francisco lópez
untitled #150
(afro2022) CD

If our man Lopez calls his latest work 'Untitled #150', it doesn't mean that mean that there are 150 solo CDs out there, but still there is a vast amount of solo work. It's hard to say if one needs 'Untitled #150', if one is mildly interested in Lopez. Don't get me wrong: it's a very fine Lopezian work of treated dead radio hiss and other static sounds in the usual inaudible fashion. These days I play the work of Francisco Lopez from my computer. I copy the entire CD to my harddisc and 'normalize' the whole thing (make the loudest point zero DB). I know Lopez wouldn't mind me doing so, as he feels everybody should have the opportunity to play his music one sees fitting well. Over the course of these thirty-six some minutes various sections are to be noted with some dramatic changes. As said this is indeed another strong work for Francisco Lopez, but at the same time I must also note that the genre is fixed for him now. It will not win him new fans, but please the die-hards all the same. Looking at my collection of Lopez works, I think I can count as one of the die-hards.
- Frans de Waard, Vital Weekly