Axel Noguera
The volcano is an unpredictable, destructive and transformative force. A river of lava burns everything in its path, but creates and nourishes a soil where there was nothing. ESCORIAL is a sound design piece composed from audio samples taken at the foot of the Llaima volcano (Patagonia - Chile) and the interview with Patsy Milena (visual artist from Melipeuco, the town at the foot of the volcano). The natural poetry of these sounds bears the memory that “we are part of life cycles” and that change is the only possible driving force.
This song presents itself as a deeply poetic exploration into the boundless expanses of dreams and the power of imagination. It emphasizes, with great conviction, the profound freedom that can be discovered in the ethereal world of dreams, and the optimism that naturally emanates from this freedom. It uses evocative, vivid imagery to draw a parallel between these expressions of freedom and optimism and the comforting warmth and vibrant brightness of sunbeams, creating a powerful metaphor that resonates with the listener.
"Precipicio" is a song about an inner conflict that arises in the seek for the meaning of life. The first verses describe how it feels to start this journey: being lost, the need to find answers in multiple places and not finding what is desired. When the song lead into the chorus, the music and poetry are transformed into a desired path of understanding in which there are simple and essential things such as: air, sound and fire. The conflict is finally resolved with the realization that the meaning of life is closer than one might expect.
“Think of those flowers you plant in the garden each year, they will teach you that people too must wilt, fall, root, rise, in order to bloom” - The Sun and her flowers, Rupi Kaur This Argentinian - Palestinian collaboration steps into the war zone, where the lines of suffering, hope, despair, resilience and vulnerability are crossed, and people are forced to learn how to navigate through the darkness in search for the light. We must always keep believing that there is a rainbow hiding behind the clouds of the storm.
With musicians from three cultures coming together, this song is both a sorrowful lament at the state of the earth, and an urgent call to peace and transcendence. ‘10,000 things’ refers to the Taoist idea that the world is full of shadowy distractions that separate us from our true spiritual nature. The song expresses the inherent conflict between the reality of the chaotic physical world and the profound desire for harmony and unity. This desire is expressed through the urgent injunction to ‘Release the Doves’ of peace.
This song evokes the fact that everyday, human being is confronted with daily battles: to seek something to live, to preserve his health as much as possible, to protect his mind against the trials of life, in short, to live in eternal conflict with the blows of life in order to stay alive as long as possible.
No submissions for Beyond Music Project Volume 2.
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