‘SOMATIC SUSPENSION’ released by the label Eotrax in 2021

‘An examination of detachment and stillness. Full of unease. Deeply personal‘, A closer listen

‘Gloomy bubbling electronic power ambient’, Boomkat

‘Superbe’, Silence and sound

“Francamente uno de los mejores discos que han pasado por este espacio en los últimos tiempos, maduro y bello”, Fuido Rosa-Radio 3

Hara Alonso + Alba G. Corral at Facyl Festival 2021, photos by Alice Brazzit.

“Somatic Suspension” arises from a meditative process of introspection and inward listen. By opening my own intimacy, this work attempts to translate various somatic experiences into the sonic plane to access a more sensitive composition. The sonic matter is generated through the exploration of gestural repetition in a continuum biofeedback. A ritual of acceptance of the immanent ranging from the negligible to the immeasurable, from the quietude to the ecstasy. 

The piano used, an electroacoustic Yamaha CP-70, is a rare instrument with a piezo pick-up system, outputs, a built-in equalizer and a tremolo effect. It’s unique sound quality invoked the overall atmosphere of the album, sustained like a winter forest covered by scattered golden leaves. 

The digital processes accompany the piano dissolving its pure sound into a mesmerizing superposition of layers and glitches. 
Intimate melodies, minimal electronic beats and teared textures merge together echoing the memory of an uncertain future.” 

Written & produced by Hara Alonso. 
Mastered by Dominic at Declared Sound. 
Artwork by Néstor Torrens. 
Design by Goldmoth Media.

LIVE AT FACYL FESTIVAL 2021, photos by Alice Brazzit.

LIVE AT KEROXEN FESTIVAL 2022, photos by Rocio Eslava

RITUAL PARA ACERCARSE [Quartet: Camila Nebbia, Susana Santos Silva, Elsa Bergman, Hara Alonso]

released September 30, 2022 

Susana Santos Silva: trumpet 
Camila Nebbia: tenor saxophone 
Hara Alonso: piano 
Elsa Bergman: double bass 

Recorded, mixed and mastered by John Chantler 
Co-produced by Alex Zethson/Thanatosis Production 
Co-released by Ramble Records and Tour de Bras Records 
Design and artwork by Carola Nebbia 
Recorded live at Fylkingen, Stockholm, Sweden, 2021. 

Released by Ramble Records & Tour de Bras

Pianoïse, released by Keroxen 2018

Pianoïse is the space where piano and electronics merge. An exploration between the harmonic and the atonal, the rhythmic and the textural.

The result is a sonic dance moving around the piano timbre extremes, sometimes tender, sometimes violent. Beyond genre, the sound palette is wide and eclectic, with elements of contemporary music, dance electronic and noise.

All compositions by Hara Alonso, piano & electronics

Mixed by Hara Alonso in Elektronmusikstudion EMS (Stockholm)

Mastered by Pau Paredes in Estudio Fluxus (Madrid)

Illustration by Lia Ateca.

Nowhere in between

Nowhere in between is where I composed these pieces. 
Made using TidalCycles, Max/msp and my own voice.