Algol

What's it about?

Peru, Austria, GermanyCamilo Ángeles - flute, self-made aerophones, synthesizers, electronics Elias Stemeseder - piano, spinet, synthesizers, electronics Christian Lillinger - drums, percussions, synthesizers, electronicsAlgol, the "Demon Star", originally Arabic Al-Ghul for "demon's head", is considered a bringer of danger. In fact, two stars orbit each other, mutually obscuring their light, which causes the brightness to fluctuate periodically, perceived by stargazers as uncertainty and threat. And even if these three experimental improvisers never take the light from each other, the menacing aspect fits well with the microtonal music made by Peruvian flutist and aerophone builder Camilo Ángeles, Austrian keyboardist Elias Stemeseder, and German drummer Christian Lillinger. Their debut album, recorded in Mexico City, drones dramatically and dynamically, "structures emerge and dissolve within a continuum that defies any stylistic categorizatio...