Originally composed for livestreaming events during the ongoing lockdown of 2020, Felisha Ledesma presents two extended pieces as a debut album, “Sweet Hour”. Ledesma’s first full length release arrives after much experience in creating collaborative works with artists such as Isabella and Angelo Harmsworth, site-specific installations, and high-profile festival performances.

Both pieces were realized using a new software synthesizer, called “AMQR”, which Ledesma built for personal use in collaboration with Ess Mattisson. Contrary to many digitally-based compositions, a distinctly warm and organic palette pervades these recordings. An almost playful leisurely pace is employed, engaging the listener to listen deeper; the pieces gracefully evolve with special attention to subtle shifts in stereo field and sonic coloration.

The time-of-day titles illustrate the two distinct moods conveyed: "7:00 AM" integrates field recordings and a hardware modular synthesizer, taking the listener through a psycho-acoustic journey exploring various nooks and crannies of subdued auditory rivulets: perhaps a hidden woodland brook, a sunny glen, a crunchy gravel walkway. "2:00 AM" harkens to the memories of nightclubs, opening with a synthesized arpeggio which could lead into a dancefloor-ready stomper. But instead, Ledesma steps back, allowing the arpeggio to develop into an encompassing ASMR-like timbral massage. The two compositions are united in a slightly melancholic grasping for connection; are they unfolding or are they unraveling? Ledesma does not answer the question outright, but instead finds joy in superposition and sublimation - while creating a space for the listener to inhabit, to live in, and to re-connect. 
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releases January 29, 2021

Sweet Hour

ENXPL04 - FELISHA LEDESMA - 2 AM (SIDE B)

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Peace is enough.
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Maybe I actually am just a microsound, microtonal cloud, violent noise texture. 

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You can see me there in person (wearing black, tall):


14.02.26 das lot, vienna
04.12.25 vlan radio, luzia, vienna
28.11.25 wienstation, vienna
22.11.25 kaiku, helsinki 
24.10.25 gekko, vienna
19.10.25 sonic territories, vienna
24.08.25 dronau canal, vienna
28.06.25 angewandte festival, vienna
12.06.25 die angewandte, vienna
31.05.25 wienstation, vienna
23.01.25 die angewandte, vienna
17.11.24 struma+iodine, rhiz, vienna
04.10.24 vlan radio, flucc, vienna 
19.09.24 exhibit eschenbachgasse, vienna
15.06.24 hoxton, vienna
24.05.24 c.a.contemporary, vienna
14.03.24 flucc, vienna
26.01.24 die angewandte, vienna 
19.12.23 spitzer, vienna
08.12.23 rhiz, vienna 
25.11.23 rosaliagasse 11, vienna
22.10.23 mena, berlin 
13.10.23 central garden, vienna
10.10.23 rhiz, vienna
06.10.23 megaworld.xyz, vienna
27.09.23 zirkusgasse 38, vienna 

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Natasha Moreno
University of Applied Arts
Vienna, Austria

ENXPL04 - FELISHA LEDESMA - 2 AM (SIDE B)

PL/PSYCHIC LIBERATION/PAIN LIBERATION