Missing fragments

Ángel Ontalva

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In September 2024 I started working on the idea of creating live music for the classic film Vampyr by Carl T. Dreyer. For this project, which I presented live from October to December, I used a mixture of repetitive Read more

In September 2024 I started working on the idea of creating live music for the classic film Vampyr by Carl T. Dreyer. For this project, which I presented live from October to December, I used a mixture of repetitive pre-recorded phrases, some leitmotivs and improvisation. I wrote the first of the pieces included in this album to promote the film, and it was from that point that I began to see the potential of creating a group of compositions developed on the top of short repetitive rhythmic ideas, putting the main emphasis on simplicity and atmospheric coloring. With the exception of the aforementioned She must not die and Scales, which I composed in summer and autumn 2024, all the other pieces included here have been written and recorded in January 2025. The last piece, Tempestuous Meteorological Conditions, includes a brief quote of the well-known song Stormy Weather, by Harold Arlen. Besides writing the music, I played guitar and keyboard in this album and also did the cover, as usually.

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    SHE MUST NOT DIE 2:37
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    RIPPLES 3:01
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    SCALES 3:43
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    WINDMILLS 4:26
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    MISSING FRAGMENTS 3:23
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    REBORN SISTERS 7:05
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    BLACK CHANT 3:34
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    TEMPESTUOUS METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS 3:26
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Persian Courtyard

Ángel Ontalva

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octoberXart Records 2024, octoberXart ao05 The origin of the material that is included in this album is in the time I was living in a historical building called Persian Courtyard in the city of Astrakhan in November and Read more

octoberXart Records 2024, octoberXart ao05

The origin of the material that is included in this album is in the time I was living in a historical building called Persian Courtyard in the city of Astrakhan in November and December 2023. The name comes from its construction by a Persian merchant in the nineteenth century, and its peculiar architecture and atmosphere keep this mysterious building as a microcosm in the center of the city.

In December 2023 there was a delay in the production of Seaorm's album "Nekyia", and to make the wait more enjoyable, and back home in Spain and still immersed in the mood of my days at the Persian Courtyard, I decided to write new music with that inspiration, and in twelve days the music that integrates most of this album emerged and it appeared in an embryonic way as a digital download album in January 2024.

Unlike in my previous works in which the guitar is the instrument I used to compose the music, in this album I used samples of the well-known Mellotron keyboard, which I thought matched well with the character of the work. The music went through different phases, including an arrangement for string quartet and guitar that we did epically live in Astrakhan in February, and of which the main role that the viola has on this album remained (Anna Anshakova plays regularly in the Orchestra of the Opera and Ballet Theater). In Spain we added a rhythm section with the collaboration of Avelino Saavedra, who has participated in some of my solo albums and with October Equus, and after including several more compositions, the album took its definitive form.

For the artwork of this album I have used collages that I have created from photographs that I took at the Persian courtyard and frames from old silent movies that I like, instead of the usual illustrations that I usually paint for my albums. This is, briefly, the story of this album.

Ángel Ontalva, Fuensalida September 2024

Ángel Ontalva - guitar, bass, M-Tron Pro keyboards Anna Anshakova - viola Avelino Saavedra - drums, percussion Víctor Rodríguez - virtual cello on Dragon

All music by Ángel Ontalva

Mixed and mastered by Ángel Ontalva & Amanda Pazos Cosse

Produced by Ángel Ontalva 2024

Executive producer - Francisco Macías

Artwork by Ángel Ontalva

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℗&© 2024, Ángel Ontalva

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    A DOOR IS CLOSED, A WINDOW IS OPEN 3:06
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    FABLE OF THE FOX AND THE SHEEP 4:01
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    BETWEEN TWO WORLDS 5:03
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    A DECADENT BALLROOM 3:07
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    LOOKING BACK 4:09
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    THAT BLOODY HOUSE 3:15
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    BEYOND THE FIERY RIVER 3:24
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    SATELLITES 3:41
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    UNA PARA EL CAMINO 2:32
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    IN MY DREAMS, DREAMS 2:43
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Black Pyramid

Ángel Ontalva

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This group of compositions is inspired by the beautiful and detailed drawings that Frederic Norden made in Egypt and published in his book Voyage d'Egypte et de Nubie. Frederic Louis Norden (22 October 1708 – 22 September Read more

This group of compositions is inspired by the beautiful and detailed drawings that Frederic Norden made in Egypt and published in his book Voyage d'Egypte et de Nubie. Frederic Louis Norden (22 October 1708 – 22 September 1742) was a Danish naval captain, cartographer, and archaeological explorer. To my surprise, in his book he describes, and draws, a fourth great pyramid on the esplanade of Giza of which there is currently no trace or any historical record. This idea excited my imagination and the music I present here began to appear.

On the technical side, I have a love-hate relationship with the Roland VG88 guitar processor. Over the years I have owned and sold four units: I like their ability to obtain unique sounds and I am not so sure about the digital emulations of guitars and amplifiers (when this device appeared on the market, in the early 90s I think, the emulation technology was in its infancy). Coincidentally one of these devices fell into my hands again and I have created the music of this album inspired by its sounds, which give the colorful that I think goes well with this exotic themed suite. All sounds heard here are produced by the aforementioned device except for additional reverb and the radio receiver (from the BBC archives) in Whispering old corridors. / Ángel Ontalva

Ángel Ontalva: composition, guitar, recording, mix, master, cover illustration 2023

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    ALARMING SIGNS OF INSTABILITY 3:59
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    BLESSING OF THE RIVER 1:48
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    BATS IN THE BURIAL CHAMBER OF THE KING 8:34
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    ANCIENT ROADS 5:45
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    WALL OF THE CROW 4:03
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    SCARABS 2:29
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    BLACK PYRAMID 5:23
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    WHISPERING OLD CORRIDORS 3:10
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A haunted, hidden world of caves

Ángel Ontalva

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Vitay Borodin - violin (2,6) Markus Breuss - trumpet (8) John Falcone - bassoon (3,4,7,10), clarinet (1,10), tenor sax (5,9,10) Víctor Rodríguez - keyboards Ivan Fedotov - drums, percussion Ángel Ontalva - guitar, bass Read more

Vitay Borodin - violin (2,6) Markus Breuss - trumpet (8) John Falcone - bassoon (3,4,7,10), clarinet (1,10), tenor sax (5,9,10) Víctor Rodríguez - keyboards Ivan Fedotov - drums, percussion Ángel Ontalva - guitar, bass

All music by Ángel Ontalva Mixed and mastered by Ángel Ontalva and Amanda Pazos Cosse Produced by Ángel Ontalva Francisco Macías - executive producer Cover, artwork, design by Ángel Ontalva

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    The smoke of your fire 4:56
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    Tunnels 3:27
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    Eye of the desert 3:14
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    The lure and the coordinates 5:47
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    Beehive on the wall 3:04
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    Free in the Dark Hills 3:16
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    A wide vessel 3:53
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    The place where you were born (Without a trace) 2:36
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Angel on a tower

Ángel Ontalva

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Music by Á. Ontalva except 8 (Falcone-Rodríguez-Pazos-Saavedra-Ontalva) and 10 (trad. arr. Ontalva) Yolanda Alba - flute (2,3,7,9,11) John Falcone - bassoon (1,2,3,5,6,7,9,10,11,12), contrabassoon (8) Pablo Hernández Read more

Music by Á. Ontalva except 8 (Falcone-Rodríguez-Pazos-Saavedra-Ontalva) and 10 (trad. arr. Ontalva)

Yolanda Alba - flute (2,3,7,9,11) John Falcone - bassoon (1,2,3,5,6,7,9,10,11,12), contrabassoon (8) Pablo Hernández Ramos - alto sax (1,6), soprano sax (12) Wadim Dicke - upright bass (4) Víctor Rodríguez - keyboards Amanda Pazos Cosse - bass (except 4) Avelino Saavedra - drums Ángel Ontalva - guitar, mix master, artwork, design, production

Francisco Macías - executive producer

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    SEAFOAM 1:56
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    FOOTSTEPS 2:55
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    MAYBE 3:01
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    DEEP LOW 4:37
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    ROADS TO SUNRISE CITIES 6:33
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    SARISIN 3:00
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    LAND OF OPPORTUNITIES 2:42
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    PARADISE FLYING SNAKE II 3:44
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Songs to say goodbye

Ángel Ontalva

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This collection of songs is based on sketches that I have been gathering in the last two years in various circumstances: many I wrote during my travels in 2019, in rented rooms, hotels, in general places where I always Read more

This collection of songs is based on sketches that I have been gathering in the last two years in various circumstances: many I wrote during my travels in 2019, in rented rooms, hotels, in general places where I always had my luggage ready and, perhaps for that reason, the feeling of the impending goodbye permeates the songs frequently; Others appeared in 2020 during the long months of confinement in which I observed with disbelief that little seemed stable in life really was, and some more arrived in the last days, during the recording process.

Two songs, however, date back to 2018 and I frequently performed them live, Broken trust, broken promises and Without a trace. I never recorded them properly and they fit well with the spirit of the album, so I decided to include them in this suite.

All the songs are recorded between January 28 and February 6, 2021, with the exception of By chance, which I recorded in April 2019, and I always knew, in August 2020.

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Roads to Sunrise Cities

Ángel Ontalva

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released December 21, 2020

Yolanda Alba Rodríguez- flute John Falcone - bassoon Renato Di Prinzio - drums Víctor Rodríguez - keyboards Amanda Pazos Cosse - bass Ángel Ontalva - guitar, bass, composition, mix, master, art cover

Produced by Ángel Ontalva 2020

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Compilation 2012-2020

Ángel Ontalva

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This compilation is a collection of compositions included originally on Ángel Ontalva's albums alone or in collaboration with other artists, released on octoberXart Records between 2012 and early 2020.

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    Demons 4:37
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    Una para Lars 3:57
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    Windows light, in the distance 5:30
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    Satellites 5:01
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    Sendas de Ofir 4:47
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    Ice circles 7:04
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    Nothing to hide 3:28
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Shaman Rock

Ángel Ontalva & Ark Fedotov

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Compositions by Á Ontalva Arrangements by Ontalva/Fedotov

Ángel Ontalva - guitar Ark Fedotov - synths

Music written and recorded on January/February 2020

Mix, master and graphics by Ángel Ontalva credits released February 10, 2020

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