''Fontana Bella'' is an album by Austin TV, released in May 2007 by the indie label Terricolas Imbéciles. It was recorded at El Ensayo Recording Studio by Emmanuel del Real (member of

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) and produced by del Real with the band. The songs on the album were composed by Austin TV in a small house in the middle of the woods in a place called Avandaro. Like previous albums from Austin TV, all tracks are instrumental, only accompanied with spoken voices that are not related musically. This album could be catalogued under a concept album, including a more than 60 pages CD-sized book. This complement is a fictional diary of an old man called Mario Lupo González Fábila (Fontana Bella's alternate title is El Diario de Mario Lupo González Fábila), living alone in a forest called Fontana Bella (the album's main title). The diary shows a 5 months struggle with paranormal phenomena such as ghosts appearances, hallucinations and persecutory delusions (It may be depicted in real life as an alleged dementia or any incurable disease), including phlegmatic thoughts, anecdotes, attached letters and notes. The last days of the diary show distorted typography, scratches in some paragraphs, backwards chapters, cryptic letters and macabre imagery, resuming a progressive deterioration in Mario Lupo's world, or a complete insanity (even the last track called Voló Al Cielo (or Flew To The Sky) could confirm the death of the protagonist). The days appear at the top of the pages, starting from July 5 to November 2, probably making an allusion to the Day of the Dead (or Día de Muertos), a very important date in Mexico, which is celebrated that last day. The artist Marcos Castro created more than 30 paintings and drawings to illustrate this story.

Personnel

*Chato -

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*Chiosan -

Synthesizers A synthesizer (also synthesiser or synth) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and ...

piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...

vibraphone The vibraphone (also called the vibraharp) is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family. It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using Percussion mallet, mallets to strike the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone ...

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harmonium The pump organ or reed organ is a type of organ that uses free reeds to generate sound, with air passing over vibrating thin metal strips mounted in a frame. Types include the pressure-based harmonium, the suction reed organ (which employs a va ...

clapping A clap is the percussive sound made by striking together two flat surfaces, as in the body parts of humans or animals. Humans clap with the palms of their hands, often quickly and repeatedly to express appreciation or approval (see applause), bu ...

*Oiram - Electric guitar,

acoustic guitar An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked, its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...

*Rata -

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*Xnayer -

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, bass pad, acoustic guitar, clapping *Austin TV - Original idea, story and redaction of ''Fontana Bella'' *Carlos Villanueva - Style reviser *Marcos Castro, Trevore Valensuela - Artwork and design

Additional personnel/invited musicians

*Emmanuel del Real - Mellotron, Wurlitzer Piano and Tubular Bells *Carlos Alegre - Violins Clappings on "Shiva": *Normand Oleo (from Hummersqueal) *Christian Guijosa (from Hummerqueal) *Alejandro Batta *Leo Quiñones

Voices

This album has the characteristic of showing several speeches spoken by voice actors, members of the band or related people. Some can't be heard due to the lack of volume or amount of noise, but some are very important to understand the plot of the record and are clearly audible. Main voices: *Francisco González *Miriam Calderón Support voices: *Sebastián Díaz *Edna Godinez *Aldo González *Nasoihc (Chiosan's pseudonym) *Otahc (Chato's pseudonym) *Atar (Rata's pseudonym) *Enrique Sinaloa *Trevore Valensuela *Humberto Sánchez *Haydé Corona

Track listing

#" Ana No te Fallé. B" - 5:24 #"Voces Iluminadas por Sonrientes" - 4:44 #"

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" - 4:30 #"El Secreto (De las Luciérnagas)" - 5:38 #"Nadie Esta Aquí, No Hay Nadie Aquí, Nada Hay Aquí" - 6:48 #"Flores Sobre las Piedras" - 4:13 #"

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" - 3:37 #"Mientras las Hojas Caen" - 4:45 #"Voló al Cielo" - 13:24

References

{{Authority control 2007 albums Austin TV albums