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MP3: Matilda Manzana - "En Otras Dimensiones"


Matilda Manzana’s rising popularity (in both, media and the music festival circuit) is hard to understand. Something in that androgynous voice and textured soundscapes have triggered an audience that just a couple years ago seemed unlikely. Todas las Ciudades Inundadas and Conjuntos Cartograficos have confirmed the sustainability of MM as a relevant artist, and the future is only looking brighter. The amazing people at Tacón de Oro (we are huge fans) have premiered “En Otras Dimensiones,” the second track unveiled from MM’s forthcoming album, Se Fueron Los Cohetes. As Joan Escutia aptly points out, the new single encounters both Animal Collective and Porter, pushing for its own melodic escapade. That last half-minute of the song is particularly beautiful. Cacophonously risky in how it exposes its skeleton, raptures, and pushes for the light. #gore-geous artwork by Ouchal. Download the track via Soundcloud.

Video: Matilda Manzana - “Ciencias Naturales”


“Ciencias Naturales,” off Matilda Manzana’s Conjuntos Cartográficos, has been materialized by artist Ouchal, with some help from his cybergang. Ouchal stays true to the bedroom pop’s natural habitat, but explores a blog-fi fantasy: What if boys ruled Pinterest? Wood could become plastic. Cats may be overshadowed by dogs. Kitsch would become our generation's source of aesthetic capital.

In this plastic-based afterlife of found and lost and found items, the value of objects rise and fall in a rich granular synthesis either through a process of interior design exercises (i.e. splashing paint about) or through an animated process of replacing and re-situating objects. Meanwhile, a product's newness might guarantee spectacular value in this bedscape. As a personal reaction to the video's content, I love my Tony Gallardo II cassette, I really enjoyed Ouchal's "Cuchillo" illustration as a t-shirt, and yes, I would totally buy that Andrew Jeffrey Wright pin, "Look At Your Stuff," for free.

As a personal take away from the entire video: Good Dog. Sad Pizza. Be Nrmal.