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Norwegian-Mexican artist/producer Carmen Villain makes atmospheric music made up of tapestries of field-recordings, woodwinds, samples and synths, culminating in her own distinctive, cosmic sound combining elements of fourth world, dub and ambient.
Carmen Villain. 2022. 7.8. By Philip Sherburne. Genre: Experimental. Label: Smalltown Supersound. Reviewed: March 3, 2022. The experimental artist’s latest project is the most dynamic,...
A culmination of a build-up that began with a turn in sound evident on 2019’s Both Lines Will Be Blue, Only Love From Now On presents Norwegian-Mexican Carmen Villain’s aesthetic blossoming into something unexpected, benevolent in its composure and altogether luxuriant in its sensuality.
This album contains selections from Carmen Villain's score for the two-and-a-half hour performance, most of them edited down from the long-form versions that accompanied the ultra-slow scenes of the performance. These are Carmen Villain's first compositions for dance.
The work of half-Norwegian, half-Mexican artist Carmen Villain – aka Carmen Maria Hillestad – is one of introspection. Having released her debut album, Sleeper, in 2013 – a collection of personal tracks distanced by a disaffected and languorous production – she returns this year with Infinite Avenue.
Music From The Living Monument. Carmen Villain’s spent a decade slowing down. Her full-length debut, 2013’s Sleeper, lurched between goth and shoegaze, both rhythmic and muddy, her voice whirling through the reverb.
World-class sound explorer Carmen Villain (born Carmen Maria Hillestad) has been sailing along an endless range of sonic influences, moving deftly from the dreamlike art-pop of her first albums to the hazy dub of her latest work, Only Love From Now On.
