Written & produced by Andreas Gerth & Florian Zimmer in Berlin
Mastered by John Tejada
Artwork & Photos by Daniel Castrejón

Spume & Recollection

Memories Of The Lakeside

This album, crafted entirely within a subharmonic framework and meticulously processed through tape manipulation, stands as Concepción Huerta’s sharpest work to date—undoubtedly her most abrasive, intense, and exhilarating. Her signature remains intact: a practice deeply rooted in drone, musique concrète, and hauntingly visceral textures—a kind of soundtrack that evokes powerful, image-driven narratives.

Conceptually, Huerta’s sonic vision evokes an image of open veins, not human veins, but those of the earth itself, the open veins of Latin America. These nervures are, in truth, rivers of lava; fury transmuted into fire coursing beneath the land until it erupts. The album is, in a way, a reflection on dispossession, resource extraction, and colonization. But beyond being a historical commentary—one that some might relegate to a forgotten past—it is also a reminder of the present, of how these practices persist in contemporary, postmodern guises.

It serves as both a tribute to the literary work of Eduardo Galeano, one of the most influential voices of Latin American leftist thought, and a howl from the Lacandon jungle in Mexico, resonating with the Zapatista struggle, the resistance of the Guaraní people in Paraguay and Argentina, and the voices of Indigenous communities across Latin America.

In the 16th century, a book titled Visión de los vencidos (The Broken Spears) was published in Mexico, compiling Nahuatl texts that presented the unofficial history, the account of the defeated. Concepción Huerta’s album El Sol de los Muertos (The Sun of the Dead) is not a call to action nor a reactionary manifesto, but an invitation to reflection, a historical reexamination. It urges us not to accept the official narrative at face value and serves as a warning, to remain vigilant and, within our capacities, resist the resurgence of fascism and colonialism in all its modern forms.

Recorded by Concepción Huerta in 2024 between Berlin, The Hague, and Mexico City. Volcano photography by Magaly Ugarte. Mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri at Black Knoll Studio, New York. The cover was risograph printed in Barcelona by Mateo Barbuzzi aka Club del Prado. Design by Daniel Castrejón in Mexico City.

El Sol de los Muertos

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Los Ecos de las Voces del Silencio

Tracklist + download: boilerroom.tv/upfront/045-umor-rex

"I got put on the spot the other day. Someone asked me: "what’s the deal with this Umor Rex thing? What do you want? How do you define this label?" I didn't expect such blunt questioning. I drew a blank. Some days later, cool, calm and collected, I try to find some concise answers… and drew another blank. I don’t really know what Umor Rex is. All I know is how it sounds, and how it should look."

– Daniel Castrejón, @Umor Rex

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Upfront 045: Umor Rex

Casco

Diaspora

Apple Club is an indie pop band formed by two anonymous guys from Indonesia. We hope they record other sweet songs like this first one!

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Apple Club - Wish

Record label based in Mexico City, distributed worldwide by Morr Music.

Los Ecos de las Voces del Silencio

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