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<font color="#666666"><b>Miguel A. García</b> and <b>Daniel Simon</b> offer a severe diptych. Although both pieces are constructed similarly on superimposed layers struck here and there by incisive elements, they are quite distinct in character. The second, to become appears intense, grave, as do its sounds. Drift, which opens the diptych, is more brilliant; it's lighter. But its abrupt ending prepares us for what follows. The duration of both pieces, approximately five minutes each, invites the listener to listen repeatedly. In this sense, I specially recommend listening to <b>drift</b> for the second time right after to become, thus transforming the diptych into a triptych where to become is the central element. As you listen, drift reaches depths strengthened by to become that, in first instance (or at least that is what happened to the undersigned) had nearly passed unnoticed.</font></p>
<br><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px"><font color="#000000"><b>Miguel A. García</b> y <b>Daniel Simon </b>nos ofrecen un díptico severo. Pese a que ambas piezas están construidas de modo similar, sobre capas superpuestas atravesadas en ciertos momentos por elementos incisivos, poseen un carácter bien distinto. La segunda, to become aparece intensa, grave, como sus sonidos. drift, que abre el díptico, resulta más brillante, más liviana. Pero su final abrupto nos prepara para lo que sigue. La duración de las dos piezas, en torno a los cinco minutos cada una, invita al oyente a una repetida escucha de las mismas. En este sentido, recomiendo especialmente escuchar <b>drift</b> por segunda vez justo después de to become, convirtiendo el díptico en un tríptico con to become como elemento central. En esa escucha, drift alcanza profundidades potenciadas por to become que, en una primera aproximación (o al menos así le ocurrió al que firma estas líneas) habían pasado casi desapercibidas. </font></p>
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Artists: <b>Miguel A. García & Daniel Simon</b> <br>All tracks Composed and produced by:<br><a href="http://www.xedh.org/" style="outline:none;color:rgb(202,3,84)">Miguel A. García</a> & <a href="http://www.flutwacht.de/" style="outline:none;color:rgb(202,3,84)">Daniel Simon</a>. <b>2012</b><br>
<br>Text by: <a href="http://lontananza-utopica.blogspot.com.es/" style="outline:none;color:rgb(202,3,84)">Rubén Gutierrez</a><br>Artwork by <a href="http://www.mariobastian.com/" style="outline:none;color:rgb(202,3,84)">Mario Bastian</a><br>
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<font color="#666666">We don't need to think back to the <b>London riots of August 2011</b> to find ourselves in a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._G._Ballard" style="outline:none;color:rgb(202,3,84)">Ballardian context</a>. Figures like the Spanish employment minister Fátima Báñez, the president of the Community of Madrid (Spain), Esperanza Aguirre or the magnificent Angela Merkel would have been characters that border on the implausible, and could have even been included in Ballard's dystopian visions. Thanks to the aggravation and extension of penal consequences in marches, the hardening of the Spanish penal code intends to slow down the likely escalade of civil insurrection provoked by the State's aggressive economic and social reforms, closing a context that, once again, leads us to the democratic agony and depletion of resources narrated by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._G._Ballard" style="outline:none;color:rgb(202,3,84)">James G. Ballard</a>. As regards discourse, for Ballard these resources are a search for bridges that will make certain metaphors explicit. Affirming that Miguel A. García and Daniel Simon's music in drift/to become could have been produced in the catacombs of Ballardian cities presided by cathedral-like shopping centres and immaculate airports, is all the more evident for certain readers who affirm that this music is without a doubt a product of a social context governed by people like Mariano Rajoy or Angela Merkel. But, in any case, that's the way it is. If you doubt it, I urge you to listen to drift/to become in your car, at night, as you travel with no clear destination down a bypass of any European city. </font></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px"><font color="#666666">We do not know, nor de we need to know, the work process followed by <a href="http://www.xedh.org/" style="outline:none;color:rgb(202,3,84)">Miguel A. García</a><b> </b>and<b> </b></font><a href="http://www.flutwacht.de/" style="outline:none;color:rgb(202,3,84)">Daniel Simon</a><font color="#666666">. We may suppose that beforehand they agreed, more or less explicitly, on certain guidelines. But whatever the case may be, drift/to become manifests the potentiality of the joint work of this duo. They're smart these two. They offer us ten fantastic minutes that leave us longing, ever so strongly, for more, much more. </font></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px"></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px">Ni siquiera hace falta remontarnos a las revueltas que tuvieron lugar en Londres en agosto de 2011 para situarnos en un <a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._G._Ballard" style="outline:none;color:rgb(202,3,84)">contexto ballardiano</a>. Personajes como la ministra española de empleo Fátima Báñez, la presidenta de la Comunidad de Madrid, Esperanza Aguirre o la mágnifica Angela Merkel hubieran sido personajes que rayasen en lo inverosímil, incluso, en las proyecciones distópicas de Ballard. El proceso de endurecimiento del código penal español, que pretende, gracias al agravamiento y extensión de consecuencias penales en manifestaciones, poner freno a la más que probable escalada de insurrección civil provocada por las reformas regresivas en lo económico y en lo social en el Estado español cierra un contexto que, de nuevo, nos lleva a las situaciones de agonía democrática y agotamiento de procesos y recursos narrados por <a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._G._Ballard" style="outline:none;color:rgb(202,3,84)">James G. Ballard</a>. El recurso es estas líneas a la figura de Ballard se debe a la búsqueda de puentes que expliciten, en el plano discursivo, ciertas metáforas. La afirmación de que la música de Miguel A. García y Daniel Simon en drift/to become podría ser la música producida en las catacumbas de las ciudades ballardianas, presididas por los catedralicios centros comerciales y los inmaculados aeropuertos, resulta más clara para ciertos lectores que afirmar que esta música es sin duda la propia de un contexto social gobernado por personajes como Mariano Rajoy o Angela Merkel. Pero, en cualquier caso, así es. Si lo dudan, prueben a escuchar drift/to become en su coche, por la noche, recorriendo sin un claro destino alguna carretera de circunvalación de cualquier ciudad europea. </p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px">No conocemos, ni falta que nos hace, el proceso de trabajo que emprendieron juntos <a href="http://www.xedh.org/" style="outline:none;color:rgb(202,3,84)">Miguel A. García</a> y<a href="http://www.flutwacht.de/" style="outline:none;color:rgb(202,3,84)">Daniel Simon</a>. Podemos suponer que ciertas pautas fueron acordadas, más o menos explícitamente, de antemano. Pero sea como sea, drift/to become pone de manifiesto la potencialidad del trabajo conjunto de este dúo. Son listos estos dos. Nos ofrecen diez fantásticos minutos que nos dejan con ganas, con muchas ganas, de más. </p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px"><br><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">Written by</span> / Texto escrito por: <b><a href="http://lontananza-utopica.blogspot.com.es/" style="outline:none;color:rgb(202,3,84)">Rubén Gutierrez</a></b>.</p>
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