Esplendor Geometrico -TARIKAT
Another records of ESPLENDOR GEOMETRICO
TRACKLIST
TARIKAT :
- Chile al Día
- Disco Mitrak
- Huida
- Fel-Lah
- El Frente Avanza
- Tarikat
- Francotirador
- Alqala
- Boabab
- ¿Es Seguro Nuestro Porvenir?
- Hasta Tarifa
- Macao
- Kahba Al Contrato
- Trybuna del Laboro
- Cadencia Réproba
- Trabajo y Vigilancia
Finally Geometrik Records offers for the first time the double vinyl version of TARIKAT, which includes most of the tracks (recorded between 1986 and 1989) released on the double CD of the same title (Daft Records 1997) sold out for more than 25 years, and previously on cassette (Diez Años de Esplendor, L.A.1991). 16 tracks, remastered for this release, that show E.G.'s unique sound in the eighties close to other albums as Arispejal Astisaro, Nador, or Sheikh Aljama. This is a period especially appreciated by E.G. fans, where they developed their original and unique style that influenced many later groups and artists of industrial music and even certain forms of techno.
Rough, primitive and minimalist, the tracks are constructed on distorted and noise rhythms, sometimes industrial, sometimes with tribal and African influences using synthesizers and analog electronic instruments. Gabriel Riaza, founding member of E.G. until 1991, worked in Melilla (North Africa) during those years, and this influenced the conception of many of Tarikat's tracks.
Tarikat is available on limited double LP: 400 copies on black vinyl with normal distribution + 100 copies on solid grey vinyl only available directly from the label. An exclusive postcard is also included.
The images used are by Andrés Noarbe, in charge of the graphics for Esplendor Geométrico during the eighties. The general design is by Alonso Urbanos. Recorded by Arturo Lanz and Gabriel Riaza in Madrid and Melilla (North Africa) between 1986 and 1989.
Track List: Chile al Día, Disco Mitrak, Huida, Fel-Lah, El Frente Avanza, Tarikat, Francotirador, Alqala, Boabab, ¿Es Seguro Nuestro Porvenir?, Hasta Tarifa, Macao, Kahba al Contrato, Trybuna del Laboro, Cadencia Réproba, Trabajo y Vigilancia
Industrial - Noise
ESPLENDOR GEOMETRICO
EL PULSO DEL ACERO: SHINKANSEN
El Pulso del Acero: Shinkansen is Esplendor Geométrico's new album, featuring 16 powerful tracks that showcase the electric and industrial energy of this group with its unique and unmistakable style. The raw power of their early work is also present here in brilliant reconstructions of some of their 80s tracks (Rotorama, Trybuna V,…) now very different or even unrecognizable, as well as other tracks of futuristic and innovative industrial music closer to their previous album, Strepitus Rhythmicus. Ten tracks were recorded in 2025 in Tokyo, where Arturo Lanz (founding member of E.G.) currently resides, and the other six were released only on CD in an ultra-limited edition (long sold out) shared with the group De Fabriek in 2023, now finally available on vinyl.
Recorded in Tokyo, Madrid, and Rome in 2023 and 2025. Master: Luca Spagnoletti. Graphic Design: Alonso Urbanos.
Born in 1980 as a trio, and currently a duo formed by Arturo Lanz (founding member) and Saverio Evangelista (member since 1991), Esplendor Geométrico is an influential and international electronic cult band and also a rare case in the Spanish music scene, as they have developed their own independent path aside from tags, fashion or trends, in spite of being often classified as industrial music. Their career for more than four decades hasn’t had interruptions. They haven’t stopped composing, releasing albums or playing live.Their influence has marked many later artists, usually classified in the so-called industrial music or rhythm & noise, as well as artists from current techno and certain types of experimental noise music.