Discoparlante

Part of the reason I started Discoparlante 5 years ago while living in Santiago, Chile was to self-release some of the musical projects I was taking part of or that close friends of mine were taking part of within Chile’s independent punk scene. It was a pretty modest project that never really took off in a serious manner. The first two releases were demo’s of sorts, both of post Redencion 9-11 bands. The third was a split release with a Washington, DC label of a CD Ep by Red Line Index.

Illuminati (or La Orden Secreta de Illuminati) was the first musical project I was involved in after playing in Redencion 9-11 for over five years (I’ll write more about R9-11 later). Illuminati was me on vocals and guitar; Alejandro O. on bass; and Pablo G. on drums. I don’t quite remember how this band got started but I do remember that it took me a really long time to find people I felt comfortable with in a band setting. I met both Alejandro and Pablo through my then girlfriend and both were at least 3-4 years younger than me so it felt a little bit awkward at first. In spite of the age difference, we worked great together as band. Songs just seemed to come to us and in no time we had a decent repertoir. I was listening to a lot of British post-punk (Swell Maps, Gang of Four, Wire) as well as Husker Du, Rites of Spring and Nation of Ulysses at the time and I think you can definitely hear those influences in these tracks.

Illuminati existed for about a year, during which we recorded this demo and played a few shows in the cities of Santiago, Valparaiso, Chillan, Quillota, Los Andes and Concepcion; these are all cities in Chile.

This demo was recorded at Koala Studios and I think it sounds pretty decent for having been recorded in about 4 hours. Illuminati was more of a “live band” though, we would extend songs in length and play around with them as well as improvise a lot which made it a lot of fun. Anyways, here is the info…

Illuminati - “Demo”
Recorded June/July 2003 - Santiago, Chile

Tracks -
1.- illuminati
2.- los últimos días de la dulzura
3.- institucional
4.- alguien a quien besar
5.- un ejercicio contemporáneo de de-construcción
6.- 12XU (Wire)

Click here to download the entire demo (it is zipped).

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I have added a new track by the Black Light Collective on the myspace page. It’s called “Rock Creek String Duet”. Sounds pretty neat, check it out here.

Also, I will soon be adding some info and tracks from previous Discoparlante releases, not that anyone cares or actually checks this website. But just in case, I like to put stuff out there that has some sort of historical/emotional importance to me.

Love to all,

J.D.S.

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Discoparlante was once an independent label based out of Santiago, Chile. During it’s short lifetime, three albums were released in CD format. I will write more about that later and hopefully make some of that music available for listening and downloading. Now… I am once again interested in getting on board the “do-it-yourself independent music” thing but the lack of funds is a real problem. Therefore, my first attempt at putting some form of music out there is going to be via free-share-download. All kinds of feedback are welcome.

So, I now present to you DSCPRLNT 004 in digital format.

The Black Light Collective - Momentum!

Track Listing:
1.- Solanum
2.- The 3 Stigmata
3.- Transmigration
4.- Scanner
5.- Eurasia

Listen to the entire ep here.

Or download the entire Ep as a Zip file here.

These tracks are free. The tracks were created with simple analog technology and a battered laptop computer which served to master and reproduce the recordings. The sounds on these tracks are all natural and were not obtained by digital means. These tracks should not be sold under any circumstance, they have no material value. There was made as a gift to be re-gifted, reproduced, sampled, looped and subsequently destroyed. If you decide to use any or all of the these tracks for other musical, film, theatrical projects we only ask to be notified and properly credited.

These sounds were inspired by the written works of Philip K. Dick, William H. Burroughs, Richard Matheson, Ursula K. Leguin, Cormac McCarthy, Max Brooks, Rudyard Kipling, George Orwell; the films of David Cronenber, George A. Romero, Danny Boyle, Ridley Scott; the music of Walter/Wendy Carlos, Brian Eno, This Heat, Death in June, Pere Ubu, Lungfish and many more.

If you enjoyed these sounds and would like to hear more, collaborate or invite us to entertain you, please contact us through http:/www.discoparlante.com

These tracks are also available on CD-R format in a simple paper envelope with hand pasted cover and track info for $3.00 (postage paid in the U.S.)

This work is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

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