Album of the day: Ararat – Musica de la Resistencia

Lovingly pinched from Stonerrock.com: Even looking at the two titles with which he’s chosen to represent his first solo outing apart from Los Natas, it’s plain to see Sergio Chotsourian is working to reconcile two sides of himself.

For a band moniker, he’s chosen Ararat, the highest mountain in and national symbol of his ancestral Armenia (actually it’s located in Turkey now, but everyone pretty much considers it Armenian anyway), and for an album title, Musica de la Resistencia, which is inextricably linked to the Latin American revolutionary ideal. The Argentine guitarist/vocalist lets loose this cross-cultural interplay across seven mostly experimental tracks on Ararat’s MeteorCity debut, making a marked sonic departure from his main outfit – at least mostly.

There are two extended tracks on the mostly instrumental Musica de la Resistencia, and the first of them is opener “Gitanoss,” named for the Romani peoples of Spain. The song begins with an echoey sample and high desert tones with drums underneath before devolving into more ambient territory. Chotsourian wastes no time establishing the fact that Ararat is not going to be a band with one particular approach and a darker track such as the organ-infused “Gitanoss” is only one face he might choose to show at any given time.

Continue reading: StonerRock.com – Ararat – Musica de la Resistencia.

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