Various Artists - A La Altura: Visionary Mexican Music 1977-1999 - Volume 1 + 2 Various Artists
2CD housed in hardcover book includes 64–page booklet featuring liner notes.
A La Altura, or “To The Height” brings recognition to Mexican musicians who, in the last decades of the 20th century, ventured into experimental territories with electronic and indigenous instruments, in dialogue with minimalism, ambient, jazz and new age aesthetics. Over a decade in the making and lovingly curated by Mexican journalist, musician and DJ, Carlos “Tropicaza” Icaza & dublab radio founder and LA Phil Creative Producer Mark “Frosty” McNeill, A LA ALTURA is sourced from original tapes and masters featuring unreleased, long out of print and private–press recordings.
Volumes 1 & 2 feature 25 visionary artists who were actively engaged in a form of consciousness raising, whether by questing for the stars through their music or by elevating the artform itself. Just as boldly, these two volumes make the statement that Mexican artists and composers like Luis Pérez, Arturo Meza, Jorge Reyes, Ana Ruiz, and Antonio Zepeda should be spoken in the same breath as Michael Rother, Terry Riley, Hiroshi Yoshimura, and the many other artists who have been rightly feted for their spirit of experimentation.
Track List
DISC #1
1. Antonio Zepeda y Eugenio Toussaint – Viento De Lluvia
2. Jorge Reyes – Sazilakab
3. Tito – Anáhuac
4. Antonio Russek – La Trama de la Vida
5. Luis Pérez - Suite Al Culto
6. Solar – Ketzalkoatl Yauh Miktlan
6. Xavier Zetina – Bahía Azteca
7. La Pirámide – Pirámide
8. Tribu – Cantar de la Dualidad (Ometekuikatl)
9. Arturo Meza – El Bordado Celeste de Mamá Felipa
10. Humberto Alvarez – Akoyalistli
11. Ronny – Último Encuentro
12. Aristeo – Ascenso
DISC #2
1. Radnectar – Nge*
2. Airwaves – The Garden Trellis
3. Masos – Inicio
4. Ana Ruiz – Ananecia 12*
5. Walter Schmidt – L’Vampire
6. La Música De Erich Zann – Hipno
7. Oxomaxoma – La Guelageisha
8. F. Steel – Improvisación
9. Ariel Guzik – Célula Base y Tambor
10. Antonio Zepeda y Jorge René González – Mantram*
11. Duda Mata – Duda Mata
12. Luis Flores – Canción Ausente 7*
13. Gerardo Bátiz – Amarillo
*Previously unreleased