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This is the first time that these three musicians work together, yet as duos they did work together

before. As Wolkokrots, Garcia and Belorukov perform together and the duo Monteiro/Garcia

delivered two records and Monteiro/Belorukov one record together. On 13th of July 2017 the three

were in Barcelona, hometown of Monteiro, and they recorded the two pieces, each around twenty-

two minutes, using electronics and fluteophone for Belorukov, whole the other two simply take

credit for electronics. If you are familiar with their work, for instance from pages like Vital Weekly,

then you know that they love their sounds to be delicate, small and intimate, but at the same time

they are not shy of using some high piercing frequencies. If these are the doodling of sine waves

or perhaps using «from minute gestures and fragile materials like paper, strings, small objects or

manipulated acoustic instruments», which is their common practice, so says Tanuki Records, I don’t

know. I do know that this particular release sounds quite electronic, with lots of hisses, crackles and

deep and high-end frequencies melting together in an excellent way. This trio take their time to

develop sounds, let them rest and simmer for a while, before moving to something else. If it so

happens to be quiet for some time, then so be it. They don’t care for the fact that this is a cassette

and especially the lower end of volume range might be lost here. That is okay, as they always

return with their dialogue of sounds and then move slowly forward to the next section. This is by all

accounts a great release, but I must admit I didn’t expect anything else as such from these three

accomplished players. (FdW)

Frans de Ward – Vital Weekly