Cielo Oceano’s debut album, “The Space Has Always Reduced Me To Silence” will be released on cassette and bandcamp digital release on February 11, 2020, on Jak Jonson Tapes with artwork by Gardy Perez (of the Puerto Rican shoegaze band Un.Real). . Pre Order it now: Bandcamp: http://jakjonsontapes.bandcamp.com/album/the-space-has-always-reduced-me-to-silence
“The Space Has Always Reduced Me To Silence” is a lusciously atmospheric and cavernous exploration of whirring guitars, melancholic vocalization, driven bass lines and insistent drums that shimmer like diamonds against the darkness of space.
Cielo Oceano was formed in 2018 by Puerto Rican indie artist Andres Lugo and Philadelphia noise-pop artist Tom Lugo. Andres Lugo is known for his work with sonically charged projects like Pneuma, Los Dientes Hundidos En La Garganta, and Astrid Proll, as well as for his work in the independent music and arts scene in Puerto Rico. Tom Lugo’s projects include Stellarscope, Panophonic, Under The Wire, and he is also the owner of indie label Patetico Recordings.
Their first single, “Moth To A Flame”, was released in the summer of 2018 and in the fall they released a remix of a previously un-released track titled “Nada Mas Que Decir” on the international compilation Tsuitachi No Tori on Chip Music. In October of 2019, their single “Emptiness” appeared on the compilation and visual art event the Años Luz IX by the Alianza Exploradora Intergalactica, a semi-autonomous society of musicians and experimental artists who share their knowledge and resources in mutual cooperation in sound, plastic arts and visual movement exploration in Puerto Rico.
Andres Lugo- Guitars, bass, and drum programming
Tom Lugo- Vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, and drum programming
Recorded at Where Are We Going Studio Lab Baltimore, MD and Laboratorio Soniko Studio Middletown, PA 2018-2019
A Patetico Recordings – Jak Jonson Tapes – 3 Robot Records Production
Art by Gardy Perez Ruiz (PR Shoegaze Master Jedi)
Music by Andres Lugo and Tom Lugo
Arrangements by Tom Lugo
Lyrics by Tom Lugo
Mixed and Mastered by Tom Lugo
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cielooceano
Bandcamp: http://jakjonsontapes.bandcamp.com/album/the-space-has-always-reduced-me-to-silence