Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

México Electroacústico: 1960-2007

(Irradia, IRD 002) (Mexico) (3-CD set)

CD 1: Orígenes/Origins

  1. Manuel de Elías - Non Novo Sed Nova (for tape) [1974] (6:30)
  2. Mario Lavista - Contrapunto (for tape) [1972] (16:05)
  3. Manuel Enríquez - Viols (for violin and tape) [1972] (7:51)
    Manuel Enríquez: violin
  4. Francisco Nuñez - Juegos Sensoriales (for tape) [1987] (9:14)
  5. Héctor Quintanar - Diálogos (for piano and tape) [1973] (6:55)
    Robert Miller: piano
  6. Manuel Enríquez - Misa Prehistórica <Primera Movimiento> (for tape) [1980] (4:58)
  7. Julio Estrada - Eua'on (for tape) [1980] (7:04)
  8. Carlos Jiménez Mabarak - Paraíso de los Ahogados (for tape) [1960] (16:29)

CD 2: Consolidación/Consolidation

  1. Alejandra Hemández - Sublingual (for tape) [2006] (3:53)
    Fernando Domínguez: bass clarinet
  2. Roberto Morales - Nahual II (for chamula harp and electronics) [1990] (9:25)
    Roberto Morales: chamula harp
  3. Javier Álvarez - Papaloti (for piano and tape) [1987] (13:09)
    Philip Mead: piano
  4. Gabriela Ortiz - Five Micro Études (for tape) [1992] (9:50)
  5. Manuel Rocha Iturbide - Semi no Koe (for flute and tape) [2001] (8:34)
    Alejandro Escuer: flute
  6. Antonio Femández Ros - Con Jícamo (for tape) [1993] (4:32)
  7. Antonio Russek - Babel de Nuevo (for 8 channels/stereo version) [1998] (7:58)
  8. Guillermo Galindo - Aura6 (for tape) [2006] (6:43)
  9. Vicente Rojo Cama - Erótica II (for violin, balloon, and electronics) [1986] (8:18)
    Carlo Nicolau: violin
    Vicente Rojo Cama: balloon

CD 3: Contemporáneos/Contemporaries

  1. Pablo García Valenzuela - Gutura (for tape) [1999] (8:02)
  2. Guillermo Acevedo - Punto de Parida (for tape) [2002] (7:54)
  3. Victor H. Romero - Voces <Canto 1> (for tape) [2000] (10:17)
  4. Rogelio Sosa - Maquinaria del Ansia (for tape) [1999] (8:25)
  5. Juan Sebastián Lach Lau - rzw (for 4 channels/stereo version) [2002] (4:02)
    Diego Espinosa: percussion
  6. Alejandro Montes de Oca Torres - Imaginario 1 (for tape) [2007] (6:04)
  7. Sergio Luque - Frío (for tape) [2001] (12:05)
  8. Arturo Fuentes - FOSIL KV (for 4 channels/short stereo version) [2006] (5:12)
  9. Israel Martínez - Exorcizio I (for tape) [2006] (5:29)
  10. Rodrigo Sigal - Friction of Things in Other Places (for tape) [2002] (8:04)
  11. Phantom Power (Miguel Hernández Montero and Pablo Gómez) - Pout (for live electronics) [2007] (2:08)
    Pablo Gómez: guitar

Artistic direction and production by Manuel Rocha Iturbide
Mastered by Antonio Russek (CD 1) and Miguel Hernández Montero (CDs 2 and 3)
Graphic design by Daniela Rocha Cito
Includes 68-page booklet with liner notes by Manuel Rocha Iturbide, a brief explanation of each track, and a profile of each composer and performer (in Spanish and English)

Released in 2008