Label: Buh Records

三年越しで発表された2nd LP!!ベネズエラのアーティストであり、ウクライナ系の女性作曲家Oksana Lindeの個人名音盤。ベネズエラの首都カラカスで初めて耳にしたシンセサイザーのサウンドに触発され電子音楽の制作を開始、80年代に膨大な録音を残し、その後テレビ番組や劇場の音楽を手掛け本国では知られた存在となるものの、何故かソロ音源は一度も発表されておらず、ここBuh Recordsが2022年に初のアルバム/アーカイヴを出版。そこから三年振りとなる、86年から94年まで録り溜めていた初出プライベートスタジオ録音が作品化。深刻な健康問題の為に化学研究者としてのキャリアを断念した頃に作られた楽曲なども含まれており、Suzanne Cianiや冨田勲と比較される彼女の瞑想的でミニマルな側面で構成されています。







Venezuelan composer Oksana Linde presents Travesías, her second album released by Buh Records, featuring pieces created between 1986 and 1994 in her private studio in San Antonio de Los Altos, Venezuela. These compositions belong to the same creative period as the works included in her acclaimed debut album, Aquatic and Other Worlds (Buh, 2022).

The pieces “Mundos Flotantes,” “Horizontes Lejanos,” and “Arrecifes en el espacio” were expressly composed for the concert Travesía Acuastral, presented by Linde in February 1991 at the Casa Rómulo Gallegos during the 3er Encuentro de la Nueva Música Electrónica. This event, produced by Maite Galán in collaboration with the group Musikautomatika, was a milestone in the development of an experimental electronic music scene in Venezuela, which at the time was one of the most vibrant in Latin America.

The name Travesía Acuastral reflects the surreal imagination that inspired much of the artist’s work. These ideas, centered on extraordinary ways of perceiving reality, also connected with alternative meditation practices such as Reiki, which attracted Linde’s attention from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. This period followed her departure from her career as a chemical researcher due to severe health issues. During this time, she composed a series of pieces for meditation sessions, four of which are included in this compilation: “Luciérnagas en los manglares,” “Estrellas I” and “II,” and “Kerepakupai vena.” The latter references two words from the Pemón Indigenous community in southeastern Venezuela, meaning Salto Ángel [Angel Falls]—the name of the world’s tallest waterfall, located in the state of Bolívar.

Born in 1948 in Caracas to Ukrainian immigrant parents, Oksana Linde’s career is an example of resilience and innovation. After leaving her work as a chemist due to health problems, Linde turned to music, experimenting with synthesizers to create an evocative sound universe. She produced a substantial amount of recordings during the 1980s, many of which remained unpublished until the release of Aquatic and Other Worlds.

Since then, Linde’s work has been compared to artists such as Isao Tomita and Suzanne Ciani. Travesías further establishes her as an essential figure in electronic music and continues to unveil one of the most fascinating musical archives of Latin American electronic music.