Bahía Mansa - Ruralia (Florina Cassettes) [Ambient]

The Slow Music Movement
Jun 19, 2024
2 min read

The cover for Bahía Mansa's Ruralia album, showing a close-up of an abstract painting with textured strokes in beige, white, and hints of green. Overlay text: bahía mansa, in a gray box.

Chile's Bahía Mansa is a reliable source of quality ambient music. On his new LP for Florina Cassettes his natural inspirations really come to the fore. You can almost feel the first rays of a sun blessed summer day coming over a Patagonian hill, ushering the morning dew into the atmosphere, encouraging the summer blooms & gently rousing the local fauna from their slumber. It's a lovely, peaceful listen; tune in.

Bahía Mansa in a NASA shirt stands on a wooden railing, arms crossed, against a tall grass field under a clear sky, conveying a contemplative mood.

What The Release Notes Say

My new album, "ruralia," aligns with Florina's vision and is inspired by Monet's Falaise de Pourville, le matin, featured on the cover. This creation came about during a time when I was deeply immersed in exploring the virtues of rural life as an alternative to the industrial impact on society. This influence shaped "ruralia" into a very intimate album, embracing minimal elements to depict what would be a life away from the city.

By minimizing distractions, I aimed to achieve peace and clarity. The album embodies quietness, contemplation, and inner discovery amidst the natural world, encouraging deep thought and self-knowledge to live a simple life as a form of resistance.

a call for calm

in a natural conversation

propels a sound capsule

ochre-colored

the storm rises

sings the limit of worlds

the universal ignorance

of a bird's flight

the wind buys peace

at the price of the waves

adding to the land's debt

the hope of a simulated city