OTOLAB
MARCO ALBERT
MUSIC.
DISCOGRAPHY
ōg- | Marco Albert, Amanda Irrarazabal
Album recorded as a duo with Amanda Irrarázabal in 2023 and released in late 2024 on Public Eyesore.
Amanda Irarrázabal - double bass, vocals, and modular synthesizers
Marco Albert - vocals, feedback, loops
Mixed and Mastered by Luís “Chino” Ortega at Sismo Studio, Mexico City, September 2023
Cover - Jenna Moser
PRIMORDIAL | Marco Albert
First pandemic album recorded in Colonia Buenavista de San Pedro Ixtlahuaca, Oaxaca. Self-release, 2021.
Marco Albert: vocals, electronics, lyrics, mix
Massi Gusmini - loops, master
Gabrio Baldacci - guitars
IXTLAHUACA | Orasique
Second album from the pandemic, recorded as a quartet in Colonia Buenavista de San Pedro Ixtlahuaca, Oaxaca. Released by Public Eyesore in 2021.
The Orasique quartet is composed of:
Marco Albert - vocals
Don Malfon - alto saxophone
Fernando Barrios - drums and objects
Misha Marks - latarra
Mix and master: Marco Albert
DISPAR | Marco Albert
Third pandemic album, dedicated to my son. Released with Musa Paradisiaca in March 2021.
Marco Albert: music and arrangements, mixing and mastering
Gabriel Elías and Massi Gusmini - electronic textures
Giovanna Checchi - cover photo
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MUTATIONS | Marco Albert, Bryan Day, Jay Kreimer
Album recorded remotely between Oaxaca, San Francisco CA and Lincoln NE in 2018, released on Public Eyesore in 2020.
Marco Albert - vocals, electronics and mixing
Bryan Day and Jay Kreimer - DIY instruments
AMNESIA | Marco Albert
Album composed from Maurizio Nimis' archive of industrial archaeology photographs, released by Suplex (MX) in 2015.
Marco Albert - concept, field recordings, electronics, arrangements, mix+master
Gabrio Baldacci - guitars
Maurizio Nimis - photography
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EL TORPE REMIXED | various artists
Tracks from the album Movin' On No Mad Records, 2012) remixed by friends.
With the participation of: Mud (Otolab), Ezra (No Mad Records), M16 (Persistancebit), Unstable Compound (No Mad Records), Dust Exchange, Manual Destruction (Rexistenz Records).
Listen here
MOVIN' ON | El Torpe
An album of blues classics (+ one previously unreleased track) released under the pseudonym El Torpe. Recorded over the course of several years, it was mixed and mastered in Turin in 2011. It was released by No Mad Records in 2012.
Marco Albert - vocals, electronics, arrangements
Cristiano Calcagnile - drums
Gabrio Baldacci - Guitars
pre-production: Libero Mureddu
Mix: Ezra
Master: Gianluca Patrito at G-EFFECT Mastering Studio
Cover photo: Thania López; Physical covers: PerkyPat
SHOT | Newtone2060
Second studio album by the trio Newtone2060, released on vinyl by Fratto9 in 2013.
Voice and electronics: Marco Albert
Vinyl: Salvatore Sammartino
Drums: Cristiano Calcagnile
Mix and master: Lorenzo Sempio
Cover: Tatiana
NEWTONE2060 | Newtone2060
First studio album by the trio Newtone2060, released on Setola di Maiale in 2009.
Voice and electronics: Marco Albert
Vinyl: Salvatore Sammartino
Drums: Cristiano Calcagnile
Mix and mastering: Libero Mureddu
Cover: Stefano Giust
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HECHO EN MEXICO | Marco Albert
Recorded in Mexico between 2005 and 2006. Self-produced and released on Manic Discs in 2009.
Field recordings, arrangements, electronics, mixing and mastering: Marco Albert
Cover and cover photo: Marco Albert
TLAYACAPAN | Maikko
Entirely recorded in Tlayacapan (Morelos), originally released on Gruenrekorder in 2007.
Field recordings, electronics, arrangements, mixing and mastering: Maikko (aka Marco Albert)
Cover: Massi Gusmini
KNEEDEEP | Maikko
Originally released by Stasisfield in 2004.
Music, arrangements, mixing and mastering: Maikko (aka Marco Albert)
Cover: John Kannenberg
Not available.
POLYSTATIC | Maikko
Originally released on Otolab and Polarity Records in 2004 under the pseudonym Maikko, which he took on within the otolab collective.
Music, arrangements, mixing and mastering: Maikko (aka Marco Albert)
Cover: Mud (aka Massi Gusmini)