Jefre Cantu-Ledesma

Noticed that there aren't really any JC-L threads on here so I thought I'd make one cause I find his music absolutely mesmerising (his In Summer EP and Songs of Forgiveness album in particular). - Does anyone have any his physicals or has anyone been to one of his shows?

Hi. I ADORE his work. His album "Love Streams" is a fundamental part of me. The rawness of prismatic love.

https://shiningskullstudio.bandcamp.com/track/white-dwarf-butterfly

big fan here. I have numerous physicalizations and have seen him live once (1). 
 

“conversations with myself” has had hours and hours and hours of plays throughout my life and is up there for me in favorite records based on how often it’s been a balm for me in trying times. 

Big fan too. I believe I have a cassette or two, maybe a CD ?

  On 7/3/2021 at 8:16 PM, Alcofribas said:

a balm for me in trying times. 

Exactly this.

i like to drone out to floating weeds and bloodstream sermon

  On 7/3/2021 at 8:37 PM, Nil said:

Big fan too. I believe I have a cassette or two, maybe a CD ?

Exactly this.

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Wow!!!! Incredibly jealous of that In Summer cassette!

I really like his stuff. Picked up a few bits on vinyl and CD over the years. Saw him perform at Cafe Oto back in 2011 (I think), and picked up the DVD  'Within Mirrors' that night. The gig was accompanied by visuals from Clipson, so serves as a nice reminder. Wicked gig, blissed out fuzz and hypnotic visuals. 

new to me. check in it out. kinda shoegazey. dope

  On 7/4/2021 at 3:59 AM, nikisoko said:

new to me. check in it out. kinda shoegazey. dope

Yeah his stuff is very versatile, some shoegazey stuff, some more ambient stuff, and some more four tet-like stuff with clicky wooden noises and stuff. All equally amazing!!

the spotify algorithm slung a tune from 'in summer' into my ears a few years ago and i instabought the EP off bandcamp. great release but not actually heard much else of his work. should probably get that sorted.

I think I got into him via the Grouper connection, its been nice seeing him expand from digital noise of his earlier stuff, to a wider range of syles, but all with the same comforting feel. Tracing Back The Radiance was a mastery of barely there minimalism.

Big fan of JCL’s work. Own a few on vinyl - songs of forgiveness and remembrance, 13 moons and on the echoing green. Was also into his former band, Tarentel, who were one of the more interesting acts to have emerged out of the post rock scene. 

  On 7/5/2021 at 7:24 PM, subsub said:

Was also into his former band, Tarentel, who were one of the more interesting acts to have emerged out of the post rock scene. 

I've never really heard any Tarentel, any recommends on where to start? 

  On 7/5/2021 at 8:17 PM, Shimon_Shimon said:

I've never really heard any Tarentel, any recommends on where to start? 

From bone to satellite is their debut, which is also best starting off point. Then the following records below is where they get progressively more abstract:

Ephemera (a collection of their EPs)

The order of things  

We move through the weather

Ghetto beats from the surface of the sun

  On 7/5/2021 at 11:53 AM, Key said:

I think I got into him via the Grouper connection, its been nice seeing him expand from digital noise of his earlier stuff, to a wider range of syles, but all with the same comforting feel. Tracing Back The Radiance was a mastery of barely there minimalism.

Yooooo I had no idea he had a project with Liz Harris. Mad stuff.

Forgot I made a JCL thread so I'll put this here (late) - He released a short album with Felicia Atkinson called Un Hiver En Plein Été last month if you didn't catch it.

https://shelterpress.bandcamp.com/album/un-hiver-en-plein-t

JCL did another show at Brooklyn's ambient church with Chihei Hatakeyama and Felicia Atkinson last week.

https://ambient.church/events/chihei-hatakeyama-april-2-2022-3pm

New music pretty please!!

  On 2/8/2023 at 9:55 PM, milkface said:

New music pretty please!!

the “pretty please” seems to have helped

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  On 3/8/2023 at 5:51 PM, auxien said:

the “pretty please” seems to have helped

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Amazing!!! Thanks for sharing

this Poverty album is pretty interesting on first listen. sort of like the Jefre take on the Andy Stott/Demdike Stare/Actress type vibes but not necessarily breaking any new ground or anything. good tho. Jefre is good at the vibe curation and this is no exception.

  On 7/3/2021 at 10:56 PM, milkface said:

Wow!!!! Incredibly jealous of that In Summer cassette!

Oh man, I had a copy of that but sold it when I was scrounging up for cash and parring down some of my tapes. Since then I picked up the LP version https://www.discogs.com/release/13102531-Jefre-Cantu-Ledesma-In-Summer

I watched this while not sober and it was something else, def appreciate it differently, especially the second half. it was already one of my favorite tracks of all time

  On 3/14/2023 at 4:09 AM, joshuatxuk said:

Oh man, I had a copy of that but sold it when I was scrounging up for cash and parring down some of my tapes. Since then I picked up the LP version https://www.discogs.com/release/13102531-Jefre-Cantu-Ledesma-In-Summer

I watched this while not sober and it was something else, def appreciate it differently, especially the second half. it was already one of my favorite tracks of all time

 

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Unreal track isn't it!! Have you heard the version with vocals from Julie Byrne?

I have, it's lovely. Weird how much it shifts the tone. I can't say I like it more or less than the other version, I do return to it less often though but sometimes it feels more apt to listen to. It's more of like a driving tune or something if that makes sense. 

  On 3/14/2023 at 3:00 PM, joshuatxuk said:

I have, it's lovely. Weird how much it shifts the tone. I can't say I like it more or less than the other version, I do return to it less often though but sometimes it feels more apt to listen to. It's more of like a driving tune or something if that makes sense. 

Completely agree, the vocals kinda remove a sort of mystery from the original, but at the same time I appreciate the omission of the eardrum destroying noise at the end!! Definitely damaged my hearing slightly with that single track over the last 5 or so years I've known it lol

Got so many memories linked with the 2014 Songs of Forgiveness EP/LP they're absolutely perfect but my girlfriend always says that the transitions to a new movement in the tracks are too sudden.