Various Artists - A La Altura: Visionary Mexican Music 1977-1999 - Volume 1 Various Artists
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Celebrating innovative Mexican musicians who merged electronic and indigenous instruments with minimalism, ambient, jazz and new age aesthetics.
Featuring 12 visionary artists including Luis Pérez, Arturo Meza, Jorge Reyes, Aristeo, and Tribu, amongst others.
Compiled and produced by Mexican journalist, musician and DJ, Carlos “Tropicaza” Icaza & dublab radio founder and LA Phil Creative Producer Mark “Frosty” McNeill.
Cover art by legendary artist Eduardo Terrazas and Design & Layout by D.Norsen Design.
Double LP pressed at Optimal and includes booklet featuring liner notes.
Audio remastered by GRAMMY®–nominated engineer John Baldwin
Limited color vinyl edition pressed on purple & pink wax. Both 2LP are NON-RETURNABLE.
A LA ALTURA, or “To The Height” brings recognition to Mexican musicians who, in the last decades of the 20th century, ventured into experimental territories with electronic and indigenous instruments, in dialogue with minimalism, ambient, jazz and new age aesthetics. Over a decade in the making and lovingly curated by Mexican journalist, musician and DJ, Carlos “Tropicaza” Icaza & dublab radio founder and LA Phil Creative Producer Mark “Frosty” McNeill, A LA ALTURA is sourced from original tapes and masters featuring unreleased, long out of print and private–press recordings.
Volumes 1 & 2 feature 25 visionary artists who were actively engaged in a form of consciousness raising, whether by questing for the stars through their music or by elevating the artform itself. Just as boldly, these two volumes make the statement that Mexican artists and composers like Luis Pérez, Arturo Meza, Jorge Reyes, Ana Ruiz, and Antonio Zepeda should be spoken in the same breath as Michael Rother, Terry Riley, Hiroshi Yoshimura, and the many other artists who have been rightly feted for their spirit of experimentation.
Track List
1. Antonio Zepeda y Eugenio Toussaint – Viento De Lluvia
2. Jorge Reyes – Sazilakab
3. Tito – Anáhuac
4. Antonio Russek – La Trama de la Vida
5. Luis Pérez - Suite Al Culto
6. Solar – Ketzalkoatl Yauh Miktlan
6. Xavier Zetina – Bahía Azteca
7. La Pirámide – Pirámide
8. Tribu – Cantar de la Dualidad (Ometekuikatl)
9. Arturo Meza – El Bordado Celeste de Mamá Felipa
10. Humberto Alvarez – Akoyalistli
11. Ronny – Último Encuentro
12. Aristeo – Ascenso
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