Description
“Del Cuarto Rojo” (“From The Red Room”), subtitled “Homenaje sonoro escuchando la pintura de Rafael Hastings” (“Sound Tribute Listening To Rafael Hastings’ Paintings”), is Manongo Mujica’s new album.
“Del cuarto rojo” is an album that integrates many of the musical resources developed by Mujica. It is an amalgam that well sums up his own language: from the creation of environments with extended techniques and objects, to experiments in jazz fusion; from the use of field recordings and sound montages, to compositions with string arrangements: everything around the hypnotic pulse of percussion and drums, which oscillate between moments of subtlety and explosive improvisation.
The album features the participation of outstanding musicians such as Pauchi Sasaki (violin), José Quezada (cello), Terje Evensen (electronic effects), Jean Pierre Magnet (Saxophone), Cristobal, Daniel and Gabriel Mujica (sons of Manongo Mujica, on percussion, string and wind arrangements). It is published in vinyl LP, CD and digital formats, and includes a full color 12-page booklet with a sample of Rafael Hastings’ visual art, which also illustrates the album cover. The CD version adds two bonus tracks.
