Rous comes from Argentina. Currently living in Mendoza, where the young and talented musician, producer and wine sommelier makes his mark as a DJ, live performer and restaurateur.
His music has very confident brush strokes of synthesizer magic over titillating classic analogue sounding drums. This is the sound palette with which he takes us into the raw and intense landscapes of a snowy Patagonian lake island and it’s surroundings- the place where he spent a month with no communications or technology, thinking about the enormous and immersive ascendant energy from the Los Andes mountains.
In Rous’ own words, “this recording expresses my intensity while growing up, my experience with masters, the natural destinies that the mountain put in front of us and the ecstasy we feel at the parties with our South American family and friends.”
Once back home, he brought down the concept into an EP called “La Púrpura del Ocaso” (The Purple of Sunset) and through pounding rhythms and the constant unfolding of simple and powerful synthesizer lines, he shows us the raw power of snow, fire, water and air.
“La púrpura nace de mi experiencia con Mendoza donde vivo desde hace cuatro años. Parte de aprender la estrategia y el conjuro que existe detrás del vino, la perseverancia y trascendencia para crear un producto que comunique al mundo. La púrpura es el color del vino y el ocaso es el momento en que el artista cierra los ojos de pensar con una copa en la mano luego de un día de trabajo. “
“The Purple of Sunset is born from my experience in and with Mendoza, where I’ve lived for four years, and it starts with the learning process of strategy and alchemy behind wine; the perseverance and transcendence needed to create a product that communicates with the world. Purple is the color of wine and the sunset is the moment where the artist closes his eyes from thinking, with a glass of wine in his hand after a long day of work.”
“Pensar sin dormir para crecer.
Abandonar nuestra escuela humana para formarse de mundo.
La Púrpura del Ocaso en la música,
un resfrío intenso de obsesión.
El Silencio Carmesí del vino que permite pensar.
Un Tornasol Andino habita nuestro dolor de pecho.
Muzgo, Nieve y Luna Llena no sorprende un corazón de pensador.
El romántico desvanece en austeridad buscando un camino,
como embarrado con lengas negras que nos observan,
perjudican nuestro miedo en nuestro avanzar.”
credits
released October 21, 2016
Compuesto, producido y mezclado por Rous.
Masterizado por Jörg Burger
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