A Miscellany Of Tasteful - Review by Rudy Carrera
"16 Pieces for Electric Guitar & Electroacoustic "
Because there is so much incredible music coming out all the time, documenting it is becoming a bit of a nightmare. Thankfully, I’m subscribed to enough Facebook music groups to keep me abreast as to what new sounds are popping up.
One of the best new artists I’ve come across is a Chilean composer called Santiago Fradejas. He works comfortably in the fields of electroacoustic music, post-industrial soundscapes, drone, improv and contemporary classical. This particular album really highlights the wide range of genres he’s able to tackle.
Santiago’s work is worth seeking out. It’s my hope that he gets signed to a label who can properly promote him, and soon.
Guitar moderne - Review and interview by Michael Ross
"Listening to Santiago Fradejas can be painful, not because his music is dissonant and distorted, though it is often both, but in the way listening to Astor Piazzolla can be painful, because the depth and intensity of emotion in the music makes you feel at a level that can be uncomfortable. The Argentinian guitarist puts all his love and longing for life’s terrible beauty into his work and, if you are ready, takes you on a ride through the dreams and nightmares that infect us all. To quote Betty Davis: “Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy night.”
Tune Hear/Prepared guitar - Interview by Randy Branch
What led you to choose the guitar for your own musical expression?
The sheer of beauty of it. I can't see the guitar just as an "instrument" or a mean to create sounds. The first time I saw a guitar, I became a fetishist, I fell in love with the object and its history.
Using another instrument was never an option. I am always looking for the next Great Guitar. About 20 years ago, I started using effects, pedals… And that was it for me.
Horror Channel - Review by Leo Zaccari
Rise of the machines - "Chamber works vol 1 - The Lower Sky "
This is an album best listened to with headphones as you will catch the sounds scurrying back and forth between your headphones like some restless spirit searching for release.
Ruido Sagrado blog - Review by Alejandro Matos
los temas suenan desesperados y desesperantes, dolientes, por momentos asfixiantes, desolados, es como si estuviéramos metidos en el medio de la lucha contra todo lo que es oscuro, porque las obras no son precisamente un regodeo de oscuridad, sino el ruido de los objetos que nos chocamos mientras buscamos la luz