Fontana Bella
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This album came out in May 2007 with an indie label called
Terricolas Imbéciles.
It was recorded at El Ensayo Recording Studio by Emmanuel del Real (member of Café Tacuba). Produced also by Emmanuel del Real and Austin TV
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It was all composed by Austin TV in a small house in the middle of the woods in a place called Avandaro.
Like previous albums from Austin TV, all tracks are instrumental, only accompanied with spoken voices that are not related musically.
This album could be catalogued under a concept album, including a more than 60 pages CD-sized book. This complement is a fictional diary of an old man called Mario Lupo González Fábila (Fontana Bella's alternate title is El Diario de Mario Lupo González Fábila), living alone in a forest called Fontana Bella (the album's main title). The diary shows a 5 months struggle with paranormal phenomena such as ghosts appearances, hallucinations and persecutory delusions (It may be depicted in real life as an alleged dementia or any incurable disease), including phlegmatic thoughts, anecdotes, attached letters and notes. The last days of the diary show distorted typography, scratches in some paragraphs, backwards chapters, cryptic letters and macabre imagery, resuming a progressive deterioration in Mario Lupo's world, or a complete insanity (even the last track called Voló Al Cielo (or Flew To The Sky) could confirm the death of the protagonist). The days appear at the top of the pages, starting from July 5th to November 2nd, probably making an allusion to the Day of the Dead (or Día de Muertos), a very important date in Mexico, which is celebrated that last day..
The artist Marcos Castro created more than
30 paintings and drawings
to illustrate this story.
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Clappings on 'Shiva':
Main Voices:
Support Voices:
Terricolas Imbéciles.
It was recorded at El Ensayo Recording Studio by Emmanuel del Real (member of Café Tacuba). Produced also by Emmanuel del Real and Austin TV
Austin TV
Austin TV is an instrumental post-rock band formed in 2001 in Mexico City. Austin TV creates sonic landscapes with their music without lyrics. They have opened for groups like Yo La Tengo in Mexico and Café Tacuba in the U.S. leg of their 2007 tour, and have released three LPs, one EP and...
.
It was all composed by Austin TV in a small house in the middle of the woods in a place called Avandaro.
Like previous albums from Austin TV, all tracks are instrumental, only accompanied with spoken voices that are not related musically.
This album could be catalogued under a concept album, including a more than 60 pages CD-sized book. This complement is a fictional diary of an old man called Mario Lupo González Fábila (Fontana Bella's alternate title is El Diario de Mario Lupo González Fábila), living alone in a forest called Fontana Bella (the album's main title). The diary shows a 5 months struggle with paranormal phenomena such as ghosts appearances, hallucinations and persecutory delusions (It may be depicted in real life as an alleged dementia or any incurable disease), including phlegmatic thoughts, anecdotes, attached letters and notes. The last days of the diary show distorted typography, scratches in some paragraphs, backwards chapters, cryptic letters and macabre imagery, resuming a progressive deterioration in Mario Lupo's world, or a complete insanity (even the last track called Voló Al Cielo (or Flew To The Sky) could confirm the death of the protagonist). The days appear at the top of the pages, starting from July 5th to November 2nd, probably making an allusion to the Day of the Dead (or Día de Muertos), a very important date in Mexico, which is celebrated that last day..
The artist Marcos Castro created more than
30 paintings and drawings
to illustrate this story.
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Personnel
- Chato - Electric GuitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
- Chiosan - Synthesizers, PianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, VibraphoneVibraphoneThe vibraphone, sometimes called the vibraharp or simply the vibes, is a musical instrument in the struck idiophone subfamily of the percussion family....
, GlockenspielGlockenspielA glockenspiel is a percussion instrument composed of a set of tuned keys arranged in the fashion of the keyboard of a piano. In this way, it is similar to the xylophone; however, the xylophone's bars are made of wood, while the glockenspiel's are metal plates or tubes, and making it a metallophone...
, HarmoniumHarmoniumA harmonium is a free-standing keyboard instrument similar to a reed organ. Sound is produced by air being blown through sets of free reeds, resulting in a sound similar to that of an accordion...
and ClappingClappingA clap is the sound made by striking together two flat surfaces, as in the body parts of humans or animals. Humans clap with the palms of their hands, often in a constant drone to express appreciation or approval , but also in rhythm to match sounds in music and dance... - Oiram - Electric Guitar, Acoustic GuitarAcoustic guitarAn acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
- Rata - BassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Xnayer- Drums, Bass Pad, Acoustic Guitar, and Clapping
- Austin TV - Original Idea, Story and Redaction of 'Fontana Bella'
- Carlos Villanueva - Style Reviser
- Artwork and Design - Marcos Castro, Trevore Valensuela
Additional Personnel/Invited Musicians
- Emmanuel del Real - Mellotron, Wurlitzer Piano and Tubular Bells
- Carlos Alegre - Violins
Clappings on 'Shiva':
- Normand Oleo (from Hummersqueal)
- Christian Guijosa (from Hummerqueal)
- Alejandro Batta
- Leo Quiñones
Voices
This album has the characteristic of showing several speeches spoken by voice actors, members of the band or related people. Some can't be heard due to the lack of volume or amount of noise, but some are very important to understand the plot of the record and are clearly audible.Main Voices:
- Francisco González
- Miriam Calderón
Support Voices:
- Sebastián Díaz
- Edna Godinez
- Aldo González
- Nasoihc (Chiosan's pseudonym)
- Otahc (Chato's pseudonym)
- Atar (Rata's pseudonym)
- Enrique Sinaloa
- Trevore Valensuela
- Humberto Sánchez
- Haydé Corona
Track listing
- "Ana No te Fallé. B" - 5:24
- "Voces Iluminadas por Sonrientes" - 4:44
- "Marduk" - 4:30
- "El Secreto (De las Luciérnagas)" - 5:38
- "Nadie Esta Aquí, No Hay Nadie Aquí, Nada Hay Aquí" - 6:48
- "Flores Sobre las Piedras" - 4:13
- "Shiva" - 3:37
- "Mientras las Hojas Caen" - 4:45
- "Voló al Cielo" - 13:24