EOSIN : For Beniko

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Format: Tape [SUC26]
Shipping Weight: 0.05lbs
Label: Sucata Tapes

1,730円

'Closing the unofficial "New Weird Portugal" tape batch on Sucata Tapes is Eosin, aka Diana Combo, with For Beniko, a mixtape of crackling and drone-y vinyl mixed with field recordings recorded outdoors on a later summer afternoon in Alentejo.'

Tracklist
A Excerpt 1 18:44
B Excerpt 2 12:20

Credits
Artwork, Layout ? Miguel Carvalhais
Illustration [Drawing] ? Diana Combo
Liner Notes ? Diana Combo

Notes
No tracklisting or track durations provided on the actual release.
Barcode is stickered onto shrink-wrap.

'This piece was made during a residency in Elvas (Alentejo, Portugal), in the context of the first edition of the festival A Salto, in July 2016. Each of the invited artists was given a specific place where to develop a work to be presented during the festival. I spent a week at Fabrica Frutas Doces, a small "factory" dedicated to the preparation and confection of prunes and plum in syrup. Frutas Doces isn't the only factory of this kind but it's the only one operating exclusively in an artisan way.
There, Luis and his only other employee were cooking the plums, adding fire to the already high summer temperatures of around 40 oC.
This has to be done when the plums are collected, preserving the fruits at their best, so there is no escape from hell. I recorded bits of our exchange of words while they were doing their job. At home, I worked with a collection of vinyl records and made a composition using ones and the others.
For Beniko uses samples recorded at Fabrica das Ameixas and various vinyl records.'
Diana Combo, 2019