Lucky Kitchen/Alejandra & Aeron

Certain artists leave a truly lasting impression upon the initial listen. It has to be special and the sound truly has to mean something, but it's possible. A few days ago when I listened to the first Alejandra & Aeron track off their album Be Mine, I knew I had found music which really meant something to me. Alejandra & Aeron are Alejandra Salinas and Aeron Bergman, sound artists who make use of interviews, field recordings, advanced electronics and simple tone. What they make is beautiful and sweet, innocent and incadacent, even ephemereal at times. Yet the beautiful soundscapes and songs that A&A create also feel heavier than any physical weight. They take you to another place where every emotion is discarded and you are refurbished with a new state of being, if only temporarily. From what I've heard, these two really can do no wrong.

A&A also run the independent sound art/avant-garde label Lucky Kitchen. Lucky Kitchen features artists who specialize in field recordings, ambience, free jazz, electronic art, essentially running the gamut of the experimental and avant. Although I have not had the chance to hear any of the other artists besides A&A on LK, I plan on purchasing some of their catalog in the near future, and I suggest you do to.

Alejandra & Aeron get my highest recommendation and I encourage you to check out the audio samples, because it will be worth your time.

mp3s: Alejandra & Aeron - Stefi at 14, love at first sight(from Be Mine)
Alejandra & Aeron - Crush(from Be Mine)
Alejandra & Aeron - Bernard as a kid in Ghana, loving through language(from Be Mine)
Alejandra & Aeron - Haircut(from Porto)
Alejandra & Aeron - Lavadouro(from Porto)
Alejandra & Aeron - Domingos Plays Caviquinho(from Porto)
Alejandra & Aeron - Broa de Avintes(from Porto)