Federico Balducci & fourthousandblackbirds
Succulent Succubus
CD / Seed Mark / Poster / DL
Federico Balducci (US) :
The music of Puerto Rican guitarist and composer Federico Balducci can be described as a mixture of classical and ambient music with unusually intricate harmonies. Federico Balducci has a Bachelor’s Degree in Film Scoring from the prestigious Berklee College of Music. Currently, Federico mostly works on film scores for short films and documentaries.
fourthousandblackbirds (CAN) :
fourthousandblackbirds is the project of experimental audiovisual artist Albérick based in Montreal, Canada. The project focusses on sound textures exploration rather than melody, sourcing inspiration from nature reclaiming the planet from mankind, animal rights, abandoned buildings, empty cities in the morning....
Federico & Albérick have been working together since 2018 and have never met in person. The duo, described by music critics as philosophical drone, have released albums on labels such as Lurker Bias and Somewherecold and are currently working on a new album based on Les Mouches (The Flies) by Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980).
SUCCULENT SUCCUBUS is a pivot in Federico Balducci & fourthousandblackbirds’ ongoing collaboration: a time for death and rebirth through philosophical drone. Melding occult field-recordings with bone-shattering synthesis, the album casts an ominous air, a world filled with the fractured snippets of digital strings and orphaned voices. It’s decidedly macabre stuff, though pleasingly contemplative: contrasting layers of ambiance and distortion are masterfully weaved together to create a work is beautiful as often as it’s uncomfortable.
Exploring Albert Camus' Myth of Sisyphus and the philosophy of absurd, the duo question human existence through themes of the chemical process of decomposition of a corpse and resurrection, a mode of deconstruction and re-creation that is evident in their invocative sound world. What at times feels like the lost soundtrack to an art-house horror flick, at others comes across like the low-end rumble of a beat-less Berlin nightclub seeping through the floorboards.
Recorded by Federico Balducci & Albérick between March 2022 and June 2023
Field recording on track 11 by StasTeterevlev
Mixed by Albérick
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The album is released in a limited edition box set, including a plantable seed bookmark / DL code, CD, Print/Poster, and booklet.
FFO: Kreng, Abul Mogard, Motion Sickness of Time Travel, Lawrence English.