As Grand River has chosen wind as her subject and Concepción Huerta has chosen fire, the Umor Rex label may be working toward an Elements series. El Sol de los Muertos (The Sun of the Dead) features a volcano on its cover, but the image is metaphorical as well as physical. Inspired by the writings of Eduardo Galeano, the album is a primal cry that erupts from the depths of the earth.
“Magma como la vena en el territorio” is as sorrowful as drone can sound, reminiscent of the recent work of Richard Skelton, who in similar fashion has also been addressing erased histories and recovered pasts. The press release references Visión de los vencidos (The Broken Spears), which contains the “account of the defeated,” a lost text rubbed from official histories.