Federico Durand ‘El libro de los árboles mágicos’

Cat.No: homen036
Release date: June 15th, 2012 (Japan) June 22nd, 2012 (Rest of the World)

FIRST RUN: 500

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SECOND RUN: 250

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Release description: There is a little mountain village in Córdoba, Argentina, called La Serranita. There lives my mother. Her house is a simple, rural cabin placed on a hill. Everything in it matches perfectly with the spirit of the place. A house to live in during heavy winter storms. Behind the house there is a path which leads to Anisacate river. Here and there you can see bushes, eucalyptus and espinillos which either sleep or blossom in the shelter of the seasons. Sometimes, at dusk, an owl appears while invisible insects whisper among the leaves. And in the vicinity of the mountain path there grow plants of rosemary, mint and other herbs you can make infusions with. ‘El libro de los árboles mágicos’ is dedicated to that place, to the crystalline community of its people, to the animals and things. In fact, this album is more like a storybook. Every musical piece takes the voice of that reality and also its echo, which is born out of dream and fantasy. (Federico Durand)

All music by Federico Durand, except piece 1 which is a collaboration with Chihei Hatakeyama, piece 4 with Fuqugi and piece 5 with Ian Hawgood, originally released on ‘Slow Films in Low Light’ (Home Normal 013).

Mastered by Ian Hawgood.

Photography by Eirik Holmøyvik.

Tracklist:
01 Crisantemo
02 Atardecer
03 La edad del bosque
04 La niebla cambia de color
05 El pequeño zorro colorado
06 El libro de los árboles mágicos
07 Cinco luciérnagas