This double album brings together poet and artist Cecilia Vicuña with musician and composer Ricardo Gallo, alongside the trio Hombre de Barro featuring Ernesto “Teto” Ocampo, Urián Sarmiento, and Juan Manuel Toro. Tejiendo Nubes Contra la Muerte [Weaving Clouds Against Death] calls on the collective conscience to care for life, water, and the environment, as echoed in Cecilia’s poem, which gives the album its title. It is a meeting point of sensibilities, contemporary creativity rooted in ancestral knowledge. The music was created collectively and spontaneously in the moment: Ricardo Gallo on piano and synthesizers, Teto Ocampo on guitar, flutes, and harmonica, and Juan Manuel Toro on cello and flutes, all interacting with Cecilia’s voice as she places her poetry between the enunciated word, chant, whisper, breath, and silence.

Cecilia Vicuña is a renowned Chilean poet and visual artist based in New York. She created the autonomous concept of "Precarious Art" in the mid-1960s to name what disappears. A selection of poems from her book Cloud Net was chosen for this recording. The book addresses the subject of climate change from an Indigenous perspective, dating back to the late 1990s. For a decade, Cecilia has collaborated with Ricardo Gallo on various poetic-sonic explorations, creating recordings, live performances, installations, sound pieces, and videos that invoke the richness of ancestral Andean knowledge and its relevance in the face of the current environmental crisis.

Ricardo Gallo is a Colombian pianist and composer based in New York, who is also active in Bogotá’s vibrant music scene, both as a composer and an improviser. He has developed multiple creative projects that bridge local musical traditions with contemporary formats and media. In Colombia, the members of the trio Hombre de Barro are known for their extensive and original musical contributions, as well as for their work as researchers of diverse musical expressions. Ernesto “Teto” Ocampo was a central figure in the most influential music in Colombia during the early 1990s, before embarking on a deep journey of research and reflection on Indigenous music and its communal, holistic, and spiritual significance. Urián Sarmiento, a percussionist, drummer, and musicologist, travels to several corners of Colombia, forging connections with rural musicians who serve as custodians of musical heritage. He documents their work through the record label Sonidos Enraizados. Juan Manuel Toro is a bassist and multi-instrumentalist who has researched the music of the Inga people and other communities in southern Colombia. His extensive knowledge of music from various regions has made him a foundational pillar in numerous musical ensembles.

The recording took place in La Calera, behind the hills of Bogotá, in July 2022. A little over a year later, Teto Ocampo would pass away; this album is dedicated to his memory. To facilitate a spontaneous convergence of sound between Cecilia and the musicians, the session was supported by Julián Gallo, a music producer with extensive experience in field recording in Colombia’s Pacific region, as well as across a wide range of urban musical formats. The recording was mixed and mastered by the prolific producer Marc Urselli in New York.

The album cover features an image created by Cecilia during the exhibition that accompanied the book Cloud Net, with the complete packaging design executed by Raúl Zea. The LP contains an insert featuring the poems performed on the record, both in Spanish and their English translation.

Limited edition double LP in a gatefold sleeve with an insert booklet featuring liner notes in Spanish and English.