interior/exterior es el segundo trabajo discográfico del dúo Alvear/Astaburuaga. La obra registrada en este disco, compuesta por ambos durante el año 2018, está conformada por una serie de piezas escritas que fueron realizadas en diferentes locaciones de las ciudades de Valdivia, de Osorno y de Valparaíso.
(un jardín botánico, un gallinero abandonado, un bosque húmedo, una transitada catedral, unas escaleras en un cerro, una sanguchería de paso y un muelle de una ciudad-puerto, un cementerio junto a una cárcel y una cascada empujada por un caudaloso río)
La instrumentación utilizada y los medios de registro empleados en el proceso de realización respondieron a un deseo del dúo por explorar la interioridad de cada sitio, interés que necesariamente requería una transportabilidad: fuera de la lógica del “contexto mudo” que tiene de suyo un estudio de grabación, Alvear y Astaburuaga decidieron moverse de un lugar a otro para tocar aquellos sitios y grabar --mediante una técnica de captación estéreo sencilla-- una colección de piezas que incorporan su abundancia para su despliegue singular.
interior/exterior is the second album of the Alvear/Astaburuaga duo. The work recorded on this album, composed by both during 2018, is conformed by a series of written pieces that were realized in different locations in the cities of Valdivia, Osorno and Valparaíso.
(a botanical garden, an abandoned chicken coop, a humid forest, a busy cathedral, stairs on a hill, a passageway and a dock of a city-port, a cemetery next to a jail and a waterfall pushed by a mighty river )
The instrumentation used and the means of registration employed in the realization process responded to a desire of the duo to explore the interiority of each location, interest that necessarily required transportability: outside the logic of the “mute context” that a recording studio has of its own, Alvear and Astaburuaga decided to move from one place to another to play those locations and record --through a simple stereo capture technique-- a collection of pieces that incorporate their abundance for their unique display.
credits
released October 20, 2019
interior | exterior (2018)
composed by Cristián Alvear & Santiago Astaburuaga.
Cristián Alvear & Santiago Astaburuaga, devices.
Cristián Alvear, recording.
Santiago Astaburuaga, photography.
A.F. Jones, mastering.
Mathieu Ruhlmann, design.
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