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Listen to the new release from Teté Leguía & Martín Escalante

June 2016

BR80 is a collaboration between Peruvian bassist Leguía and Mexican saxophonist Escalante

On 23 May Buh Records released a new album from the South American improvisors Teté Leguía and Martín Escalante. The album was recorded and mixed at Lasse Marhaug's Best Studio in Oslo and features Leguía on bass guitar and Escalante on saxophone.

Born in Lakewood in the US, Martín Escalante is a photographer, film maker and self taught musician. In 2012 he founded Sploosh Records, publishing various solo and collaborative works. As well as this release, 2016 has also seen Escalante work at Marhaug's studio recording the soundtrack for his brother Amat Escalante's new film The Untamed. Free improv, noise and avant garde musician Teté Leguía is an active member in the Peruvian experimental music scene, running the bi-monthly concert series Minutos Para El Fin and playing in groups Tanuki Metal Futari Plus 1, Liquidarlo Celuloide and Trio Nuna.

The album will be launched on 11 June at Lima Hensley Bar Barranco. The duo will also perform at the second edition of Lima's La Trenza Sonora festival of contemporary and experimental music (15–18 June). Also on the bill: Jaime Oliver, Rajmil Fichsman, Abel Castro, Cesar Bernal, Iñigo Ibaibarriaga, José Ignacio López, Luis Alvarado and others.

The untitled album is available via bandcamp.

Watch Teté Leguía & Martín Escalante record at Best Studio.

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