César Bolaños

Great selection of 1960's South American experimental music for ensemble performed by a composers/performes group led by Lanza, released on Mainstream avant-garde series curated by Earle Brown in 1973.

Tip! This compilation offers a first overview of the early works of electronic and tape music created by Peruvians between 1964 and 1984. This period marks a technical and aesthetic evolution that allows us to understand the development of electronic music in the Peruvian context, from an initially internationalist model to a more situaded one. The first phase occurs in the 1960s, when many composers migrated outside Peru in search of advanced training and access to knowledge and infrastructure …

splendid double CD set documenting César Bolaños - one of the leading artists of the Latin American avant-garde of the mid 20th century -  amazing early electronic work. The recordings bring together for the first time a definitive edition of his work on a double CD, the music have been digitalised directly from the original tapes and really have a fabulous clarity. So much music these days is labelled as experimental but I often I ask myself if it's creators are genuinely experimenting. That ce…