Encyclopedia Sonica Vol.I, by Leo Heiblum

Encyclopedia Sonica Vol.I

by Leo Heiblum

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1.	The Monk And The Elephant 03:33	buy track
2.	Chis-Chis 04:00	buy track
3.	Las Pelotas de Riesman 04:52	buy track
4.	Kasol 02:28	buy track
5.	Tanganazo 03:43	buy track
6.	Shamani en el metro de Mazunte 05:07	buy track
7.	1 04:37	buy track
8.	Velorio 03:22	buy track
9.	Bebe y Monos 03:46	buy track
10.	Oakland 02:53	buy track
11.	Church and Branch 04:24	buy track
12.	Chacarera 04:53	buy track

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Welcome to the Encyclopedia Sónica:

Every sound you will hear on this album has been recorded by me since 1994 in different parts of the world. On top of these sounds, their melodies and rhythms grow the compositions you will hear. Some of the pieces have a collaborator that integrates with the sounds in different ways. Since I was a little boy, I always found music everywhere. I remember listening to the engine of my mother's car and finding incredible rhythms there. I've always thought that every sound we hear can be made into music. Every sound we hear can be heard as music, felt, and understood as music. Every sound has an attack, a decay; some have a pitch. What is more beautiful - the sound of a flute, bird, trumpet, car horn, violin, or buzzing mosquito? They can all be used to make music.

If we learn to hear all sounds as 'musical', or at least having the potential to be used to make music, we might look at and listen to the world more lovingly. That car passing by had a beautiful crescendo. That dog barking in the distance created an amazing melody with an impossible-to-transcribe rhythm. Is there no creative intention behind those sounds? Can the listener give them an intention? Can the listener transform them into art?

I am just trying to organize and use them in a way that they will be musical to you, hoping that the next time you hear an ocean wave breaking, or a bonfire crackling, or a fly flying, you can enjoy the notes and the rhythms they are making. They are being created by something - who knows what the intention is, but some of the most amazing rhythms I've heard come from rocks falling in cenotes or ice breaking down in a glacier. The melodies I've listened to, from bats, dogs fighting, or newborn dogs, are haunting and beautiful. The timbre from sounds such as the thorn of a cactus, the voice of a homeless person in the street, or a mosquito buzzing can be used to create instruments as beautiful as any instrument. They have a new sound, or familiar old sound, used differently in a way that invites us to hear the music created by this planet.

I hope you enjoy these sounds...
Leonardo Heilblum

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released April 5, 2024

A Language of Sound Production

Music produced & composed by Leo Heiblum
List of Collaborators:
The Monk And The Elephant - Joel Cruz Castellanos
Las Pelotas de Riesman - Michael Riesman
Kasol - Rodrigo Duarte
Tanganazo - Jacobo Lieberman
Shamani En El Metro De Mazunte - Darwin Ruiz Marín (Chonon Sui)
Velorio - Fredi Vega
Church and Branch - Alejandro Diaz
Chacarera - Joel Cruz Castellanos

Art Direction by Alessia Avallone
Mastered by Anacleto Vitolo
Designed by Matteo Cerri

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