Lucrecia Dalt
No Era Sólida
by Ángel Ixuk
After a collaboration with Aaron Dilloway and a collection of b-sides from the Anticlines sessions, Lucrecia Dalt shares No era sólida, an album where there is no harmony, no continuity, but there is order among its chaos.
Gloria Anzaldúa brought Leyla to the corporeal world; in her poem "Interface" she gives a detailed description of how this came to be. Lucrecia gave birth to Lia, inspired by said poem, and gives us No era sólida so we can keep her company through her journey towards expansion, self-discovery, dialogue and encounter with the world.
Lucrecia Dalt creates a new universe, and with it her own language, between sound waves, reiterations and unintelligible words. We float with her and Lia, going from one state to another, from the turbulent invocation of "Disuelta" to the clear dialogue of a being transformed, liberated, and conscious in "No era sólida", the album’s closing track. Along the way, we can hear a lament and a whisper, a transmutation ritual to the sound of "la música, la música, la música" as if “Coatlicue S.” was a spell rather than a song; we’re left there energetically witnessing the desert, the snakes writhing at the feet of the titular goddess, the confusion and the violence; all within unexpected fluctuations, pulsations and electrifying oscillations.
Each song seems like a single piece carefully constructed to take us to a cold and unfamiliar place. How else can a newborn perceive the world? There is no harmony, there is no continuity, but there is order in disorder. Each fragment is a different exploration, a singular moment necessary to reach the next one; like the seasons, like the stages of existence. It draws a landscape for us and it offers sensations that are not always pleasant. Each element is finely orchestrated, the production is meticulous; the intense work from the conception of the idea is perceived, thus achieving an album consistent with its narrative and execution that adds to the enthralling catalog of its creator.
