Esplendor Geometrico

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Esplendor Geométrico
May, 2016
Background information
Origin	Madrid, Spain
Genres	Industrial noise
Years active	1980–present
Labels	Geometrik
Spinoffs	Most Significant Beat
Members	Arturo Lanz Saverio Evangelista
Past members	Gabriel Riaza Juan-Carlos Sastre
Website	www.rotordiscos.com/autores/esplendor-geometrico/1721/

Esplendor Geométrico is a Spanish

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History

In 1981, the band released their first single, "Necrosis en la Poya", on the Tic Tac label, followed by their debut LP, Héroe del Trabajo / El Acero del Partido in 1982. The band was active in the early-eighties international tape scene where they established a rhythmic, experimental electronic sound that foreshadowed the emergence of the powernoise subgenre by over a decade.^[1]

In 1985, the band formed their own label, Esplendor Geométrico Discos, and released their second LP, Comisario de la Luz / Blanco de Fuerza.

The band returned with 1997's Polyglophone, the following year, artists such as

contributed reworkings of Esplendor Geométrico tracks to the remix album EN-CO-D-Esplendor. In 2002, Compuesto de Hierro was released, while a double CD compilation, Anthology 1981–2003, hit the shops in 2005.

Discography

• Necrosis en la poya 7" (1981, reissued in 2020)
• EG-1 cassette (1981, reissued on CD in 2000)
• El acero del partido/Héroe del trabajo LP (1982, reissued on CD in 2000)
• Comisario de la luz/Blanco de fuerza LP (1985)
• 1980-1981 cassette (1986)
• En Roma cassette (1986)

  

• En directo: Madrid y Tolosa cassette (1987)
• Kosmos kino LP (1987, reissued on CD in 1996)
• Mekano-turbo LP (1988, reissued on CD in 1994)
• Madrid mayo '89 cassette (1989)
• Live in Utrecht LP (1990, reissued on CD in 1999)
• Diez años de esplendor 2 x cassette (1990)
• Sheikh Aljama (jeque de aljama) CD (1991)
• 1980-1982
  2 x cassette (1993)
• Arispejal astisaró (powerful metal) CD (1993)
• Veritatis splendor CD (1994)
• 1983-1987 CD (1994)
• Nador CD (1995)
• Tokyo sin fin CD (1996)
• Treinta kilómetros de radio CD-EP (1996)
• Balearic rhythms CD (1996)
• 80s tracks CD (1996)
• Tarikat 2 x CD (1997)
• Polyglophone CD (1997)
• Syncrotrón mini-LP (1998)
• EN-CO-D-Esplendor (remixes) CD (1998)
• Compuesto de hierro CD (2002)
• Moscú está helado (remixes) CD (2004)
• Anthology 1981-2003 2 x CD (2005)
• 8 traks & live CD / DVD (2007)
• Pulsión CD (2009)
• Desarrollos geométricos CD (2011)
• Ultraphoon CD (2013)
• Fluida Mekaniko CD (2016)
• 40 Años Nos Iluminan 2 x CD (2020)
• Cinética CD (2020)

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Esplendor Geométrico.

• Official website
• Esplendor Geométrico at
  AllMusic
• Esplendor Geometrico discography at Discogs
• Arturo Lanz RBMA lecture

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