Xpujil Revisited by Nova Materia

NOVA MATERIA present XPUJIL REVISITED
A 70-min digital release including three reworks and a new presentation of the album

Last year, French/Chilean duo NOVA MATERIA released Xpujil, a unique, experimental ambient album which came out as part of Crammed Discs’ Made To Measure composers series.

A single, 40-minute immersive piece mixed in binaural, Xpujil (pronounced ex-poo-khil) takes the liste- ner on a sonic journey through an organic and shifting world, and blurs the limits between music, field recording and psychoacoustic trance. The album’s material derived from recordings made during a walking trip in the Mexican jungle (* more details below).
Nova Materia have now asked three eminent artists to create tracks based on the rich material contained in the album:

Donato Dozzy: the enigmatic Italian master of experimental ambient creates a magical, trippy 18-min excursion into the supernatural world of the Xpujil jungle.

Lucrecia Dalt: the highly respected Colombian avantgarde musician’s affinities with mystery, storytel- ling, field recordings and poetry is reflected in her lovely, concise take on the piece.

Low Jack: mostly known as an electronic music artist, Honduras-born, Frenchman Philippe Hallais has also worked with ethnographic recordings in his Garifuna Variations (commissioned by the Quai Branly Museum). Asking him to rework Xpujil was therefore a natural choice for Nova Materia.

In addition to these three reworks, the Xpujil Revisited digital release includes a new presentation of the original album, in which the original 40-min piece is segmented into four separate parts, thus enabling a different listening experience.

Tracklist

1.	Xpujil By Donato Dozzy	17:54

2.	Xpujil by Lucrecia Dalt	3:37

3.	Xpujil By Low Jack	8:11

4.	Xpujil Part I	7:31

5.	Xpujil Part II	13:53

6.	Xpujil Part III	8:14

7.	Xpujil Part IV	10:54

Credits

released June 24, 2022

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