Simple

Simple Lp(Fluid Audio, 2024) Composición, grabación y producción: Pepo Galán.Artistas invitados: Sita Ostheimer, Karen Vogt, Bicyclops, Mark Crocker, Ohmu, Hannah Elizabeth Cox, Lee Yi, Daniel Rosenholm y Mi Cosa de Resistance.Masterización: Rafael Anton Irisarri / Black Knoll Studio (NY).Diseño: Daniel Crossley / Fluid Audio. «Every time I record a new album, I tell myself: “Next time, I’ll make more subtle and simple songs.” Yet, I always end up adding new layers, new details, and new ideas, eventually driving myself crazy mixing the songs a million times. That easy, straightforward album never seems to materialize. This same concept of simplicity is something I want to apply to my daily life-thinking about simplifying and not giving too much importance to things. But in the end, it all comes down to personality. I’m a perfectionist-meticulous and conscientious about my work-because that’s just how I am. I tend to make my music overly complicated because it’s in my nature, and it’s hard for me to change. Ultimately, I find peace and simplicity by letting myself be guided by my “wild” instinct, not worrying about what others might think. Even when I know there are technical flaws that could be fixed, sometimes I embrace them because I perceive them differently and love the way they turned out. This album is full of technical errors, layers I no longer recognize, saturations, and tracks that sound outdated. In a way, I’ve had less and less time to record music, fewer resources, and I care less about perfection. I’ve just let things happen naturally.»(Pepo Galán) Volver a discografía Comprar

All the time in the world

Galán / Vogt (Pepo Galán + Karen Vogt):«All the time in the world» Lp(Editions Furioso, 2023) Composición, producción y grabación: Pepo Galán y Karen Vogt.Masterización: Robert Babicz.Diseño: Noah M / Keep Adding. This album contains remixes and reworks of tracks from the GALÁN / VOGT album «The Sweet Wait», released on Editions Furioso in Nov 2021. «Masterfully chilling, prodigiously comforting… a unique sensory journey… a work in its own right… the wait was sweet, it was worth it.»A Decouvrir Absolument (FR) «Each artist made a remix of the original work with a great sense of adventure.. a nice addition to The Sweet Wait…one of the most beautiful albums ever made.»Luminous Dash (BE) «Australian-born Parisian based artist Karen Vogt (Heligoland) released an exquisite collaboration with Spanish ambient experimental composer Pepo Galán called «The Sweet Wait» back in 2021, and this year sees the release of a series of remixes of that album.»Backseat Mafia (AUS/UK) «It was the fall of 2021 when Spanish composer Pepo Galán and Australian dream pop vocalist/musician Karen Vogt (now based in Paris) unveiled their first album as GALÁN / VOGT. «The Sweet Wait» is a mesmeric weave of dark ambient, dream pop, shoegaze, slowcore, experimental, drone and neo-classical music equally indebted to the potency of Galán’s multi-layered sound design and Vogt’s haunting vocal presence. A collection of remixes from the album is on the way later this year.»Staionary Travels (US) Volver a discografía Comprar

Family harmony

Family harmony Lp(Fluid Audio, 2023) Composición, grabación y producción: Pepo Galán.Artistas invitados: Warmth, Benoît Pioulard, Sita Ostheimer, Karen Vogt, Awakened Souls y Markus Guentner.Masterización: Rafael Anton Irisarri / Black Knoll Studio (NY).Diseño: Daniel Crossley. As the name suggests, «Family harmony» blends the work of Pepo Galán with a number of collaborators, whose synergy creates an album of unique yet connected soundscapes. The ambient terrain he explores with artists including Warmth, Sita Ostheimer, Karen Vogt, Benoit Pioulard, Awakened Souls and Markus Guentner embodies an unparalleled sonic unity. Journeying from a place of nostalgia and melancholy, towards the hope promised by new beginnings, a sense of stepping into the unknown seeps through each composition. Karen Vogt’s haunting vocal in «A wave that carries me» echoes with an intimate familiarity that serves to reassure the listener as they travel into new territory. Additional vocals that weave through the collection resonate deep within, yet simultaneously speak of something unforeseen. As in life, the loss of what was combines with an anticipation of what is to come, mingling emotions and experiences to construct unexpected perspectives. Volver a discografía Comprar

Disappeared

Disappeared(Pepo Galán + David Cordero) Lp(Past Inside the Present, 2022) Composición y producción: Pepo Galán y David Cordero.Masterización: James Bernard / Ambient Mountain House (LA) Fotografía original: George Korunov.Diseño gráfico: Zakè. Galán and Cordero are historically frequent collaborators, and they continue their long-distance partnership with their latest effort titled, «Disappeared». The album came to fruition without hurry, little by little. Their patient approach slowly evolved into the final arrangements heard on this contemplative recording. «Disappeared» delivers on the forementioned qualities and characteristics. A beautiful affair of calm movements and delicate sound production with a graceful hand of exemplary mastering by James Bernard at his California studio. Volver a discografía Comprar

The sweet wait

Galán / Vogt (Pepo Galán + Karen Vogt):«The sweet wait» Lp(Editions Furioso, 2021) Composición, producción y grabación: Pepo Galán y Karen Vogt.Masterización: Rafael Anton Irisarri / Black Knoll Studio (NY).Coda en «Panacea» y «Above the aether»: Akira Rabelais.Coros en «Starseed» y «Nacre»: Jolanda Moletta.Batería en «Between the tides»: Achim Färber.Bajo en «Hypnagogia»: Mark Beazley.Violonchelo en «Above the aether«: Simon McCorry.Fotografía original: Aurélie Scouarnec.Diseño gráfico: Caro Mikalef / Cabina (ARG). Volver a discografía Comprar

A speechless body

A speechless body (Mi Cosa de Resistance + Ciro Berenguer + Pepo Galán + Andrew Heath) Lp (Whitelabrecs, 2022) Composición y producción: Mi Cosa de Resistance, Andrew Heath, Ciro Berenguer, Hymns57 y Pepo Galán. Masterización: James Edward Armstrong. Artwork: Andrew Heath. Take five ambient composers from around the world. Ask them to create two pieces or chapters each which in turn relate, just as in a book, to the previous chapter but all constructed in two halves as a palindrome and you have an amazing and intriguing ambient work, «A speechless body». Originally conceived by the argentinian experimental musician Mi Cosa de Resistance, it quickly grew to include Ciro Berenguer, Pepo Galán, Hymns 57 and Andrew Heath and became an incredible journey from one place to another and then back again, taking in some beautiful ambient scenes along the way. Diverse? Yes but delightfully so and it’s testament to these artist’s wonderful craft that everything works seamlessly. It guides you along this stunning ambient journey and is finally set into its own cohesive world by the mastering skills of James Edward Armstrong who frames the work perfectly. The stories and narrative within these ‘chapters’ is told through track titles, sound and the album artwork only. The rest, is to your own imagination. Volver a discografía Comprar

Tomorrow the sun will rise

Tomorrow the sun will rise Lp – recopilatorio (Autoeditado, 2021) Composición, grabación y producción: Pepo Galán. Fotografía original: George Korunov. «‘Tomorrow the sun will rise’ es un álbum creado a partir de una recopilación de composiciones propias publicadas en otros sellos discográficos. He seleccionado mis favoritas y las he compilado para que el oyente las disfrute en una sola obra conjunta. Algunas de estas canciones son composiciones solistas y otras incluyen a mis colaboradores habituales, así como amigos e invitados. Espero que disfruten escuchándola tanto como yo disfruté compilándola para ustedes.» (Pepo Galán) Volver a discografía Comprar

Between the leaves

Between the leaves (Pepo Galán + Shinji Wakasa) Lp (Fluid Audio, 2021) Composición, grabación y producción: Pepo Galán y Shinji Wakasa. Masterización: Lee Yi / Rottenman Editions. Diseño de impresión: Craig Tattersall. Diseño packaging: Daniel Crossley. «Between the Leaves» is a slow-burning stunner from Pepo Galán and Shinji Wakasa. In 2019, both musicians decided to collaborate on a new album, one with free experimentation ‘without corrections or technicalities’ first and foremost. At its heart, «Between the Leaves» revolves around Pepo’s improvised minimalist pianos and Shinji’s ambient manipulations and additional tweaks. The ambient atmosphere traces itself around the piano and its cool, washed-out notes, never interfering, only adding (the perfect template for an excellent team). Both of these elements turn the music into something of a magic spell, ‘a journey through…the most hidden forests of Japan to a botanical garden in southern Spain’. Shinji’s field recordings include a toy piano, which was left in a decaying warehouse, as well as the sound of rain beside a small pond and an old guitar. The sounds are like those from a leafy glade, and they’re inextricably attached to the self, chained to a vault of personal and unique memories. Nothing can disentangle a specified sound from its remembered episode. As the mind rewinds, the music starts to play. It could be a song on the radio, triggering a recollection, or a random melody spluttering from a decades-old area of the mind, rising from a graveyard of misheard lyrics and catchy tunes. No matter what it may be, the music is tied to a singular event, and the same is true of Between The Leaves. Textures remain thin throughout the album, with its ambient slivers providing a damp bedrock. Consisting of a leaky piano and subtle, mutating tones, the music is allowed to breathe thanks to its emphasis on experimentation, but it still feels tight and well-managed. Nothing is out of bounds, but that’s not to say that things get too crazy. On the contrary, Pepo and Shinji understand the importance of musical context and the value of consistent tonality. They keep it somewhat restrained in its recollections and evocations, which only adds to its beauty. Volver a discografía Comprar

Contact

Contact (Pepo Galán + Sita Ostheimer) Lp (Past Inside the Present, 2020) Composición y producción: Pepo Galán. Letras: Sita Ostheimer. Sintetizador, violonchelo, guitarras y efectos adicionales: Lee Yi. Violonchelo en «Distance»: Macarena Montesinos. Masterización: Rafael Anton Irisarri / Black Knoll Studio (NY) Fotografía original: Pepo Galán. Cover art: zaké. «»Contact»» is a collaboration between prolific Spanish producer Pepo Galán from Malaga (El Muelle Records) and Berlin-based choreographer Sita Ostheimer. The pair have collaborated in one way or another since 2015; Galan having composed music for her dance creations, and Ostheimer recording her delicate vocals for several of his solo albums. Ostheimer’s evocative vocal delivery is perfectly accompanied by Galan’s mellowed neo-classical tones and restrained flourishes of electronics, for an altogether seductive and poignant listening experience.» (Juno Records) Volver a discografía Comprar

Palettes

Palettes (Pepo Galán + Awakened Souls) Ep (Hush Hush, 2020) Composición y producción: Awakened Souls y Pepo Galán. Masterización: Taylor Deupree / 12k Mastering. Artwork: Pepo Galán. After doing a rework of one of Pepo Galán’s songs (featured on Pepo’s «Soledad» album released in October 2020 by Stereoscenic Records), Awakened Souls reached out to Pepo to see if he would want to collaborate on new original material. Pepo happily sent files of songs and ideas over to James and Cynthia who were immediately inspired by their lush, spacious, and widescreen sounds. The duo then built these foundational sketches into full songs using their own meditative and healing sounds. The artistic approach behind these creations gave the musicians a sense of painting songs into existence, yielding the release’s title of «Palettes». Embedded into «Palettes» rich emotional and romantic streak is the artists’ shared passion for poet Pablo Neruda, his work seeping into the song’s track titles, lyrics, and overarching aesthetics. Volver a discografía Comprar