El tren fantasma

by Chris Watson

El tren fantasma cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 14 November 2011
  • Label: Touch
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 59:40
  • Community rating: 3.74/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Conceptualized around a railway journey from the Pacific to the Atlantic across Mexico, this fascinating project utilizes raw field recordings captured by Watson. The album is an incredibly evocative sound collage that documents the sounds of the journey before the railway's historic passenger service was dismantled.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, atmospheric, conceptual, dissonant, natural, trains, experimental, ambient, textured, spacious, minimal

Tracklist

  1. La Anunciante (4:00)
  2. Los Mochis (6:29)
  3. Sierra Tarahumara (5:23)
  4. El Divisadero (5:34)
  5. Crucero La Joya (4:58)
  6. Chihuahua (4:34)
  7. Aguascaliente (3:26)
  8. Mexico D.F. (9:14)
  9. El Tajin; El dia y La noche (10:16)
  10. Veracruz (5:44)

Credits

  • Chris Watson - primary artist
  • Ana Gonzalez Bello - voice actor [station announcer]

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