CALATO - John Cage Variations + Four6

2023 release

Javier Areal Vélez - prepared guitar
Jorge Espinal - prepared guitar
Agustín Genoud - voice
Pablo Verón - drums and MPC250

All compositions by John Cage; Arrangements by CALATO.

CALATO is an improvisation and experimental composition quartet from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Its work draws from free jazz, punk, and abstract noise while exploring the possibilities of music notation and graphic scores in convergence with free improvisation, deep listening and explosive interaction. CALATO's sound is based around two wildly attacked prepared guitars, a drum set played with chopsticks, and an amplified voice that does all sort of things, most of which you wouldn't call "singing". It was formed in 2010, since then CALATO has performed widely in Argentina, Uruguay (2014) and Brasil (2016, 2017) and is planning an upcoming tour around Europe for 2023.

Recorded on December 21, 2017 by Luciano Vitale at his private studio, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Mixed by CALATO.
Audio master by Michael Brändli, Hardstudios AG, Switzerland.
Executive producer: Werner X. Uehlinger