Released by Unguarded.
https://lilatirandoavioleta.bandcamp.com/album/dream-of-snakes
Over the last half-decade, Uruguayan music producer and vocalist Lila Tirando a Violeta has distinguished herself internationally through a series of releases for Hyperdub and N.A.A.F.I and audiovisual sets for Mutek, Primavera Sound, Boiler Room TV, and Unsound Festival. Along the way, she has positioned herself on the vanguard of an aesthetic that reframes South American melodies and percussion inside avant-garde soundscapes and hard-edged machine beats equal parts IDM, industrial, techno and gabber.
Recorded during the introspective quietude that followed her relocation from the Netherlands to Ireland in 2023, Dream of Snakes is Lila’s first album for the Berlin-based record and art label Unguarded. A cycle of visceral, experimental club tracks, the album merges Lila’s memories of South America with her present-day realities, filtered through a longstanding love of sci-fi and post-punk and a desire to bring dancefloors together without letting go of her distinctive musical voice.
After falling in love with the Emerald Isle’s lush countryside, Lila began making outdoor field recordings on daily hikes. “I started to feel a strong urge to create music that would inspire me to move around or at least feel the music in my body,” she explains... more
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released April 25, 2025
All tracks written and produced by Lila Tirando a Violeta, except where noted:
Additional production on tracks 2,5,6 by Pobvio and Sin Maldita
Eco del Olvido, Heavy is the Soul featuring Lighght
Eye Slice Featuring JQ
Ostrich/Ñandú featuring Sideproject
Artwork by Dario Alva
Mixing and Mastering by Sin Maldita
Text by Martyn Pepperell