About
Iluso Records is an independent record label founded in 2013 by Michael Caratti and Álvaro Domene.
Our catalogue focuses on exploratory creative new music derived and informed by the fertile traditions of jazz, avant-garde metal, free-improvisation, western contemporary classical, and experimental electronic music.
We have featured works by artists who are dedicated to exploring the endless sonic possibilities that can be found within and beyond said genres:
Briggan Krauss, Colin Marston, Matthew Shipp, Elliott Sharp, Henry Kaiser, Mike Pride, Álvaro Pérez, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Colin Fisher, Lotte Anker, Pat Thomas, Eliane Gazzard, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Frode Gjerstad, Michael Bisio, Kirk Knuffke, Harvey Valdés, Ståle Liavik Solberg, Max Kutner, Terry Day, Sam Newsome, John Butcher, Dane Johnson, John Russell, Tom Rainey, Killick Hinds, Josh Sinton, Jason Ajemian, Chad Taylor, Rachel Musson, Chris Hoffman, Steve Beresford, Eli Wallace, Devin Gray, Brandon López, Aaron Quinn, Jason Nazary, Dominic Lash, Alex Ward, Ricardo Tejero, Javier Carmona, Rick Parker, Jeremy Carlstedt, Luke Barlow, Roberto Sassi, Santiago Horro, Sergio Mena, and Andrew Bassett.
Contact
For all enquiries including artist bookings and purchase requests please contact the team at info@ilusorecords.com.
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ADAPAR [Domene/Pérez]3: Öpik Transmission
ADAPAR 3: Öpik Transmission catapults listeners through a sonic wormhole, a dizzying journey into uncharted sonic dimensions. Guitarist-producer-composer Álvaro Domene and saxophonist-composer Álvaro Pérez reimagine material from their Zöbik-3 trio with a ferocity that transforms compositions from past live performances into a dense, metallic an ever-evolving fusion of turbulence and precision. Much more than just a retrospective, this bold and gritty exploration reconfigures their music into a super intense, immersive experience that feels as if it were forged in the deepest corners of space, as if these new arrangements were sent to us from a distant universe in which the music had kept developing in relation to the last time that this material was presented on stage in the Solar System.
Throughout the album, saxophones wail with visceral intensity while guitars erupt with fractal riffs that twist and fold in on themselves. Along with the drum programming and granular synthetic reshaping, their instruments lock into an electrifying synergy that thrives in its urgency and tension, shattering the boundaries of the material as they propel it forward, rebuilding said barriers on very much their own and new terms.
Music by Álvaro Domene and Álvaro Pérez
Á. Domene: electric guitar, drum computer-sampler, recording
Á. Pérez: alto and soprano saxophones, recording
Mixed and Mastered by Domene at Singularity Studio, Kingston, New York.
Published by Dometone Music BMI and SGAE Spain
Album cover by Ed Keller