Equipo Elevador and Thrmnphone net label

2/17/2019

In 2010, after a long period of sound inactivity, I was surfing the internet looking for information on what was being done in the field of experimental music, electronic music, sound art, etc., and I found a net label called Thrmnphone (Madrid, Spain). I was struck by the aesthetics they showed and after taking a few listens to what they offered, I became completely enthusiastic about the sound concept they offered, very different from what I was used to listening to.

Live performance, 2008

One of the projects that captivated me the most was its Línea Beta/Betaphone, where there was a series of works called Prueba Thrmnphone (Thrmnphone test), It's about six tests containing what I think it's about, sound test, of which I have made a mix for Electronic Cottage in homage to these works that once again encouraged me to experiment again with the sounds. Well, although it really is not a conventional mix, I believe. I have exclusively used the sounds of the Thrmnphone editions without adding any other sound or effect, but I have taken certain liberties.

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I got in contact with the people who were behind Thrmnphone, and they offered me the possibility to release some of my works (IQCM para Thrmnphone - Días Sonoros) on their label, collaborating later in other projects.

But who are these people? Antonio B. Sánchez and Hertz Volta, who apart from their personal projects, form the duo Equipo Elevador, an active project since the 90's of electroacoustic music, concrete music, radio art, installations and performance.

Maximum Electroacoustic live performance: Equipo Elevador

Live performance, 1999

A few months ago they sent me the CD edition made by Alina Records (Madrid, Spain) of their work "Maximum Electroacustic", which can also be downloaded and listened for free online.

The Maximum Electroacoustic CD received

How they themselves say of their work: "Maximum electroacoustic" is a work of the Equipo Elevador composed during the summer of 2014 and premiered live in Madrid in a first version with electronic devices and instrumentation on September 20 of the same year for the opening of the season 2014 of the Alina Cycle. Subsequently, in the recording, different studio shots were used following the classical pattern -principle, node and outcome-. The composition, completed in its definitive electroacoustic form, was re-released on June 11, 2016 in Zaragoza during the Radical Festival dB. This work is not created with a specific intention, but rather, with a free intention, in which the listener should interpret what he sees fit, this does not mean that the work contains a message, which, we allow ourselves not to disclose.

visual intervention of the Equipo Elevador

Links:

http://thrmnphone.thrmnphone.com/

http://alinamusica.blogspot.com/2016/09/maximum-electroacoustic-equipo-elevador.html

http://elevador.equipoelevador.es/

21 Comments

Rafael González
Electronic Cottage
Assistant Editor

Failed meditation session of a compulsive
coffee drinker

In 1986, at the age of 16, I released Exenple,
my first cassette of industrial music, which I recorded with my 13-year-old brother under the name Brigada Nadie.

I was a member of the futurist multidisciplinary group Equipo Estético Étika Makinal (or 3EM), and Spanish experimental noise band I.Q.C.M.

Over the years I have created many solo and collaborative audio works.

In recent years I have turned my attention more toward visual and mail art. I like to create collages and rubber stamp art.

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La Laguna (Tenerife)
Canary Islands, Spain

Frank

2/18/2019 21:17:27

Nice! Never heard of them, sounds interesting and I'll be checking it out a little more.

Rafael González

2/19/2019 00:43:50

Thank you very much for your time, Frank! Equipo Elevador and Thrmnphone are a very interesting and different option to listen to. As I explained, more or less, it was a pleasant surprise and a breath to discover them. Even today I think they are very different from what is mostly done.

Leslie Singer

2/19/2019 13:31:19

Dear Rafael,

Thanks so much for your great article spotlighting Equipo Elevador and the Thrmnphone net label. I really enjoyed reading it and listening to your mix. A wonderful late night of soundscapes. I look forward to digging in more...

2/19/2019 14:18:37

Dear Leslie.
Thank you very much for your lovely words and for your time reading and listening. I enjoyed it a lot because this was taken away from my usual practice and, honestly, I believe that my current perspective has changed. I think I know the path I'm going to take in terms of sound creation.

2/19/2019 16:38:40

IQCM/Equipo Elevador
http://modisti.com/netlabel/?p=691s

P-A.H

2/20/2019 18:14:38

Interesting stuff, Rafa. Thanks for sharing!

2/21/2019 05:19:17

Thank you very much, my friend! I'm very glad you like it

Hal McGee

2/21/2019 14:50:40

Dear Rafamigo! I just listened to your entire audio mix from start to finish and I enjoyed it very much. Your compositional structure was very effective because the piece built slowly in complexity over time. From about 41 minutes to the end it attained a plateau of magnificent splendor! Thanks to you and to Thrmnphone for the lovely source materials!

2/21/2019 16:29:10

Dear Halamigo! thank you very much for your words. I'm really glad you liked it. I enjoyed it a lot because I had never done anything similar. I have to say that it was easy to do it because the original sounds are very cool and they lend themselves easily to be mixed.

Chris Phinney

2/26/2019 08:37:30

Rafael,

I love this! Great music! Thank you so much for posting something I can totally enjoy!

2/26/2019 09:30:14

Chris, I am very glad you like it. This is the most important thing. Thank you very much for your time.

Phillip Klampe

2/26/2019 15:54:54

I'm amazed at the amount of unique music around the planet, just waiting to be discovered. Thanks Rafael for the post and introducing more unique sounds! Also enjoyed your mix. Nice work!

2/26/2019 18:01:27

Thank you very much for your words, they make me very happy. It's what I like the most, discover new things and make others discover new things, and vice versa.

Hessel Veldman

8/29/2019 14:25:24

Rafael,

Listened to your Thrmnphone mix over and over. So, I used the complete piece for the next Electronic Cottage episode in the series for Pakrammel @ Concertzender.
It will be broadcasted in a few hours from now. Thursday August 29; 23:00 CET. Afterwards it will be 'on demand'.
https://www.concertzender.nl/programma/pakrammel_521632/

8/29/2019 14:30:05

Hessel
Thank you very much! Very kind!
Greetings from Spain.

Niniji

10/15/2019 09:55:04

I really enjoyed the listening experience. Great build up. It puts me in a trance.

10/15/2019 14:35:11

Thank you very much for your comment. I'm so glad you enjoyed it. I must admit that I had never made a mix...wait, I always do mix!

10/17/2019 09:47:28

hahaha...
and, is that ECG taken while someone's listening to the mix?

10/17/2019 18:49:18

I hope nobody reaches the flat encephalogram!

10/4/2020 12:26:41

yo! I am here again! Listening to your mix again after a year has passed... I think. Feels like I am inside a labyrinth.

11/14/2020 15:50:37

Niniji.
Thanks for coming back to this! I hope you enjoyed it a lot.