april the cruelest Barcelona, Spain
april the cruelest is the moniker of Fernando "Acero" Rodríguez García, composer and musicologist from Barcelona, Spain. His music blends cryptic collages based on XXth art references with a radical and experimental approach, mixing trip-hop sounds with hardcore and abrasive perspectives inspired by post-industrial and deconstructed sounds. ... more
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