* a work in progress album *
Armida Records 11-090824
artist: AILEM CARVAJAL composer
AILEM CARVAJAL (1972-)
GOTAS for solo tape (1996) (Ǝkos)
Ailem Carvajal’s first composition to experiment with sound manipulation was “GOTAS” (1996). Inspired by Pierre Schaeffer’s acousmatic experience, she recorded six drops and used various techniques to transform them into a piece lasting over six minutes.This piece, composed for tape in Havana at the EMEC—a studio for electroacoustic and computer music founded by her teacher Carlos Fariñas—was one of her early works. It laid the groundwork for her future electroacoustic compositions, establishing the soundscape that Carvajal blends into the enduring and ever-present memory of Havana.
Marta Rodríguez Cuervo (Musicologist)
Complutense University of Madrid (UCM)
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Composed at Electroacoustic and Computer Music Studio (EMEC) – University of the Arts (Cuba)