cloud unknowing by julio lopez
cloud unknowing
six catholic apostatics: songs of connection, devotion & dissent; trans mysticism; what is always already “experimental”; “a secret history of secrets”
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" light on the edges of the riverbed,
dry. the river dust. the old trees.
dry wind against the branches.
behold, i come as a thief, breaking,
entering, light on my feet. know me
by what there isn’t. storm that swells
rainless, electric. electric split. light
the mesquite heartwood. water tone
open, touch the center of the air. "
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an raibh tu eg an gcarraig? / irish traditional, arr. based on versions by Dáithí Sproule, Joe Heaney, Seamus Ennis
en una noche oscura / text by San Juan de la Cruz
crayon angels / by Judee Sill
eclipse / by Margarita Lecuona, arr. based on version by Joao Giberto
si la tierra susipre / original
i will do my last singing in this land / by Rev. Gary Davis
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this was written and recorded in the border lands of the United States & Mexico during a time of global environmental disaster, cultural apocalypse, pandemic, mass displacement, resurgent fascism, and genocide. Free Palestine, death to all empires
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recorded on Tohono O’odham land / Tucson, AZ in December 2024
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Tracklist
| 1. | an raibh tú eg an gcarraig? | 3:00 |
| 2. | en una noche oscura | 11:23 |
| 3. | crayon angels | 2:31 |
| 4. | eclipse | 4:40 |
| 5. | si la tierra suspire | 4:41 |
| 6. | i will do my last singing in this land | 7:28 |
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Julio Lopez is a composer and improviser currently based in Tucson, AZ. They are interested in listening and collaboration as liberatory practices, in repertoire as cherished musical knowledge, and in how the "experimental" and the "traditional" co-create each other across space, time, and communities.