Armando Ballesteros Vera is an electronic sound project of the Drone Music studio built from resampled radio. Shortwave static, carrier tones and fragments of broadcast interference are captured, looped and pitched into sustained drones, with the original crackle left audible.
The pieces have a searching, nocturnal quality, as if tuned between stations. Tones fade in and out unpredictably, reflecting the unstable source material. The atmosphere is lonely and electric. Headphones help to separate the fine radio noise from the drone layers, and moderate volume avoids harshness in the static.
