Creative radicalism can take countless forms, wielding its force within as many contexts and moments in time. It seeks and captures glimpses of freedom, wielding a crucial force in the fight against authoritarianism, be it political or a state of mind. This week, we’re thrilled to feature a crucial artifact, illuminating one such struggle - the first ever vinyl issue of the multi-disciplinary artist, Carles Santos’, incredible soundtrack for the Catalan filmmaker, Pere Portabella’s, 1970 film, Vampir-Cuadecuc.
The product of a remarkable, long standing collaboration, made during the final years of Franco’s dictatorship and banned after completion, it opens necessary a window on the utopian optimism which underscores the efforts of the avant-garde, remaining as politically prescient as it is sublime, decades after it was made.