Mystery Sea - Press release

Behind Cría Cuervos is Italian artist Eugenio Maggi...
The name of his musical project is a direct reference to Carlos Saura's movie of 1975 depicting a childhood world torn between reality & imagination, an elliptical universe where each detail is thrown into relief in a devious way... an apt metaphor for how Cría Cuervos' music operates onto our mind & senses...

After some early analogue experimentations (1999), Cría Cuervos refined its aural techniques to brew gradually more visceral, layered & enthralling soundscapes, often incorporating real sampled sources & unexpected, mutated field recordings...
This was confirmed by an impressive debut on IMMANENCE ("Cancroregina"), and more recently by a split work & netlabel release with Sparkle In Grey ("The Coldest January") on SINEWAVES/Ctrl+Alt+Canc

"Leitfossilien" is all low drawn late night pulses,
an helix structured movement,
a long addictive trace of sound disfiguring its support,
like a cryptic & forgotten imprint...
a song of ancient shells & memories trapped,
reverberated in tranquil, resurgent waves...
a growing fluidic embracing entity...

"Leitfossilien" is a viral sea with a metabolism of its own...
an ascent to some pure hidden, unspoken language...
an alcove experience with transfiguring strength...

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