Where does ACR find these beauties? And this guy in particular? This is, ah, Afonso Arrepia Ferreira, apparently some 19 years old?? Also plays in a duo called HRNS which also just released something on ACR. This tape is a real gem. Ferreira plays piano, keyboards and I think misc electronics and interweaves these with guest players on cello, bass, flute and some samples. It completely belies the composer's age because this is a work of real maturity. Think of a woozy, beautiful, mesh of irr.app.(ext.), Nurse With Wound, Machinefabriek and maybe a little Pan Sonic but all those fall short...just grip it and see for yourself.
Eartheater first came on my radar (and many others) with 2 Hausu Mountain tapes in 2015. She makes glitchy, disorienting music, combining electronics and synthesized percussion with voice, guitars and who knows what else. The whole thing is a confusing stew, kind of reminiscent of Inga Copeland but I would say even more detached from "song". Didn't do much for me.

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