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HIWO

by ISTHMAÉL

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ipomea_violacea An incredibly tragic and intense journey. Starts sharp, develops violently and then ends in a soft, distant Basinski-style ambient. Favorite track: hiwo_iii.
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ilarioglasgo An ambitious first release. Favorite track: hiwo_i.
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hiwo_i 02:33
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hiwo_ii 02:00
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hiwo_iii 03:20
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hiwo_iiii 01:17
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hiwo_iiiii 06:03

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Hiwo is the intense debut album of ISTHMAÉL, a condensed historiography of trauma that encompasses sonic warfare, aesthetics of soundscape and reflections upon the quintessential elements of composition.

Carving pyroclastic sounds with surgical attention, ISTHMAÉL develops a vortex of cathartic forces which collapses in a turbulent climax, eventually switching from a spatialized perspective of contingency to a retrospective sense of elegy.

"The thought behind HIWO”, states the author, “can be traced back to my first acquaintance with field recordings and ambient music. What impressed me in those was their ability to be witnesses of the world and its inhabitants, as well as works of art. I tried to realize an ‘impossible field recording’, in the form of a reconstruction of the sound of Hiroshima, a moment before and a moment after the detonation.
For realizing HIWO, I have used three different sources (recorded live sounds, analogue modular noises, and digital sounds obtained through max/msp), and I have decided to use them to epitomize as many points of observation: what I thought to be a man, the world, and ultimately god."

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released February 7, 2020

All track composed by ISTHMAÉL
Mixing by Matteo Scarchilli
Mastering by Riccardo Gamondi
Fanzine curator Eleonora di Folco
Liner notes by Riccardo Ancona

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Mossa Records is a Rome-based electronic music label and community that spreads deconstructed and introspective sounds.

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