"Poems E on magnetic tape" (NRR131), by Rene J Nunez

"Poems E on magnetic tape" (NRR131)

by Rene J Nunez

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Lost Tribe Sound I've been pondering this album for a while now, and as with many brilliant musical works there is really no all encompassing bunch of words that will do it justice. Nunez has created something special with Poems E, a sound that is simultaneously warm and intimate yet haunted and alone. A sort of out-of-body experience, as if he started out recording a lo-fi indie, jazz record, but died half way through and his ghost finished up the rest of the recording. More of this, please!

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	1.	Poems Reprise 01:16
	2.	Katheryn 03:03
	3.	Love Is A Word I've Never Used In A Song 06:15
	4.	Kendall Jenner In Print Part 2 02:28
	5.	Autumn Bitch 03:39
	6.	Let's Compare Ex's Suite 02:16
	7.	A Glass of White Burgandy Unfinished 04:32
	8.	C & G 02:45
	9.	5 Women I Would Marry In Los Angeles 01:42
	10.	End Tape 03:49

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NRR131: Rene J Nunez Poems E on magnetic tape C32

Rene Nunez's eponymous debut is a reluctant masterpiece.
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Putting a specific pin on this cassette is a difficult task. With no context, Poem E On Magnetic Tape is a dusted jazz record, seemingly pieced together and presented as a collage of motifs or short vignettes with an almost cinematic gesture. Unfortunately, it's much more interesting in context with Nunez's previous work.
Where Horoscope, the blistering musical offering Rene has produced as for the better part of a decade, is on one end of the spectrum as a jump in the crowd, borderline aggressive sound, Poem E sits quietly at the other end of the room for pensive appreciation and moody hang-outs. It's a sound unexpected for those who do not know the groundwork for Rene's influences, but an extremely well-achieved work nonetheless.

-David Coccagna

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Having recorded everything directly to cassette or half-inch tape, the curious and enchanting meditations of acoustic guitar on opener “Poems Reprise,” and follower “Katheryn” are coated in the breathy warmth of lo-fi, coming to you almost as a whisper. It’s solemn and somber and honest, the kind of soundtrack one would want when pondering one’s own solitude. “Love Is A Word I’ve Never Used In A Song” is a waking dream, with wistful loops fluttering in and out of cruder machinery. Frantic jazz drumming coats the backgrounds of these tracks like a footnote of chaos to the serenity of soul-searching. Warped instrumentation makes things no less beautiful, but all the more intriguing and inviting and empathetic: Piano on “Autumn Bitch;” tinny drums on “Let’s Compare Ex’s Suite;” guitar on “5 Women I would Marry In Los Angeles.” All things that came before the synthesizer. As the tape progresses, it increasingly offers a glimpse into an open wound, whether from this past year, or from 2005, or any point in the history of human isolation. Nunez quietly begging, “help me.” But to whom? To himself. One doesn’t need a context to recognize the beauty of exacting a psychological and physical relationship with music, but this tape, this poem, offers a history of reconciliation for Nunez, and with its release, he allows us to partake in it.
-JP Basileo (Ears to Feed)

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released January 22, 2020

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