Murcof is the performing and recording name of Mexican #electronica artist Fernando Corona. #Corona was born in 1970 in Tijuana, #Mexico and raised in San Diego (California) and Ensenada (Baja California). He was for a time a member of the Tijuana-based Nortec Collective of #electronic #musicians and #artists under the #Terrestre project name. Since 2006 Corona lives in #Barcelona, Spain. is the performing and recording name of Mexican ##electronica artist Fernando Corona. Corona was born in 1970 in Tijuana, Mexico and raised in San Diego (California) and Ensenada (Baja California). He was for a time a member of the Tijuana-based Nortec Collective of electronic musicians and #artists under the Terrestre project name. Since 2006 Corona lives in Barcelona, Spain.
Murcof's music is sparse, #minimalist, #electronica. Many of his compositions are founded on #abstract, glitchy, sometimes complex electronic percussion. Harmonic and melodic influences come from classical music (modern classical music, musique concrète, holy minimalism, micropolyphony, baroque music, etc.), #ambient music, drone music, berlin school #synthesizer music, #ethnic music and free #improvisation. Rhythms are derived from #minimal techno, #dub, #glitch, #industrial music and #IDM, and are often aligned around a 4/4 #beat.
The more recent works in the Murcof catalogue no longer include electronic #beats. His earlier works, like the 2001 EP Monotonu, feature orchestral instruments sampled from recordings of works by modern composers such as Arvo Pärt and Morton Feldman. Some of his later works, like the 2005 album #Remembranza, incorporate samples of Corona and his friends playing classical instruments. Besides his personally initiated albums, Corona worked as #Murcof on the 2008 commission project The Versailles Sessions, in which he reinterpreted recordings of a baroque ensemble.
Live shows of #Murcof featured guest musicians from varied musical backgrounds, like classical pianist Vanessa Wagner, jazz trumpet player Erik Truffaz, tabla player Talvin Singh, crossover electronica-classical pianist Francesco Tristano and free improviser Philippe Petit.
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