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Sounds Like
2005: Waking up alone in the morning.
2009: Waking up alone in the morning with your nose broken.
Four years can really make a difference. In 2005, Eric Gamboa delivered through Soundsister Records, Two Years Off, a delicate, ethereal ambient folk album based on electroacustic experimentation, field recordings and noisy, warm introspection. But something changed. Gamboa is in a different place now, and with You, Me and The Werewolves (Poni Republic, 2009) he has a new goal: to make you dance!
In only 6 songs, this EP really gets diverse, taking elements from the wide dance territory, like techno/house/minimal/hiphop-ish beats, chopped vocal samples, wobbling basses, moving synths, clicks'n'cuts, you name it. The only vocals are provided by Poni fellow Nuuro, on the track "The Mothman", which sounds like a late-night England. This isn't the only collaboration: Mexican friend Rugoso adds flavor to "Polynesian Rush", while Gamboa wrestles with laptop artist Plug on a pretty fun, upbeat, live versus called "Pony Ride". Damn, I'm already tapping my toes.
Eric Gamboa is now working on his new LP with all of his friends and family. It'll be an eclectic soundtrack for a book called No Furniture and it will feature from wobbly dub and glitchy pop folk to hissy hardcore punk.
"Su primer álbum como E.lebleu titulado 'Two Years Off' [...] causó revuelo en la crítica especializada. Comentarios como 'si este chico viviera en Londres seguro sería lo más' le dibujaron una amplia sonrisa. Este año vuelve con nuevo EP [...] lleno de beats de techno, house, minimal y algo de hip hop y dub, clicks’n’cuts y un montón de cosas más que dan como resultado piezas [...] muy grandes." PLAYGROUND (ES)
"Si bien hace unos años E.lebleu nos sorprendió con 'Two Years Off', un disco de naturaleza introspectiva de Glitchy Folk [...], ahora Eric Gamboa está de vuelta con 'You, Me & The Werewolves' [....], un dancefloor bizarro pero efectivo, lleno de elementos irreales que evocan por momentos a pasajes de la música de outsiders de la talla de Third Eye Foundation." DJ CONCEPT (MX)
"Afortunadamente, la tristeza de Gamboa no es lacrimógena ni exhibicionista, sino callada y tímida. Su música es parca en gestos y notas, y sirve igual de la electrónica que de la guitarra acústica, la eléctrica o el murmullo de la lluvia allá afuera. Muy Eno eso último, y muy post todo." ROCKDELUX (ES)
"Gamboa plays nice organic music that has it's clear roots in folk music, but updated to the age of computer, treating all the various sounds into detailed and microscopic yet filmic pictures in sound. If this guy would have lived in London, he could surely be on the next hype..." VITAL WEEKLY (NL)
"Detrás de tan enigmático alias se encuentra un viejo conocido, Eric Gamboa, que le da a la IDM de sabor añejo en su otro proyecto, Destreza, pero aquí prefiere decantarse por un bonito laptop-folk, [...] todo recortado en pedacitos minúsculos y luego vuelto a montar en un puñado de cancioncitas llenas de melancolía y con un sabroso regusto cinemático." Go Mag (ES)
"'Two Years Off' has two sides, one with a folk approach based on song structures where emerges the voice of Gamboa and the other is dedicated to ambient where the field recordings and processed noises arise. In my opinion this last vein of Gamboas music is the most interesting one, because it causes to the listeners an special mood for reflection..." LOOP (CL)
"One may not think to look south of the border for quality ambient acts, but E.lebleu proves that such things exist and will have you scouring old ambient mailing list digests for more of the like." STYLUS MAGAZINE (US)
"El trabajo de Gamboa se inscribe dentro de ese ramillete de sellos que desde hace ya un lustro vienen defendiendo el baile neuronal Audiodregs, Carpark, y el inevitable Morr Music y demás afiliados- [...], los treinta minutos dibujados por el mexicano bien merecen un hueco en la estantería o por lo menos una escucha atenta para que se pregunten qué hubiera ocurrido si nuestro hombre hubiera nacido en Berlín y no en Guadalajara." PIN & PON DJS (ES)
"Nos encanta Eric Gamboa... y no es para menos... "two years off", su debut para Soundsister bajo el seudónimo de e. lebleu nos ha golpeado en toda la cara como una suave e inquietante brisilla, de éstas que se agradecen en pleno verano, you know. Entre el indie songwriting habitacionero y el laptop folk experimentador... intimista, melancólico y muy paisajístico... ¿a que imágenes estará intentando ponerles música?" AVANT-FOLK (ES)
'Lovely gray', unreleased and live tracks compilation after ³Another way². Synth pop and digital new wave with the elegance that distinguishes Nebula 3. Includes a remix by D.ego (Lumen lab, Jack¹s son) and alternative versions of tracks from Fax and Fangoria.
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Abolipop new free compilation, includes tracks by Lumen lab, Carrie, Nebula 3, Jack's son, Signal Deluxe, Bandido & Vektor. Click on image or next link to download!
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