{"product_id":"bill-orcutt-mabe-fratti-almost-waking","title":"Bill Orcutt \u0026 Mabe Fratti - Almost Waking","description":"\u003cp\u003eMabe Fratti is a Guatemalan cellist, vocalist, and composer based in Mexico City, celebrated for her experimental yet deeply melodic work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlending cello, voice, synthesizers, and electroacoustic textures, she builds songs that move between improvisation, ambient soundscapes, and off-kilter pop forms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmerging from Mexico City’s improvisational and experimental scene, she has become a key voice in contemporary avant-pop\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBill Orcutt is an American guitarist and composer known for his raw, highly individual approach to improvisation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA co-founder of the 1990s noise-rock duo Harry Pussy, he helped shape a fiercely abrasive aesthetic that drew from no wave, hardcore punk, and free jazz.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOften playing a four-string guitar in unconventional tunings, he combines shards of melody, sudden silences, and surging rhythmic bursts, creating music that feels both primitive and structurally intricate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn parallel with his work as a guitarist, he runs the Palilalia and Fake Estates imprints and develops his own audio software, continuing to blur lines between avant-garde experimentation, song form, and DIY practice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlmost Waking\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI had known about Bill’s music for a while: since his 2017 release under his own name.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI connected a lot with his music and I had no idea that years later we would be collaborating! It was a total surprise that we started chatting on the internet of collaborating! — we bounced ideas back and forth, all starting with a series of guitar solo stuff that Bill sent me.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI had a great time with the pieces and in some of them had the honor to collaborate with I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLa Catolica in the studio here in Mexico as well where we were trying to decipher the harmonic possibilities of Bill’s ideas and very carefully develop some good melodies that followed correctly the guitar.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe vocal melodies followed also the same principle of trying to get tight with Bill’s iniciatives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe idea was to leave a lot of space but in only one of the tracks I just went on with the idea of harmonizing shamelessly the vocals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe album ended up having this nostalgic vibe to it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI am so happy on how it turned out and grateful with the crazy coincidence that made it happen!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unheard of Hope","offers":[{"title":"Dinked LP - Cream Vinyl","offer_id":53072479519062,"sku":"MRM-04278","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/6088\/9430\/files\/bcc5023d2d75b19a17bcb24dee612189.jpg?v=1775763202","url":"https:\/\/monorailmusic.com\/products\/bill-orcutt-mabe-fratti-almost-waking","provider":"Monorail Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}