Lázaro Valiente, COMPOSIÇÃO NÃO DETERMINADA EP

One year ago, while traveling through Brazil in search of a legit "Tropicalia treatment" for their sound and rearranging some of their indie folk pop tunes at the studio, Lázaro found an object, a label, a tiny tag in cloth.

It was the label with the textile composition of a blanket that belonged to the house where Mauricio Pastrana and his friends (Caloca, his loyal squire, and Lázaro, his more than-beloved dog) were staying at in São Paulo, more specifically, Rua Dos Pinheiros.

Such tag only contained the message: COMPOSIÇÃO NÃO DETERMINADA (non-determined composition).

Lázaro Valiente found interesting to include "non-determined" compositions and show, next to the songs, a series of images, creating the art of the music material.

So, for the art of this release, we thought it would be interesting (and fun) to invite all of his (and our) friends to help us –for we usually are the ones in charge of the artworks– build up the concept behind Lázaro Valiente’s debut online.

Thus, the following experiment starts off by listening to Lazaro Valiente's songs and slowly scrolling down this growing visual improvisation that will be over until the first half of March. Such improvisation will allow us all to discover, one by one, each visual element that in the end will conform altogether the release’s artwork.

The point of all this, is that everyone in the end will eventually pick their favorite image for each song or EP cover (using iTunes).

¡Salud!


// COMPOSIÇÃO NÃO DETERMINADA //

1.- Benvindo
2.- And Never Call Me On The Phone
3.- Dinamo
4.- Alfombran el día


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RAR file, includes artwork

Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.5 License. The Poni Republic, 2009.




Borja Conde
Russian Instituten Techniken
www.myspace.com/sobrenada
www.myspace.com/leevoyeur


Illustration for "Alfombran el día"


Illustration for "And Never Call Me On The Phone"

Alfonso Ochoa
www.monobloc.com.mx
alfonsoochoa.blogspot.com


Camila Jurado
www.flickr.com/photos/molosha


Juan Caloca
thinkthesenses.blogspot.com


Artwork for "Benvindo"

Artwork for "And Never Call Me On The Phone"

Maria Jose Diaz de Cossio Reynaud
www.mariajoart.me


Elisa Malo
www.elisabambi.com
www.myspace.com/somanymusicianstokill
www.thunderingranger.blogspot.com


Mauricio Marcin y Maríaeugenia Calva Díaz


Photo for "Benvindo"

Photo for "And Never Call Me On The Phone"

Photo for "Dinamo"

Photo for "Alfombran el día"

Jaime Martínez
www.brightlightbrightlight.com


Photo for "And Never Call Me On The Phone"

Photo for "Alfombra el día"

Molly Surno
www.mollysurno.com
www.cinemasixteen.com


Cuauhtémoc Suárez
www.c-suarez.com
www.flickr.com/photos/thekidsmakeout


Eric Gamboa
myspace.com/elebleu


Carla Loyo
benitacorre.blogspot.com



Cesar Aliosha


Mauricio Pastrana
myspace.com/lazarovaliente


Tania Osorio
www.antidomingo.tv


Pablo Zulaica
blogs.elcorreodigital.com/euskaltitlan/posts



Andrea Viedma



Ruben Ochoa
www.rubenochoa.com


Juan Pablo Viedma


Jean Claude Van Damme
Lats


Álvaro Urbano
http://www.cokeurbano.com


Andrea Ancira
discomancia.blogspot.com


Enrique Parás

Hey Chica! Do You Really Believe...?

"Aunque en esencia se trata de música pop frágil que aborda la muy personal historia de Jeka y Kiwi a través de canciones tan enternecedoras como entrañables, en Do You Really Believe...? Hey Chica! consigue dejar claro que –quizá puedan pecar de ser sentimentales a la hora de escribir sus letras, pero– al menos la parte musical del proyecto, no sólo es para chicas. Y es aquí donde comienza lo interesante, pues el resto de la banda está compuesta por chicos oriundos de la escena hardcore punk y garage de Guadalajara, por lo que la música más pop y girly que estos llegan a escuchar sin hacer muecas, justo es la de Hey Chica! Una que a modo de exquisito placer culpable, también consiguió inmiscuirse favorablemente entre las manos de gente como Fax, Childs y Loopdrop."

http://www.brillo-monthly.com

// Do You Really Believe? EP //

1.- Mouse and Mars
2.- Roy
3.- Issues
4.- Time Machine
5.- Curse the Space

// Remixes //

6.- Hey Chica! - Issues (Bi-Log Remake)
7.- Hey Chica! - Issues (Rifhes Remix)
8.- Hey Chica! - Issues (pepepe Rave Remix)


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RAR file, includes artwork and remixes

All songs written and performed by Hey Chica! (Jeka, Kiwi, Jesús Neri and Ricardo Barona) during 2006-2008. Guadalajara, MX. Recorded by Paúl Marrón, Lost Martínez & el Chino. Tracks 3 & 5 Mixed by Paúl Marrón. Tracks 1, 2 & 4 Mixed by Diego Martínez. Programming on track 2 by René Soberanis. Drums on track 4 by Carmen. Mastered by Rubén Tamayo at Facsimil. Illustrations by Gabriel Ramos Romo & Ligs. Graphic design by Jesica Gamboa. Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.5 License. The Poni Republic / Happy Garlic, 2009.

Sappho, The Civilized Thing To Do

"These mexican youngsters present their home-made debut under the title The Civilized Thing To Do. They recall the crash of the classic Wall of Sound, circa Loveless, against Pavement's roughest work passing through Brian Wilson's Smile spirit. Not quite a civilized act... but these guys know how to throw acid parties."

Or so they say...

Either way, except for Sappho, there is absolutely no other band based in Mexico that resembles, with such elegance and tenderness, the greatest moments of indie rock's dearest and everlasting road. Just ask Kramer what he thought about these kids.

Sappho disbanded late 2007. This is the only album they ever recorded.

// SAPPHO / THE CIVILIZED THING TO DO //
01 - Celestine DOWNLOAD
02 - Aardvark Song DOWNLOAD
03 - I'm Theoretical DOWNLOAD
04 - La Nostalgie Du Cannibale
05 - Girl To Girl DOWNLOAD
06 - Rat Tat Tat DOWNLOAD
07 - Oui
08 - Victorialand
09 - Love Spiders
10 - The Glowing Hand

STREAM LP
All songs are now availble at Last FM


Sappho: Diego H. Chávez, Francisco Flores, Luis Alberto González, Jesus Neri, Andrés Romo Chávez. With: Ignacio Beruben, Janet Camargo, Julio C. Carmona, Mauricio Estrada, Alejandro Gallo, Sol González, James Lehner, Sandra Michel, Pilar Servin and Ricardo Venegas. Layout: David Montoya. Watercolors: Francisco Flores.

Recorded by Sappho. Mixing and additional recording: Paúl Marrón.
Mastering: Kramer. Executive Producer: Javier Audirac. Guadalajara, México; 2007.

Poni Republic. All rights reserved. Distributed worldwide via iTunes by Second Shimmy.

American Chamber Music, Untitled EP

Oh, just when we thought it wasn't going to be an easy task finding good rock music, this modest and shy guy called Mark, was introduced to us through Soundsister. And his music was not only good, it was charming and exactly what we had been seeking for.

Mark Pantoja is from San Francisco, and only with the help of a studio drummer, his music, besides being beautifully crafted, is also intriguing, gentle and deeply cinematographic. American Chamber Music is what he calls it, and we can't say there's a better name for this unique vision of post-rock. All performed not by a sextet, but by Pantoja himself.

Untitled, is a mini-EP featuring two songs, a prologue and an epilogue that hasn't stopped playing in our iPods and computers since we first heard it. It's a small piece of rock music that grows within each play inside your heart.


// AMERICAN CHAMBER MUSIC / UNTITLED //
01 - PROLOGUE: COLMA BOUND TRAIN [DOWNLOAD]
02 - STILL LIFE [DOWNLOAD]
03 - SOMETHING ABOUT MOTION [DOWNLOAD]
04 - EPILOGUE: LULLABY [DOWNLOAD]

DOWNLOAD ALBUM
ZIP file, includes printable artwork.


Music by American Chamber Music. Recorded by Sonny Walker, Millenium Sound, San Francisco, CA. Guitars and keyboards by Mark Pantoja. Drums by Sonny Walker. Design by Nicolás Pradilla, photographs by Eric Gamboa. Contact: myspace.com/americanchambermusic

Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.5 License. The Poni Republic, 2006.