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Album with Roedelius:
Move
And Resonate
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Alquimia
· A Separate Reality
01 Encinerada
(Single Edit) / 4.36
02 Night Of The Alebrijes (Single Edit) / 4.30
03 Floralia / 6.37
04 Solar Quest / 5.11
05 First Light / 3.18
06 Reflection / 3.10
07 Fleeting Worlds / 4.50
08 A Separate Reality / 7.55
09 Reflection (Reprise) / 1.59
10 Encinerada / 10.16
11 Night Of The Alebrijes / 19.39
Prudence
398.6591.2
Singer,
composer and sonic innovator Alquimia (pronounce: al-ki-mia) has brought
a rare mystical Aztec influence to ambient and experimental vocal music.
Her new album "A Separate Reality" will be released through
Prudence Records, where her collaboration with German ambient pioneer
Roedelius ("Move & Resonate", 398.6557.2) was released in
2000.. Singing in various languages such as Spanish, English, French
and her native idiom Nahuatl she also uses her voice to create multilayered
choirs and electronically altered vocal soundscapes.
Alquimia was born in Mexico, where she
studied classical piano and voice from an early age. When she became
interested in the ethnic musical styles of her home country, she learned
to master various pre-Columbian percussion instruments and flutes. Her
search for new sounds inspired her use of modern music technology. She
has developed some revolutionary singing techniques (some of them involving
electronic processors), opening up for her a whole range of electronic
and natural new sounds to experiment and compose with.
Now living in London Alquimia incorporates
a wide variety of influences into her unique style, ranging from Pre-Hispanic
Mexican folk music, via mediaeval and classical music to ambient and
even techno. She has collaborated and performed with many other artists.
In England she created the "Electronicage" club in 1998, a
place where visual artists and musicians peform, thus bringing life
to electronics and electronics to life.

Check
out Alquimia's website
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