TOUCH-ME-NOT

𝓽𝓸𝓾𝓬𝓱•𝓶𝓮•𝓷𝓸𝓽. 𝓽𝓸𝓾𝓬𝓱•𝓶𝓮•𝓷𝓸𝓽 emerges as a reflection on the corporeal relationship between the skin and the surrounds-

a surface, 

    the ocean, 

                            a dried flower

Hara Alonso’s new album delves deep into our approach to sensoriality as bodies and sentient beings, by refusing to operate a discrimination of species. In that sense, it invites us to forget the tyranny of the visual, the lineal and the logic and pay attention to the haptic, evoked through a touching sound. It raises the question about the place we inhabit in a world that is weeping to be reenchanted and touched. 

In the 18th century, Emanuel Swedenborg introduces the idea of correspondence and takes seriously the senses and the events of the sensual world as a proof of the spiritual world. A century later, Baudelaire, inspired by the Swedish theologian, writes the poem Correspondances, in which the senses are confused, immersed in a synesthetic hallucination. Hara Alonso takes us on a walk not far away from the path Baudelaire strolled, through meadows, symbols, light and perfumes, entering a dimension of inverted senses where the body spills into a circle of desiring sensations and sensational desires, enclosing an innocent memory surrendered to the whole. 

Accompanied by the voice of Ellen Söderhult, percussions of Ryan Packard and the double bass of Ville Bromander, Hara Alonso weaves a loom composed of halos of harmonies, field recordings, Juno 6 and prepared piano.

TOUR DATES 2025

6th of April: Release concert, LUMEN PROJECTS, Ericssonhallen, Stockholm

10th of April: Modo Avión, Cines PAZ, Madrid

12th of April: Bergen Kjött, Bergen

26th of April: Intonal, Malmö Konstmuseum

27th of April: El Pumarejo, Barcelona, together with musician Hwaas

16th of May: Årsta Folkets Hus, together with Dansorkestern and Clara Ziegler, organized by Höjden Studios and Årsta Folkets Hus

27th of June: Ställbergs Gruva, as part of Kulturglimtar

TOUR DATES 2024

9th October: @festivalmusicavisuallzt with visuals by @hombre.que.hace.que.duerme – Lanzarote

13th October: Fiestas de la Naval with visuals by @hombre.que.hace.que.duerme – Las Palmas de G. C.

8th November: Markuskyrkan, Stockholm

7th December: @festival_monteleon with light design by Irene Cantero, Leon – Spain

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