**Blue tape Limited Edition to 90 numbered copies ** Carlos Casas has spent years documenting the edges of human experience - from the oil fields of Azerbaijan to the remote reaches of Patagonia - and his work as a filmmaker and sound artist reflects a deep engagement with landscape, isolation, and the uncanny. The Mont Aigu Tapes 2 continues his exploration of the French countryside estate that has become a recurring site of inspiration, a place where Casas has set up temporary studios and recording situations to capture something of the spirit of this ancient land. This is field recording elevated to high art, sounds gathered from the environment and processed, layered, and shaped into compositions that blur the line between documentation and creation.
You can hear the wind through trees, the distant calls of birds, the creak of old structures, but these elements are woven into something that transcends mere nature recording. Casas brings a filmmaker's sense of pacing and atmosphere to his sound work, understanding that silence and space are as important as any note or texture. The cassette format feels entirely appropriate here - there is something intimate and personal about this music, something that suits the warmth and slight imperfection of tape. For followers of the Matière Mémoire aesthetic, this is essential material, another chapter in Casas' ongoing investigation of place, memory, and the sounds that haunt the spaces between.