MICRO-RITMIA / ERNESTO MARTÍNEZ - Bicéfalo: Studio album Mexico 2017 (digisleeve) jazz-rock fusion RiO canterbury
Official band release from 2017, packed on digisleeve. Brand new mint & sealed.
1. Armónicos (15:31)
2. Argumento #1 (4:17)
3. Ferroactiva (3:03)
4. Bicéfalo (8:06)
5. Canto Molecular (2:11)
6. Enjambre (5:50)
Ernesto Martínez: composer, director, guitar, percussion
Alejandro Guevara: guitar, bass, percussion, voice
Irene Gutiérrez: percussions
Alejandro Huerta: percussions
Manuel Leal: guitar, percussions, voice
Luis Marín: bass, guitar, voice
David Martínez: percussions, guitar, bass, voice
Ensamble Micro-Ritmia lead by composer Ernesto Martínez uses piano, acoustic guitars, percussions, synthesizers, marimba, and a creation of their own – the Zampoñófono (a sort of wind based instrument capable of playing rapid sequences of notes). Using duets of two pianos, or two marimbas, or whatever, they explore the micro-rhythmic patterns (placing notes in the spaces between notes) to achieve a sense of hypervelocity in the music, thus breaking the barriers of conventional mechanical and electronic instruments. While their compositions tend to be self-indulgent and a bit on the sparse side arrangement-wise, what they do offer is typically very dense and busy, and high on the notes-per-second scale. While it’s difficult to draw comparisons, this writer is sometimes reminded of Battiato’s more experimental works from the late 70s. Unique and different.
