{"id":23602,"date":"2025-12-04T20:15:52","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T20:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=23602"},"modified":"2025-12-04T20:15:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T20:15:52","slug":"los-sara-fontan-announce-second-album-consuelo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=23602","title":{"rendered":"Los Sara Font\u00e1n announce second album Consuelo<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo: Tamara de la Fuente<\/p><\/div>\n

Barcelona duo Los Sara Font\u00e1n<\/a> have become one of the most compelling forces in Spain\u2019s experimental underground. Operating with a true DIY spirit, violinist Sara Font\u00e1n and drummer\/electronic shapeshifter Edi Pou (of ZA!) have spent years collaborating widely, nurturing community spaces, and insisting that music can live outside the usual industry grind.\u00a0Following years of touring and experimenting, the duo are preparing to release their second album, Consuelo<\/em>, on February 20th through Aloud Music<\/a> and Gandula<\/a>. Bringing together Sara\u2019s blistering contemporary-classical violin with Edi\u2019s polyrhythmic electronics, the upcoming Consuelo<\/em> is also shaped by their surroundings, and snippets of birdsong, a neighbour\u2019s brush cutter, and even a cuckoo clock can be heard throughout it.\u00a0With their new record, Los Sara Font\u00e1n are trying to imagine a different ecosystem, rooted in small collectives, shared resources, and artistic freedom. The title Consuelo<\/em>, which means comfort or solace, reflects the world they see outside their studio window, as they try to hold onto care and creative independence. They comment:<\/p>\n

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\u201cA world that is entering a little dark age where authoritarianism is spreading, large technology corporations and their pursuit of profit at all costs mediate every relationship, neocolonialism is rampant in Gaza and other territories, access to a decent life is becoming more difficult while the richest have never been so rich, and addressing the climate crisis is postponed due to short-term interests\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The pair have also shared their thoughts on how artists are treated in today\u2019s industry, saying:<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt is a shame that almost all cultural work today has to be mediated by four multinational corporations led by billionaires with far-right ideologies in order to distribute and promote what we do, without much alternative, forcing us to compete with each other for attention and treating us totally unfairly. But the last straw is that this money; ours, the musicians’ and the listeners’\u2014is used to finance AI weapons, as Spotify does. It is urgent to find ways to distribute and promote music that are not subject to these powers. The technological tools to do so exist\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The pair have now shared the second single from the album, ‘Elektra’, a spiralling and off-kilter drum\u2019n\u2019bass track. Inspired by the Richard Strauss opera, it was first used in a dance piece about death scenes in classical music. The character of Elektra, who dances until she dies, became a symbol of today. \u201cWe like to think that she represents that sickly energy that is so characteristic of our times\u201d. They had previously unleashed the album\u2019s debut single, ‘Creer Fuerte’. Both singles are offered with video accompaniments and you can watch them below.
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