrics of Glitch Of Love under the influence of
Cavafy's
poetry. It's a song I've included almost everywhere I've played so
far as it truly shows the specific idea behind the project. I've
never played this tune twice with the same guitar, except in Japan
where I borrowed one from the band Harps for part of the tour. Glitch
of Love is included on the record Silenced
No,
available via US label RACECAR on CD and cassette. Also in Japan via
Sone Records.
16.-
Cumbres Carrascosa - Pulled Under By The Surge.
This
is a first take with no overdub included on the digital EP Pyre
Passage.
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