Arturo En El Barco

Arturo En El Barco Is The Work Of Angélica Negrón A Young Composer From Brooklyn NY Via San Juan Puerto Rico. She Writes Lo-Fi Ambient Compositions That Are Mostly Crafted Live Through Her Ensemble Which Includes Strings Toys Accordion Found Sounds Music Boxes And Voices. Drawing Inspiration From Old Family Pictures Floating Soap Bubbles Random Noises Marine Creatures And Puppets Made By Her Friends She Is Interested In Creating A Personal Microcosm Of Recollections Through Sound. The Group Has Performed In Venues Such As Museo Del Barrio NYC Monkeytown NYC Le Poisson Rouge NYC Glaz’art Paris France The Tank NYC Galapagos Art Space NYC And In The National Museum Of Mexican Arts Chicago As Part Of The Latin American Electronic Music Festival. Releases Include Albums On Observatory Online Austria And Carte Postale Records Belgium And Also Various Compilations From Labels Such As Aerotone Germany Tri-Postal Belgium At-At Records México And Si No Puedo Bailar Brazil . Originally A Solo Endeavor The Project Has Recently Evolved Into A Chamber Ensemble For Live Presentations With Performers Andie Springer Violin Insia Malik Violin Phyllis Chen Piano Toy Piano & Music Box Evelyn Farny Cello Matt Marks French Horn And José Olivares Laptop . Through Combining These Instruments With Electronics Mostly Crafted Through Multiple Layers Of Organic Sounds The Project Intends To Evoke In The Listener A Sense Of Quiet Adventures That Happen When You Travel To An Imaginary Past Full Of Distant Memories That Are Indistinct Because They Probably Never Actually Happened. read less