These pieces by Géraldine Eguiluz originally resided on cassettes in Paris in the early ‘90s, and after being presented to Michel F Côté they were restored and reworked into these expressive 16 tracks.
Territoires perdus #1 opens with raw vocals and plenty of percussive sounds that carries a tribal spirit, and La montaná el agua follows with hazy synth and a slow groove that emits a haze of warmth.
Further along, La jeune fille et la vie pairs dissonant ideas with unpredictable keys and wordless vocals, while Despedida throbs a bit amid the melodic keys and ethereal vocals alongside much intimacy.
Close to the end, La montana dorada uses distinct vocal inflections and plenty of background noisesmakers, and Territoires perdus #5 exits with a mesmerizing quality that blends brass into the adventurous finish.
The duo handle so many instruments here it’s dizzying, where the 4 larger pieces surround farewells, migrations, spirits, loss, finitude, and even joy, and it comes from a very artistic, spiritual and acoustic and electronic angle that’s fascinating.
