ALEX FIGUEIRA - MARACAS, TAMBOURINES AND OTHER HELLISH THINGS

MUSIC WITH SOUL

£14.56

Format: Cassette
Catalogue No.: TAPE001
Release Date: 09 Sep 2022
Genre: International

Limited cassette release (99 copies) with exclusive dialogue excerpts from the film (not included in the digital version).

Hand-numbered, beautiful risographed foldable inlay, drawn by Kevin Mancera. A multi-layered kaleidoscopic musical ride that will take you to places no other soundtrack has ever taken you before. Uplifting latin funk, melancholic chanson, dark synth drone, biguine punk, acid techno and a few absolutely indescribable hybrids, the songs created by Figueira to back the images of the film where he also plays the main character, are very impactful and cover an impressive array of influences and musical languages, put together in exquisite cinematic fashion.

After 5 highly acclaimed singles under his own name, the unpredictable, “out there” song writing and production style of Figueira is displayed here from a new perspective. Composing expressively for specific moments of the film, he has allowed yet new elements arise in his already extensive palette of sounds.

Relying once again exclusively on himself to get the job done, he has assembled a collection of songs that portrait many different emotions. Happiness, awe, fear, paranoia, helplessness, disappointment, excitement… are all evoked, reflecting all key twists and turns of the short-film directed by Mateo Fava and Dave Postma.