No More Faith

| Format: LP |

| First Release: April 2010 |

| Label: Abracadaver Music |

| Composed: July 2009 – March 2010; October 2008 and July 1998 (track #8, partially); June 2003 (track #10, partially) |

| Recorded: July 2009 – March 2010 |

| Instruments: violins, viola, cello, double bass, string ensembles, harp and prepared harp, flute, bass flute, piccolo flute, bass clarinet, cembalo, vibraphone, tam-tam gong, prepared giant tam-tam, bass and spring drums, prepared bass waterphone, musical glasses, lithophone and thunder sheet |

| # Tracks: 11 | Length: 45:42 |

Tracklist

01	The Monster (Concerto For Flute In An Old Style, Movement I)	2:55
02	Shinigami’s Dream, No. 2	2:32
03	String Quartet «Tunguska», Movement I: The Constant ‘Uncertainty’	3:59
04	String Quartet «Tunguska», Movement II: 12 Megatons	7:26
05	String Quartet «Tunguska», Movement III: Minuet For Planet, Asteroids and Comet	3:41
06	Shinigami’s Dream, No. 5	2:38
07	Yersinia XIV	6:55
08	The Dictatorship Of Modern Time	3:43
09	Shinigami’s Dream, No. 7	3:02
10	A Tale For Our Wasted Years	7:24
11	Shinigami’s Dream, No. 1	1:27

Previews

The Monster (Concerto For Flute In An Old Style, Movement I) (excerpt) 0:48
String Quartet 'Tunguska', Movement I: The Constant 'Uncertainty' (excerpt) 0:50
String Quartet 'Tunguska', Movement II: 12 Megatons (excerpt) 0:42
String Quartet 'Tunguska', Movement III: Minuet For Planet, Asteroids And Comet (excerpt) 0:43
Shinigami's Dream, No. 5 (excerpt) 0:37
The Dictatorship Of Modern Time 3:39
Shinigami's Dream, No. 7 (excerpt) 0:32
A Tale For Our Wasted Years 7:24

Details

First release in April 2010.

A dark album that blends neo-classicism, post-minimalism and avant-garde through the exploration of different chamber ensembles: solo instrument, harp + flute, string quartet, chamber orchestra + soloist, etc. Part of «The Seven Shinigami’s Dreams» series intersects with this exploration, adding touches of modernism and expressionism… The result, a meeting point between the modern and the ancient.

When I began working on music for this album, I wanted to record a complete range of pieces for different classical and experimental acoustic instruments, but from the very beginning I decided not to use the piano at all, my most representative instrument from the past. I also started working in different directions and I wanted to revisit the various historical genres of Western music (medieval, baroque, classical, romanticism and 20th century). As a result of all this, «No More Faith» ended up being a very diverse album.

This album includes the string quartet appeared on the «Tunguska» EP, but in a new and remastered mix (tracks #3, #4 and #5). This string quartet in three movements is inspired by the mysterious «Tunguska event», which took place in Siberia on June 30, 1908.

The tracks #2, #6, #9 and #11 are taken from the cycle of seven pieces «The Seven Shinigami’s Dreams» (2010).

The title of the track #7 –«Yersinia XIV»– comes from combining “Yersinia pestis” and “14th century”, referring to the Black Death, one of the deadliest pandemics in human history, which devastated Europe during that time.

The track #8 is an extended chamber ensemble version of the piece «After All These Years…» (originally released as opening track for Cautiva’s album «Human», 2009).

Finally, part of my unfinished «Romantic Poem No. 5» (2003) was reworked into the piece listed as track #10.

Sleeve design and artwork by José Travieso. Photos courtesy by Sam Mugraby (www.Photos8.com).

You can download and get this album on Bandcamp.