The basis for this album were field recordings captured by Sequences (aka Niels Geybels, also of False Moniker) during his extensive travels, featured within the first four pieces in varying degrees of prominence. The second half of the album deconstructs the atmospheres of the first, using the essence of these pieces as the point of departure for new studies in mysterious ambiance.

Dreamlike and exploratory in nature, as evidenced by the other audio components (magnetophone, zither, modular synthesizer, and guitar), this is an album of interpretations and ruminations; a potent reminder of the power of living water.

Borrowing the title and inspiration from Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector's experimental novel from 1973, "Água Viva" is an album as idiosyncratic and poetic as its namesake. The eight tracks (each a highly evocative short story unto itself) were titled after text found in Lispector's book, and each exists as an impression of the ideas found within.

"Água Viva is the sound of vibrations, slow drone landscapes, constant waves of awakened sound blasts thrown into raw sounds and spaces. A fascinating image of music that is literally alive, pulsating with its machinery" (Anxious Musick). 

Ltd x 200 copies in a 6-panel matt-laminate digipak with spot-varnish print.