Mercurio, by Opuntia

Mercurio

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1.	Lake of voices 03:41	buy track
2.	Déjame decir que no 03:07	buy track
3.	Low machine 03:51	buy track
4.	Meketer 03:29	buy track
5.	Carry a rock 04:12	buy track
6.	Hold 05:16	buy track
7.	Howl 06:41	buy track
8.	9 for 9 03:16	buy track
9.	No lo veía venir 07:24	buy track
10.	The starting beat 05:31	buy track

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Mercurio is the debut album by Opuntia, the solo project of Mexico City producer Camila de Laborde. After three albums with her duo/band, Camila Fuchs (ATP/Felte, etc.), Camila decides to embark on a new path of musical and interpersonal exploration with Opuntia as her new alias, and with the album Mercurio as a statement of metamorphosis and creative process.

Broadly speaking, Mercurio is a direct impact of beautiful melodies, rhythms, and voices that traverse a leftfield electronic pop axis, sprinkled with elegant nods to experimental transitions. In Mercurio, you can sense the spaces, textures, and echoes, akin to a sort of retro Sci-Fi analogy. Bass hits or percussions carry a weight that bursts forth yet delicately dissolves instantly – perhaps another analogy, akin to liquid metal. From softness to fury across the ten songs, Opuntia proposes an artistic reinvention in constant movement. Speeds and spaces change, but the narrative remains consistent from beginning to end – finding a place, a resolved utopia. Mercurio is darkly joyful, with substantial doses of sophisticated pop.

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released March 8, 2024

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Music and lyrics by Camila de Laborde (Opuntia). Recorded at Haus, Lisbon; MCO Studios, Mexico City; Firgun Recordings, Fontainebleau. Mixed by Santiago Rodríguez & Camila de Laborde at Eviltapes Studio, Mexico City. Mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri at Black Knoll Studio, NY. Cover photo by Manuela de Laborde / Daniel de Laborde. Layout by Daniel Castrejón.

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