Pa

Packaged inside a full-color, 6-panel digipack. Monte Espina, electroacoustic free improvisation duo, consists of Ernesto Montiel and Miguel Espinel, both Venezuelan-born and North Texas-based. The pair perform in tandem, exploring the possibilities of sinuous sonic environments amid amplified sounds and signal processing
This piece is steeped in the stylistic flourishes of Monte Espina’s previous work, but perhaps with a more vulnerable core than ever before.  Though it was not explicitly performed in dedication to Montiel’s father, this material’s release intends to pay homage to his memory
“Pa” then represents a delicate balancing act between introspection and fearless experimentation. Over the course of 63 minutes, Montiel and Espinel offer a series of ever-shifting textures and harmonics which give way to mysterious scrapings and rumblings only to then transform yet again into subtle, shimmering beauty: an ominous cloud, replete with resonant thunder and sparkling torrential rain