O.P.A.L. related posts
Hi. Just letting you know that O.P.A.L.’s “Ciencia Fricción” appears as an exclusive track to the following compilation of Puerto Rican sound art located at mentalintensivo.bandcamp.com/album/alianza-exploradora-intergal-ctica-a-os-luz-xiii
Hola. Solo para informarles que “Ciencia Fricción” de O.P.A.L. aparece como un tema exclusivo del siguiente recopilatorio de arte sonoro puertorriqueño ubicado en mentalintensivo.bandcamp.com/album/alianza-exploradora-intergal-ctica-a- os-luz-xiii
Hi. O.P.A.L. released “Límites”, a free exclusive four-track EP for our friends at the Palabra y Sonido record label (formerly known as Yuca Tapes). Also, this release is completely free to our subscribers. Two tracks of ambient soundscapes for your internal soundtrack and two tracks of shoegaze, dream pop, and post-rock goodness. You can get it, again for free, at palabraysonidopr.bandcamp.com/album/l-mites. Check it out and let us know what you think. Once again, thank you for your support. Look for another release in the next coming months.
José
Hola. O.P.A.L. lanzó “Límites”, un EP de cuatro pistas exclusivo y gratuito para nuestros amigos del sello discográfico Palabra y Sonido (antes conocido como Yuca Tapes). Además, este lanzamiento es completamente gratuito para nuestros suscriptores. Dos pistas de paisajes sonoros ambientales para tu banda sonora interna y dos pistas de hermoso shoegaze, dream pop y post-rock. Puedes conseguirlo, de nuevo gratis, en palabraysonidopr.bandcamp.com/album/l-mites. Descárgalo, escûchalo y déjanos saber lo que piensas. Una vez más, gracias por su apoyo. Pendientes para otro lanzamiento en los próximos meses.
José
Hello.
This Bandcamp Friday, April 7th, 2023, O.P.A.L. releases the long-awaited “Flotation Device” CD. The CD contains tracks from “Night On Earth”, “Gravedad Cero”, and the “Ad Astra” EPs, and 5 additional tracks. It is available at descojonurbano.bandcamp.com/merch and shipped worldwide.
This is the first of three CDs I will release this year. Subscribers get all our official discography, as well as special and unreleased tracks. As of today, we have four EPs of unreleased material, with more coming in the next few months. I know your time and money are valuable, but consider a subscription if your budget allows it. It supports independent art and music.
I look forward to you enjoying our releases and playing them loud. If you have any questions, feel free to comment and reach out.
Regards,
José
Hola.
Éste Viernes de Bandcamp, 7 de abril de 2023, O.P.A.L. lanza el tan esperado CD titulado “Flotation Device”. El CD contiene pistas de los EPs “Night On Earth”, “Gravedad Cero” y “Ad Astra”, además de cinco pistas adicionales. El CD está disponible en descojonurbano.bandcamp.com/merch y nuestros CDs se envían a todo el mundo.
Éste es el primero de tres CDs que lanzaré este año. Los suscriptores obtienen toda nuestra discografía oficial, así como temas especiales e inéditos. A la fecha de hoy, tenemos cuatro EPs de material inédito, con más temas saliendo en los próximos meses. Sé que su tiempo y dinero son valiosos, pero considere una suscripción si su presupuesto lo permite. Apoye el arte y la música independientes.
Espero que disfruten nuestros lanzamientos y los reproduzcan a todo volumen. Si tiene alguna pregunta, no dude en comentar y comunicarse.
Saludos,
José
O.P.A.L. is proud to join the 13th edition of this event and we are celebrating it with the release of a brand new track. Check it out here.
Hi. Been a long time since I updated this. O.P.A.L. has very much taken over my musical endeavors. I have enough material for a Descojón Urbanjo release, but at the moment I think DU has served its purpose. Maybe it’s time for another DU nap. I added several new O.P.A.L. releases that should/will appear on the music page. They are available on Bandcamp, Spotify, and other streaming services. As of this writing, they are:
2022
Other Voices Redux CD (Other Voices + Mother, Maiden, Crone EP)
Last Call For Lost Souls + Carolina EP + Cold (single) CD
2023
Flotation Device CD (the EP’s above plus 5 bonus tracks). Out April 7th, 2023.
We have 6 more EPs ready for release digitally in the coming months of 2023.
2024
We started work on material for 2024 and as of this writing have enough material for an EP, but we are adding more. Our release plan is the same as 2023’s: 9 EPs and 3 CDs for O.P.A.L.
We also have CDs available from past Descojón Urbano and O.P.A.L. releases here.
Well, I got rid of my Twitter account for good, so you cannot find me there nor on Facebook, so don’t even try and anyone out there who claims otherwise as of this writing is an imposter, so be careful. I can still be found on Instagram and YouTube, so I haven’t gone full hermit yet. I am posting stuff on counter.social, which is a much better alternative to Twitter, so check it out if you are so inclined.
So, I haven’t been making music for over a year I think, given the shitty state of affairs in the US and Puerto Rico taking a toll on me, another move, a brand new job, and life have kept me busy and depressed. Until one day, I decided to get off the existential funk my brain was in and churned out two brand new O.P.A.L. albums, and an EP to boot! In the interim, I also did an album on 2021 with the great Federico Balducci and we called the band BR35. I invited a good friend to join the festivities, and she accepted, but my depression kept me from creating new materials with them, so I am very sorry for that.
So, I added the three new records on the O.P.A.L. page under the Music section and I should include BR35 under the music section as well. For your convenience I am adding the players below:
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I just realized I also have a shitload of code to clean up here. Well, July the 4th weekend is coming up, so hopefully will be done by then. I also have about an album’s worth of Descojon Urbano songs without lyrics. Fourteen, if memory serves. I guess I better start working on those.
So, now we have a proper merchandise store to sell clothing and accessories to promote this thing of ours. So, visit our merch store, also we have CDs for sale here. take a gander, and buy a thing or two. Or several. Thanks.
2020 is a challenging year, but we managed to release some good tunes this year:
D35C0JóN UR84N0
EP
Mátame o Sálvame (with Ego Negativo)
O.P.A.L.
Insomniac
Sleepless