Tiberevi
Mentres as baleas dormen

Instrumental duo. Beatriz Blanco and Xabier Blanco. Galicia, Spain. Diatonic accordion. Accordion. No, Organetto. This summer I found myself in Santiago de Compostela. I don't even know why. How do I know? Well, that's another matter. Last day of stay. I walk through the alleys. There aren’t many people around yet that morning. But the souvenir shops are already open. I'm looking for some trinkets to give as gifts. Strange music is coming from the threshold of one of these shops. I listen from outside. I listen. I can't resist. I enter. I pretend to look at the objects, but my entire focus is on listening to the sounds from the speakers. I'm captivated. I turn to the owner. Esta musica... He hands me a CD. Album covers, although tasteful, do not always reflect the quality of what they contain. Accordion he tells me. Accordion. Yes, I had recognized it. I buy the CD along with another one he lets me listen to, by another artist. I forget about it until I get home. And I forget about it even after I return from the trip. Tossed there on the pile of CDs to listen to. Until these mid-September days, I take it in hand and insert it into the player. Strange sounds. It's not the usual accordion. Diatonic accordion I read under the tracklist. Commonly organetto. Ca... but this is electronic! The first thing that comes to mind. Similar, but with sentiment. The tracks play. Then I get to track five. "Mar de plastico". It comes to mind. It's the song I had listened to in the shop. Good. This track alone is worth all the money spent. In its calm and simple air, a feeling of well-being and liberation. Yes, liberation. Of all the superstructures that weigh us down and sink us. Touching. Ten minutes that last forever. with the sound chasing itself. A simple and utterly banal masterpiece. Other tracks are also of good quality. I don’t know what degree of kinship the two musicians have. Perhaps brother and sister? It doesn't matter. They have incredible harmony. They fit together perfectly. From Santiago de Compostela. A revelation. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XdxoQn6030 If you don't want to listen to them in full, go to minute 24.