Sound does not move in straight lines in the world of Artomático. It spirals, returns, dissolves, and reappears with new meaning. From Madrid, Spain, the sound artist, composer, and percussionist has built a practice centered on deep listening, tactile rhythm, and the emotional weight of repetition. His fourth album, Ciclos, is not simply a collection of eleven tracks, but a carefully shaped listening experience that reflects on time, memory, and transformation as lived processes rather than fixed moments.
Artomático’s work exists at the intersection of contemporary electronic music, sound art, and post-classical minimalism. Drawing equally from acoustic percussion and electronic processing, his compositions emphasize texture, micro detail, and physical gesture. In Ciclos, these elements are refined into a contemplative language that feels intimate and expansive at once. The album takes its conceptual cue from the vinyl groove, not as a circle, but as a spiral that moves forward while constantly brushing against what has already passed. Each rotation contains echoes of the past and hints of what is yet to be formed.
This idea shapes the emotional core of Ciclos. The album behaves like a diary written in sound, where fragments from previous creative journeys are sampled, reworked, and placed alongside entirely new sonic environments. Rather than nostalgia, the result is renewal. Sounds feel familiar without being static, as if memory itself is being gently reshaped. Every waveform becomes a cycle within a larger cycle, reinforcing the album’s sense of continuity and organic evolution.
Across its eleven tracks, Ciclos moves fluidly between the microscopic and the panoramic. Delicate percussive details sit alongside broader cinematic atmospheres, creating an ASMR-inflected listening experience that rewards close attention. Minimal gestures carry emotional weight, and silence becomes as meaningful as sound. The album’s textural richness invites comparisons to artists such as Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Brian Eno, Four Tet, Max Richter, Aphex Twin, and Björk, while also echoing the rhythmic heritage of flamenco and the experimental edge of contemporary electronic music. These influences are present not as imitation, but as resonance, filtered through Artomático’s distinctly personal approach.
Beyond his solo releases, Artomático has composed for audiovisual projects and contemporary dance, experiences that strongly inform his sense of movement and spatial awareness. His background as a live performer in both electronic and traditional contexts allows rhythm to remain a physical, human presence even within abstract sound design. This balance between the corporeal and the conceptual is one of the defining strengths of Ciclos. The album never feels detached or academic. Instead, it remains grounded in sensation, breath, and the subtle act of listening.
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| Artomático Explores Time, Texture, and Renewal with Ciclos, an Immersive Eleven Song Album |
Ciclos stands as an enduring statement within Artomático’s evolving catalog. It is an album that does not demand attention through excess, but earns it through patience and depth. In a world driven by speed and constant distraction, Artomático offers something quietly radical, a space to slow down, to listen deeply, and to recognize that change, like sound itself, often moves in cycles rather than straight lines.
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