Alquimia

Artist: Alquimia + Gleisberg
P: 2005
Alquimia, the Mexican-born female singer and composer nowadays based in London, has with her own albums  as well as with her collaborations with Prudence-labelmates Zinkl, Roedelius and Peter Mergener set remarkable, sometimes quite experimental accents in our catalogue. For „Garden Of Dreams“ the highly productive artist has teamed up with one of the finest spirits among the Prudence artists: Together with Rüdiger Gleisberg, whose electronic music is strongly influenced by the European symphonic tradition, Alquimia has created eleven lovely songs. Her poetic lyrics and sometimes tenderly-melancholic, sometimes dreamily-cheerful melodies are surrounded by the sonic beauty of Gleisbergs artfully orchestrated immpressionistic and romantic sounds. For both musicians this album means quite an artistic departure, as both of them have never sticked so strictly to the song format before.

On „Garden of Dreams“ Alquimia creates angelic choirs, that seem to dance on Gleisbergs gently shimmering string-arrangements – thus unveiling a special world full of enchanting melodies and harmonies.

Artist: Alquimia + Roedelius
P: 1999
This album is the meeting between Hans-Joachim Roedelius, German pioneer of the electronic avant garde, and Alquimia, a versatile Mexican artist who has explored the possibilities of synthesizers as well as those of her voice in various innovative projects.
This unusual collaboration between them both has resulted in a likewise remarkable CD. There are melodic passages of a great emotional strength, which could be defined as a fusion of Atmospheric Pop and World Music. And among them both, others of a mysterious, even dreary character coexist, with a slow development and a structure ranging from Ambient to mystic ritual music.
Alquimia's voice, which she herself processes electronically in various ways, turns out to be unearthly at times, and very much earthly in other occasions, perfectly fitting with the electronic textures and exotic atmospheres.

Artist: Alquimia + Roedelius
P: 1999
Here the CD-single Version.
This album is the meeting between Hans-Joachim Roedelius, German pioneer of the electronic avant garde, and Alquimia, a versatile Mexican artist who has explored the possibilities of synthesizers as well as those of her voice in various innovative projects.
This unusual collaboration between them both has resulted in a likewise remarkable CD. There are melodic passages of a great emotional strength, which could be defined as a fusion of Atmospheric Pop and World Music. And among them both, others of a mysterious, even dreary character coexist, with a slow development and a structure ranging from Ambient to mystic ritual music.
Alquimia's voice, which she herself processes electronically in various ways, turns out to be unearthly at times, and very much earthly in other occasions, perfectly fitting with the electronic textures and exotic atmospheres.

Here the last copy!

Artist: Alquimia
P: 2001 / 2004
Singing in various languages such as Spanish, English, French and her native idiom Nahuatl she also uses her voice to create multilayered choirs and electronically altered vocal soundscapes. Singer, composer and sonic innovator Alquimia (pronounce: al-ki-mia) has brought a rare mystical Aztec influence to ambient and experimental vocal music.

Artist: Alquimia
P: 2007
Alquimia takes you on a journey to an ancient world of druids, bards, mythological heroes and maidens yearning for their lost lovers- the ingredients of Celtic legend. On “Forever” her warm evocative voice is combined with the arrangements of English composer Mark Powell to treat you to a selection of original and traditional songs. The album ranges from the romantic to the mystical. “Down by the Glenside” features Alquimia’s multilayered choirs and Mark’s colourful orchestration. The Enya-style “Serving Girl” and “Cantus Firmus” contrast with the plaintive “Bushes and Briars”, with its simple piano accompaniment to Alquimia’s emotive vocal.
“Singing Bird” and “Carrickfergus” are reminiscent of Norah Jones, and the romantic “Lass of Glenshee” takes us to the ancient Scottish Highlands, while “White Knight” evokes dreams of Arthurian legends.
As an extra, the CD includes 12 MP3s for your computer, !Pod or Mp3 player. The MP3s feature more intimate versions of the songs with voice and guitar.
“Forever” is presented in a stylish digipack with a 12-page colour booklet containing photos and lyrics to all the songs.
If you enjoy the music of Enya, Loreena McKennit or Celtic Woman this album is definitely for you-“forever”. The music in "Angaelic Voices", as the title suggests, presents Gaelic influences, and has a certain angelical air, magic, as if it were from a fairy tale. Alquimia sings here in several languages, including Gaelic, English, Latin and Catalan, and besides, she records her vocals in different configurations so as to create choruses and other often fascinating effects. In conclusion, this is an album that will no doubt increase the reputation of this artist of an exquisite sensitivity.

Artist: Alquimia
P: 1992
Her first release was a mix of ambient, ethnic voices and dark electronic music.
Long out of print.

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Artist: Alquimia
P: 2001
Two tracks on a special edition Maxi-CD. Taken out of the album A separate Reality.
Singing in various languages such as Spanish, English, French and her native idiom Nahuatl she also uses her voice to create multilayered choirs and electronically altered vocal soundscapes. Singer, composer and sonic innovator Alquimia (pronounce: al-ki-mia) has brought a rare mystical Aztec influence to ambient and experimental vocal music.

Here the last copy!

Artist: Alquimia
P: 2007
Alquimia takes you on a journey to an ancient world of druids, bards, mythological heroes and maidens yearning for their lost lovers- the ingredients of Celtic legend. On “Forever” her warm evocative voice is combined with the arrangements of English composer Mark Powell to treat you to a selection of original and traditional songs. The album ranges from the romantic to the mystical. “Down by the Glenside” features Alquimia’s multilayered choirs and Mark’s colourful orchestration. The Enya-style “Serving Girl” and “Cantus Firmus” contrast with the plaintive “Bushes and Briars”, with its simple piano accompaniment to Alquimia’s emotive vocal.
“Singing Bird” and “Carrickfergus” are reminiscent of Norah Jones, and the romantic “Lass of Glenshee” takes us to the ancient Scottish Highlands, while “White Knight” evokes dreams of Arthurian legends.
As an extra, the CD includes 12 MP3s for your computer, !Pod or Mp3 player. The MP3s feature more intimate versions of the songs with voice and guitar.
“Forever” is presented in a stylish digipack with a 12-page colour booklet containing photos and lyrics to all the songs.
If you enjoy the music of Enya, Loreena McKennit or Celtic Woman this album is definitely for you-“forever”.

Artist: Hans Joachim Roedelius
P: 1999
Tribal influenced Ambientmusic with long hypnotic rhythms and ethnic instruments, beside the synthesizer background.
Global Trotters are: Roedelius, Susuma Hirasawa, Kenji Konishi, Alquimia, David Bickley, Felix Jay.
Recorded at Vienna, Tsukuba, Osaka, London, Dublin

Artist: Various Artists
P: 1997
Different tracks by the artists around the theme Christmas.

Artist: Zinkl + Alquimia
P: 2001
What happens when an unconventional intellectual creator of sounds, with his apparently incompatible preferences for 70s art rock and modern computer sounds, meets a Mexican mystic, vocal artist, and groove specialist? Zinkl, the quiet type with a predilection for composing wondrously charming and delightfully unwieldy treasures, and Alquimia, the enigmatic Mexican music sensualist who runs a musicclub in her self-imposed exile in London, certainly make an unusual couple. But they say opposites attract, and these two have deliberately sought each other out. "Underwater”, their first joint album, unites Alquimia’s feeling for exotic but catchy melodies and polished vocal artistry with Zinkl’s off-beat sounds and percussion sequences combined with tricky 12-tone harmonies. In an act of creation the two musical night birds have turned their backs on all the trends and created a magical album: their apparently opposing aesthetic approaches have given rise to a dozen surprisingly homogeneous songs which at the same time are jewels that sparkle from every one of their many facets. Informed listeners will recognize associations ranging from Kate Bush to Stravinsky – yet there is really no equivalent in the modern pop world.

Zinkl & Alquimia: "a musical marriage, made in cyberspace"!