Label: LAAPS - 012

現在も精力的なリリースを続けている英エクスペリメンタル/アンビエントの大ベテランAndrew Chalkとも共作を発表し、日本人作家とも多く共演、そして姉妹レーベルであるIIKKIより既にソロ音源をリリースしているFederico Durand。本作はフランスLAAPSの第十二段として出版された2021年作。植物標本ハーバリウムのスペイン語[Herbario]をアルバムタイトルとし、自身が住んでいる静かな山間の情景を音で表現。自身が好む木や草のイメージ、また暗い謐けさや空気感もしっかりと取り入れた催眠的なメロディーを紡いでいます。グリーン・カラーヴァイナル仕様、300部限定。



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• 12’’ green colored vinyl
• Matt laminated outer sleeve + Hot foil stamping on 350 gm paper
• Hand numbered / Limited edition to 300 copies
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"Herbario is the Spanish name given to a collection of dried plants and flowers preserved in an album. The collector usually writes with pencil the name of the herb, the place and date of collection, thoughts, and the habitat where the plant was collected from.

I live in a place surrounded by mountains and wild gardens which are, to me, a source of inexhaustible beauty. Through them I feel the passage of time: an ancient, circular temporality that follows the course of seasons, dialogues with the dark stillness of the mountain and the moon calendar. Each musical piece of Herbario has the name of my favourite flowers and trees.

Through a year of uncertainty, from March 2020 to March 2021, I composed this album in the same way a botanist would have proceeded: collecting and preserving simple, broken and hypnotic melodies.

F. D.
La Cumbre, Argentina."

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Federico Durand’s music is a weave of sound searching introspection and delight through simple melodies, made in the heart of Argentina. Federico likes music, gardens, John Keats’ poetry, collecting stamps and Earl Grey tea. Since 2010 he has been released on some labels such as 12k, Home Normal, IIKKI, Spekk, White Paddy Mountain and more.