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Esplendor Geométrico is a Spanish industrial band. The band was formed in the early 1980s by Arturo Lanz, Gabriel Riaza, and Juan Carlos Sastre, who had all been members of El Aviador Dro y sus Obreros Especializados. They took the name "Geometric Splendor" from ''Geometric and Mechanical Splendor and the Numerical Sensibility'' ( it, Lo splendore geometrico e meccanico e la sensibilità numerica), a text of the Italian futurist,
* ''En directo: Madrid y Tolosa'' cassette (1987)
* ''Kosmos kino'' LP (1987, reissued on CD in 1996)
* ''Mekano-turbo'' LP (1988, reissued on CD in 1994)
* ''Madrid mayo '89'' cassette (1989)
* ''Live in Utrecht'' LP (1990, reissued on CD in 1999)
* '' Diez años de esplendor'' 2 x cassette (1990)
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Arturo Lanz RBMA lecture
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Filippo Tommaso Emilio Marinetti (; 22 December 1876 – 2 December 1944) was an Italian poet, editor, art theorist, and founder of the Futurist movement. He was associated with the utopian and Symbolist artistic and literary community Abbaye d ...
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History
In 1981 the band released their first single, "Necrosis en la Poya", in the Tic Tac label, followed by their debut LP, ''Héroe del Trabajo / El Acero del Partido'' in 1982. The band was active in the early-eighties internationaltape scene
The cassette culture (also known as the tape/cassette scene or cassette underground) refers to the practices associated with amateur production and distribution of music and sound art on compact cassette that emerged in the mid-1970s. The casset ...
where they established a rhythmic, experimental electronic sound that foreshadowed the emergence of the powernoise
Power noise (also known as rhythmic noise and occasionally as distorted beat music) is a form of industrial music and a fusion of noise music and various styles of electronic dance music. It should not be confused with " power electronics", wh ...
subgenre by over a decade.
In 1985 the band formed their own label, Esplendor Geométrico Discos, and released their second LP, ''Comisario de la Luz / Blanco de Fuerza''.
The band returned with 1997's ''Polyglophone'', the following year, artists such as Coil and Chris and Cosey contributed reworkings of Esplendor Geométrico tracks to the remix album ''EN-CO-D-Esplendor''. In 2002, ''Compuesto de Hierro'' was released, while a double CD compilation, ''Anthology 1981-2003'', hit the shops in 2005.
Discography
* ''Necrosis en la poya'' 7" (1981, reissued in 2020) * ''EG-1'' cassette (1981, reissued on CD in 2000) * ''El acero del partido/Héroe del trabajo'' LP (1982, reissued on CD in 2000) * ''Comisario de la luz/Blanco de fuerza'' LP (1985) * ''1980-1981'' cassette (1986) * ''En Roma'' cassette (1986)
* ''En directo: Madrid y Tolosa'' cassette (1987)
* ''Kosmos kino'' LP (1987, reissued on CD in 1996)
* ''Mekano-turbo'' LP (1988, reissued on CD in 1994)
* ''Madrid mayo '89'' cassette (1989)
* ''Live in Utrecht'' LP (1990, reissued on CD in 1999)
* '' Diez años de esplendor'' 2 x cassette (1990)
* ''Sheikh Aljama
''Sheikh Aljama'' is an album by Spanish industrial band Esplendor Geométrico, recorded at Al-Majriti Studio in Melilla (Spain), and released as CD by Daft Records in Belgium.
The title, meaning "Community’s Sheikh" in Arabic, was the offici ...
(jeque de aljama)'' CD (1991)
* '' 1980-1982'' 2 x cassette (1993)
* ''Arispejal astisaró
''Arispejal astisaró'' is an album that was recorded by Esplendor Geométrico at Chon Studio Palma (Majorca), mixed at Al-Majriti Studio in Melilla, and digitalized and mastered for CD in Bochum (Germany).
Track listing
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(powerful metal)'' CD (1993)
* ''Veritatis splendor'' CD (1994)
* ''1983-1987'' CD (1994)
* ''Nador'' CD (1995)
* ''Tokyo sin fin'' CD (1996)
* ''Treinta kilómetros de radio'' CD-EP (1996)
* ''Balearic rhythms'' CD (1996)
* ''80s tracks'' CD (1996)
* ''Tarikat
A tariqa (or ''tariqah''; ar, طريقة ') is a school or order of Sufism, or specifically a concept for the mystical teaching and spiritual practices of such an order with the aim of seeking '' haqiqa'', which translates as "ultimate truth".
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'' 2 x CD (1997)
* ''Polyglophone'' CD (1997)
* ''Syncrotrón'' mini-LP (1998)
* ''EN-CO-D-Esplendor'' (remixes) CD (1998)
* ''Compuesto de hierro'' CD (2002)
* ''Moscú está helado'' (remixes) CD (2004)
* ''Anthology 1981-2003'' 2 x CD (2005)
* ''8 traks & live'' CD / DVD (2007)
* ''Pulsión'' CD (2009)
* ''Desarrollos geométricos'' CD (2011)
* ''Ultraphoon'' CD (2013)
* ''Fluida Mekaniko'' CD (2016)
* ''40 Años Nos Iluminan'' 2 x CD (2020)
* ''Cinética'' CD (2020)
References
External links
* * *Arturo Lanz RBMA lecture
Spanish electronic music groups Spanish industrial music groups Musical groups established in 1980 Spanish musical groups Musical groups from Madrid Noise musical groups Cassette culture 1970s–1990s {{Spain-band-stub