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Music: Axel Retif
Audio Mixing and Mastering: Enrique Mendoza
Graphic design: Alejandro Criollo
Text: Axel Retif
Guest Commentary text: Arshia Samsaminia
Supervisor: Ismael Morales
Producer and Editor: Axel Retif
Taos was recorded in Baird Recital Hall during the June in Buffalo 2023 festival at the University at Buffalo, in Buffalo, New York, Usa
Gallup and Atok were recorded in Keller Hall at The University of New Mexico – Atok in 2023 and Gallup in 2024
Recording Engineer: Elizabeth Rincon
Tesuq was recorded in two sessions: the double bass part was recorded in 2023 at Villa Waldberta, Feldafing, Munich, Germany, during an artistic residency by Duo YonX; the saxophone part was recorded in 2025 in Stuttgart, Germany.
Audio Engineer: Nikola Lutz
Audio Editing: Axel Retif
Este fonograma fue realizado con apoyo del Sistema de Apoyos a la Creación y Proyectos Culturales (FONCA), a través del Programa de Estímulos a la Creación Artística (PECDA), Emisión 2024.
Axel Retif: Broken Sands
This is the third monographic album by the Mexican composer Axel Retif.
When I first listened to Broken Sands, the album by Axel Retif, I was immediately reminded of that day and sensed that his music stood apart from that of many of my colleagues. It is clear he is telling a deeply personal story, one drawn from his complex and chaotic inner world. His music seems to emerge from the unseen layers of his origin, revealing emotions and memories often buried beneath the surface.
Arshia Samsaminia
Tehran, Iran, 2025