7 by Matias Riquelme

Beginning with fragmented sounds and assorted improvisations collected from friends in Paris, Barcelona and Santiago, composer Matias Riquelme arranged a collection of tracks for his new conceptual album, 7. During quarantine, Riquelme requested that his fellow musicians send in home recordings of their experimental performances, and received contributions on violin, guitar, cello, drums, piano and saxophone. In the spirit of contemporary composition and free improvisation, Riquelme took an organic revisionary approach that drew from the samples themselves and assembled musical collages, cutting, pasting, editing and sculpting sounds into lingering and exploratory moments. The pieces gradually took shape until they rendered, unintentionally, seven pieces, from seven musicians—a symbology that resonated with Riquelme, and informed the songs’ names, anagrams of the word “Collage.” The album, “7” will be available digitally on 577 Records July 31, 2021.
Samples on the album were contributed by Tazio Caputo, Sarah Claman, Leonardo Garcia, Lucas Gaudin, Javier Riquelme, Sebastian Vidal and Matias Riquelme himself.

Tracklist

1.	A Cello Cog	4:48

2.	Goo Coal	4:10

3.	Eal Cage	4:47

4.	Eagle Coo	5:29

5.	Cool Gale	5:59

6.	Log Leg	9:01

7.	All (Collage of Collages)	5:22

Credits

released July 31, 2021

Track titles:

1- A Cello Cog 04:47
2- Goo Coal * 04: 12
3- Eal Cage 04: 42
4- Eagle Coo ** 05: 26
5- Cool Gale 06:00
6- Log Leg 09:06
7- All (Collage of Collages) 05: 22

Musicians credits:

- Tazio Caputo /piano (1,3,5, 7)
- Sarah Claman /violin (2)
- Leonardo Garcia / quena (4, 5, 6, 7)
- Lucas Gaudin /alto and tenor saxophone (2, 4, 5, 7).
- Javier Riquelme /cajon Peruano, Drums (3, 6)
- Matias Riquelme / cello, acoustic guitar (1, 3, 5, 7)
- Sebastian Vidal /electric guitar (4,7)

* Track number 2, violin solo by Sarah Claman
**Track number 4, electric guitar solo by Sebastian Vidal and saxophone solo by Lucas Gaudin

Recorded between February and September 2020
Mixed and mastered by Sebastian Riquelme

Cover image by WXYZ
Album design by Mark Smith

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