We have two new releases lined-up for the 17th of June and with this one, we welcome Spanish artist Miguel Otero to our catalog, an artist whose previous releases have appeared on labels including Archives, El Muelle and Playneutral. Brief Tales is an album which is greatly influenced by a sense of place, following the artist’s time spent living in Cambridge, UK. ‘Brief Tales‘ will be up for pre-order this coming Bandcamp Friday, the 3rd of June.
Then ‘Brief Tales‘ will be available officially in one of our typically low runs of 100 gatefold vinyl-effect CDrs, complete with art and design by Andrew Heath.
It will be released officially on Saturday the 17th of June. If you join our mailing list using the link below, we’ll make sure you’re the first to hear.
press release
“Miguel Otero is a multi-instrumentalist composer, sound designer and music producer based in Spain. His multidisciplinary skills include production, post-production, mixing and mastering of his own creations. Otero’s music is characterized by distorted synthesizers, very slow harmonies and processed sound fields of complex textures that the listener can get lost in.
In Brief Tales, Miguel recalls the time he spent in the historic city of Cambridge, UK and the track titles and artwork act as reference points for the music to tell its stories. Each of the tales take us to a oneiric reality, in which Miguel revives memories from this inspiring place, full of harmony and quietness, which is contrasting to the nature of his present. Whilst literally this record is very much attached to a single city, its stories are of the emotions we treasure in our memory for ourselves, of places that we are no longer part of in the here and now.
The core of this album is built around synthesiser loops, classical guitar fragments and tape recorder texture. It’s a fond and heart-warming encounter, navigating the cherished memories of the artist as you overlay your own thoughts. Brief Tales is presented with both an intro and outro, which allow the classical guitar to take centre stage. These two pieces have all the warmth and charm of a spring stroll through quiet backstreets, as a busker serenades you into, and out of a space of memories.“
credits
Written and Produced by Miguel Otero
Mastered by Ian Hawgood
Illustration art by Mugre
Design by Andrew Heath
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