Terrestre (band)
| Murcof | |
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Murcof performing at Sonar Festival, Barcelona, June 15th 2007
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Fernando Corona Murillo |
| Also known as | Terrestre |
| Born |
26 July 1970 Tijuana, Mexico |
| Genres | Electronica, ambient, contemporary classical music, glitch music, minimal techno, IDM |
| Occupation(s) | composer, musician, record producer, mastering engineer |
| Instruments | Laptop, piano, cello, synthesizer |
| Years active | 2001-present |
| Labels | Static Discos, The Leaf Label, Context, InFiné, Blue Note Records |
| Associated acts | Vortex, Elohim, Alvores, Terrestre, Nortec Collective, Sonios, Murcof & Erik Truffaz, Murcof & Francesco Tristano, Wixarika project, Murcof & Philippe Petit, Murcof & Simon Geilfus, Murcof & Vanessa Wagner |
| Website | www.murcof.com |
Murcof is the performing and recording name of Mexican electronica artist Fernando Corona. Corona was born in 1970 in Tijuana, Mexico and raised in Ensenada. He was for a time a member of the Tijuana-based Nortec Collective of electronic musicians under the Terrestre project name. In 2000 he returned to Tijuana. 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 jazz trumpet player Erik Truffaz, tabla player Talvin Singh, crossover electronica-classical pianist Francesco Tristano and contemporary composer Philippe Petit.
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