Digital edition available here:
ubaldo.bandcamp.com/album/la-nit-s-fosca-per-estic-b
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Primordial Void is proud to present the latest full-length release from Catalan artist Andreu G. Serra, better known as Ubaldo. ‘la nit es fosca, però estic bé’ consists of two 22-minute pieces for guitar, field recordings, and autotuned voice. Seriously gorgeous, melancholic stuff that recalls Godspeed You! Black Emperor’s more somber moments.
The album is divided into four acts. Serra began recording guitar parts for the album in the early stages of the pandemic, later adding field recordings and vocal tracks in 2021 and 2022. The finishing touches came courtesy of legendary Spanish composer Suso Sáiz, who recorded guitars and various sounds in April and May of this year.
“The vocals and field recordings appear to delimit the extended guitar parts in a free and sporadic way, giving more layers to this story,” Serra says. “Sáiz’s subtle contributions in the second act, ‘s'apaga la necessitat (salbutamol era)’, add a foggy atmosphere and gives the piece a solid body, while reaching a cloudy climax.”
Serra clearly has a knack for creating otherworldly soundscapes, and this fifth album under the Ubaldo moniker contains some of his most enchanting material to date. It’s delicate, slow-moving ambient with a touch of pop-infused futurism. Available on cassette (limited to 100 copies).
released December 9, 2022
ubaldo.bandcamp.com
Track Listing
A · part I / II
set-cents trenta-un fragments / s'apaga la necessitat (salbutamol era)
B · part III / IV
los signes a les nostres mans / són tantes pells humides
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This album is an homage to the night, as the luminous environment where
the small things flourish if you pay attention, where you can listen how a candle crackles subtly meanwhile someone is being illuminated by it.
To the fact of us being us, just like animals slowly crossing grasspaths.
Let the water shades heal the gentle traces.
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the night is dark, but I'm well
part I . seven hundred thirty one pieces
part II . the need goes away (salbutamol era)
part III . the signs on our hands
part IV . there are so many wet skins
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Guitars recorded during April [2020]
Field recordings captured between [2021 / 2022]
Voices recorded during March [2022]
Composed, played, mixed at l'aigua Studios
by Andreu G. Serra in Amposta.
Part II featuring guitars & sounds recorded
between April / May [2022] by Suso Saiz
at his home studio in Madrid.
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LYRICS - A
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Se mos escapa
entre les mans
guspires dins l'aigua
multiplicant
multiplicant-se
multiplicant-se.
La nit és fosca
la nit és fosca
la nit és fosca
però estic bé
però estic bé.
Espelmes càlides
no me falta res més
quan torno a casa.
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LYRICS - B
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Deixam acompanyar
deixam acompanyar
les teues mans
mentre toquem les formes
d'estes pedres tan boniques i afilades.
Tornarem alli dalt
mentre la nit avança
repeteix lo seu nom
hasta que no el recordes més.
Ja estem a casa
i el recipient està ple
notes la seua caldor
com rellisca per la pell
com rellisca per les pells
i és ell qui no pot
qui no vol fluir.
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thanks for listening
A
