Abe Dichi who's musical works are released via the Damaik alias is what
you would classify as a true cosmopolitan musical entity. Spending
most of his life moving between Mexico, Europe and the United States somehow gives his debut album "Micalavera" for n5MD an undercurrent of
international, almost globalized, method. Add in the mixing and mastering
of Mio and Valgeir Sigurdsson (Bjork, Mum, Bonnie "Prince" Billy) at
Greehouse Studios in Iceland and this compounds the borderless sense of
musical place that Micalavera embodies. The album title which roughly
translates to "my skeleton" utilizes guitars, melodium, harmodium,
violin, piano, field recordings, and live drums as well as electronic
elements and edits that may recall similar moments to Sigurdsson's
copatriots Mum and Blindfold or even to the more delicate moments of
Dntel. Micalavera is an absorbing mix of many musical styles interwoven
into a bright, affectionate, yet cohesive whole that features 12 vignettes
of multi-cultural instrumentation, technique, and raw wondrous emotion.
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