Unconscious Collections emerges as a resonant dialogue between Tomás Cabado’s classical guitar and Christoph Schiller’s prepared spinet, both artists known for their work within experimental, microtonal, and Wandelweiser-inspired aesthetics. The album consists of pieces co-composed and performed by the duo, recorded during a period of close collaboration in Switzerland. Through a process that blends score-based direction and improvisational openness, Cabado and Schiller achieve a rare degree of sonic intimacy. Each track is shaped by patience and an acute sensitivity to the decay and subtle interaction of their respective instruments. The prepared spinet offers a palette of brittle, glowing tones and percussive inflections, while the guitar complements with gentle plucks and harmonic shading. The pair show a preference for restraint, silence, and near-inaudible detail, allowing space to define the contours of their sound world rather than relying on overt gesture or drama.

The album’s structure encourages the listener to follow the flux of resonance and sustained harmonics, with musical ideas unfolding at a pace that rewards deep attention. Moments of near stasis are punctuated by softly shifting accents, producing an atmosphere of fragile equilibrium. The collaborative approach is evident not just in performance, but in the shared compositional process, where neither instrument dominates and every phrase seems negotiated in real time. Unconscious Collections extends the exploratory legacy of both artists, simultaneously expanding their timbral vocabulary and refining their shared focus on immersive, subtle sound. Listeners familiar with Wandelweiser or similarly quiet schools of experimental practice will find a kindred spirit here - the music inhabits a border zone between composition and improvisation, structure and chance, always sensitive to what emerges unconsciously from attentive interplay. The result is an album of rare detail and humility, inviting repeated and reflective listening.