Carlos Cipa's music on Retronyms aims to overcome a linear understanding of time and how progress should sound, exploring movements of repetition and difference.
Recording & Production
The recording for Retronyms took place at Carlos' Beatschuppen Studio between January and June 2017.
Recording & Production
The album Retronyms was composed, arranged, performed, recorded, and produced by Carlos Cipa, with co-production by Martin Brugger, mixing by Martyn Heyne, and mastering by Christoph Stickel.
Compositional Technique
Retronyms explores the tensions between opposing forces such as analogue and digital, electronic and acoustic, classical and contemporary, and improvised and composed elements.
Composer Biography
Carlos Cipa, the composer, is classically trained but has also engaged with punk and hardcore scenes, developing a passion for diverse adventurous music styles.
Compositional Technique
The retronymic character of Carlos Cipa's music originates in his compositional process, blending classical music and acoustic instruments with modern influences like minimal music, pop, analogue synthesizers, and digital workstations.
Album & Artwork
The album title, Retronyms, refers to terms coined to categorize something old to set it apart from something newer, like "acoustic guitar" after the electric guitar emerged.
