Ángel Ontalva - Land Of Rain And Steel (2013) {Limited Edition}

Spanish composer and musician Ángel Ontalva is perhaps best known as a central member of the Spanish band October Equus, but he has been involved in multiple side projects and collaborative productions in the last few years as well, in addition to establishing a solo career.

Land of Rain and Steel is a solo guitar album recorded by Angel Ontalva in 2007 during the recording sessions for the album 'Charybdis' October Equus. These improvisations in real time, without overdubs or editing of any kind: what you hear is what was recorded at the time, with the exception of rhythmic loop at the end of The Border, which itself was published in the mix. These pieces have the common denominator of being made ​​with alternate tunings and unusual techniques (tapping, e-bow, feedback, noise control ...). Although this is not a 'conceptual' disc literally, the sought evokes a certain atmosphere to create the parts related titles, which gives the album a compact force homogeneity more than a series of independent improvisations.