Cornucopia

As far I can recall you only did some interviews in Spanish language until today, so this will be the first exposure to readers that speak foreign languages. I'd like to start right away with the beginning. When was the band Cornucopia raised to life and with which intentions behind it?
Jorge: hello Stefan. This actually isn't our first English language interview. There are many others...
Cornucopia actually started out as a guitar noise thing, since I was a guitar player before. It has gradually changed and evolved. From straight harsh noise, to minimal ambient, to musique concrete, to microsound, to all at the same time and back again.
 
When did you both started to know each other, how did it happen?
Jorge: Claudio used to write for an online magazine in Puerto Rico. He contacted me about doing an interview. And we took it from there. We first made this agreement that I would help him out with some sounds for his musical project and he would give Cornucopia visuals, but I liked his sounds so I asked him to join.
 
Claudio: yes, it simply was like that, I was sceptic to show him my soundwork at first, being it so different in a way from what he was doing, but as we spoke more and more we realised we both wanted the same thing, to explore all parameters of noise. So the rest is history.
 
It never seems pretty obvious that a person is born walking so to speak, so could you tell us a little about the history and evolution that you went through to end up as a musician making all kind of "weird" electronic music. How did you got acquainted with this genre of music during your childhood?
Jorge: in the beginning, it was Robert Fripp who opened my eyes to all the repetitive noises. All made with a guitar. Later on I was very impressed by Merzbow, Macronympha and some other noise artists like Killer Bug, then I discovered all this other stuff like Francisco Lopez, etc. Lately it has been the sounds of Alva Noto and Jonas Lindgren who've caught my attention.
 
Claudio: I started my interest in soundwork at college, I studied film and used to make "sounds" to go along with my projects, contrary to the rest of the class I was more into the avant-garde, film noir, aesthetics, so it was very appropriate. Little by little computers started integrating into my work up to this point where it is a combined
electro-acoustic kind of work.
 
Can you remember any specific story or situation (something funny maybe) that happened in your younger years which was of quite a big importance and contributed to your interest in the genre. Something (a story) you'll never forget somehow?
Jorge: I can't pinpoint the exact moment these sounds caught my interest. Maybe the first Masonna track I ever heard. It was mind blowing...
 
Claudio: getting really depressed about my life and environment at 16 almost to the point of misanthropy, was a turning point in my life, ever since I’ve embraced art and profoundness as a method of existence. It’s been difficult because of the barriers of society, but now I can truly say I’m at peace with who I am, and my work.
 
Were you already since a young age planning to become a musician?
Jorge: since I was about 5 or 6, yes.
 
Claudio: fiddled around a little bit as rhythm guitarist for a metal band, but nothing serious other than that.
 
What was your parent’s comment to this or what was their comment later when you did become a musician? Do/did they support you and what's their opinion about the genre of music?
Jorge: my parents are extremely patient. They never actually got to hate it. And yes, they support what I do.
 
Claudio: my parents don’t exactly understand my way of life, but they respect it.
 
What were the first concrete/simple/basic sounds that got you into this music, before you got your electronic gear to record something (besides a tape recorder maybe)?
Jorge: I guess growing up near the airport in my city (Ponce, Puerto Rico). Later on I ended up working there. Those giant airplanes’ sounds every day for years I guess influenced me a bit.
 
Claudio: field recordings of Boston at 6 am on a Sunday, sounds of acoustic things hitting walls etc, done on my audio classes, etc.
 
Were you anyhow influenced by certain artist in particular that got you on the road?
Jorge: the biggest influence for me personally has to be Fripp. Merzbow obviously, but you knew that.
 
Claudio: I didn’t exactly knew what I was doing, and its complete relevance world-wide as a culture, until I met Jorge. I knew there was stuff, and I knew Francis Schwartz (acquaintance of John Cage), but I never considered what I did relevant to those references..
 
Ok, further with the future now. Do/did any of you have any side-projects going on, can you name all of them and give a short description to tell us in what measure they are different from eachother musically and maybe the concept behind it?
Jorge: I work on a solo project and have released some ambient albums with that. Claudio and I will be working together on another, still un-named project. Something more Dub influenced. Claudio on machines, myself and another
friend of our on guitar. Plus I will be supplying guitar for a space rock band called Astral Mon with members of Macroporno and Siconautas (all local bands).
 
Claudio: I have several side projects of which I can mention:
Yituey: I deal with static, microscopic and immense sounds, but with a human feeling.
socialmente desafiado: an ambient techno project in which I ventilate being sloppy, tacky, and melodic, not unlike Autechre
Plus other projects like O.I.R., in which I explore moving image manipulation and mixture with organic materials, with a social context.
 
Puerto Rico would be far the last country one would expect to come across with a musician involved into dark-experimental-industrial-noise-... but as to my recent knowledge there is even more than just one. It would be nice and more than appreciated if you could give us some sort of an overview of what other bands are active on your territory these days. Could you as well add a description to it about the music they are doing... which ones are really recommended to look out for?
Jorge, Claudio: well, to be honest, we've actually have experienced some prejudice because of that. People just don't think two kids from a tropical island should play anything but Salsa or whatever...
There are MANY experimental artists here (believe it or not), but none of them have reached out internationally as we've had.
A quick rundown:
 
Rafael Aponte Ledee: Musique Concrete composer. Active in the 70s. Now retired.
Dr. Carlos Vazquez: Musique Concrete composer. Active since the 70s.
Un.Real: Ambient Rock band. Active since the very early 90s.
Siconautas: Space Rock band. Active at least since '93.
Macroporno: IDM/Braindance band, of which Claudio is a member on a visual part. Active since '96.
Oscilador 4: indescribable Stereolab-ish band.
Synaesthesia: Abstract Classical/Downtempo band. violins, violas, celli, etc.
Descojon Urbano/Hijos de Cain: Industrial Punk band. Active since about '89.
Antartica: Hijos de Cain side project. Active since about '96.
Local 12: Downtempo/Latin band. Imagine abstract downtempo beats with Latin percussion thrown in. Active since '97.
Exp Lab: Psychedelic/improv/rock/jazz band.
Shshsh: Noise artist.
Guerraeterna: lo-fi Noise. Active since the mid nineties.
Lester Mon: Psychedelic Space Rock/Ambient Soundscapes. Active since '93.
Lagrima: Digital Hardcore artist. Active since '97.
Cromafactor: Industrial act. Since '98.
The Humanoids: Digital Hardcore unit. Side project of Macroporno + K-Kemit (turntablist)
Yituey: Microatmospheres. Side project of Claudio.
Musique Concrete Ensemble: Ambient.
Malación: Macroporno side project.
Cornucopia: Minimal Noise/etc. Active since '96.
Zooplank!: IDM artist.
Superaquello: As they themselves describe it: "Terequetech" as in "gadget tech influenced, but with a sort of Brazilian tropical twist".
Burning Face: Gothic/Noise/Stoner Rock band. Inactive.
Tungunska: Minimal ambient artist.
Matotumba: Improv/Noise collective.
Plus all the DJs, etc.
 
How is the scene in Puerto Rico regarding the amount of concerts happening there, maybe with once in a while foreign bands? What's the average amount of people that shows interest in concerts and comes down to see one for himself? Are there just parties as well? Do you have something like a Puerto Rican Gothic scene as well? (this "gothic" question, because that's mostly the biggest scene where subgroups involving noise-industrial-ambient-experimental-... are mostly formed).
Jorge: it's just like anywhere else, Stefan. There are all kinds of shit here too. All the big commercial artists cone over and play, etc. no experimental artists though. What we do has its audience, but as with everywhere else, it's small. Oh and yes there are "Goths" in Puerto Rico. They don't like us from what I’ve heard.
 
Claudio: a little bit of everything, a lot of cultures collide in Puerto Rico, hence a lot of different types of expressions, from tacky and fadish drum n bass, to us.
 
The name Cornucopia doesn't ring a bell within most people I figure, one can consider it just as a strange name, but actually it stands for quite a specific expression or whatever I should call it. Could you tell us about the more profound meaning related to it, why you choose it and how it fits in your own life-philosophy or what interpretation or thought did you give Cornucopia in order for you to choose this name? (I expect at least 3 pages as answer! - hehehe, just a pretty long answer would be more than appreciated as well)
Jorge: well there is no big, pretentious, spiritual meaning to the name. The word "cornucopia" stands for "abundance" and it applied to us because of the abundance of sound in what we do. That’s why I chose it. Another reason for using it is because it applies to both English and Spanish, so we could avoid questions about translations during interviews. har har...
 
Claudio: Jorge said it all....
 
Regarding your music now, you record and experiment with a wide range of sounds and genres. What's the closest description you could give us about your music to give people an idea? Which styles do you mix together or you use influences from?
Jorge: it would be ridiculously difficult to describe it with just one word. We mix all kinds of shit. Ambient textures, loud noises from machinery, field recordings (of the sea shoes, rivers, forests etc.), analogue synth textures and digital signal processing all into one huge ball of loops and we edit everything to death. I guess most of what we do has a certain Dub influence, because of all the repetitive sounds, but we try not to get too boring. It's basically an equal combination of noise, ambient, microsound and musique concrete.
 
Claudio: I don’t like limits, though I limit myself when working to maximise versatility, but we are basically sound designers, we don’t limit ourselves on our explorations through different types of noise.
 
Claudio, you especially give the music another dimension through the use of an audio-visual installation, which you manipulate and edit live. The website tells us that you offer a complete audio-visual experience, a hypnotic attack on the senses. What do you want to reach with this in particular, manipulation of the human mind? How could one imagine what this is all about, can you shed some light about these specific life performances, what can one expect to see?
Claudio: well as you rightly said it, visualising a cornucopia of sounds is no easy task. I tend to be very conceptual on my work, at the beginning my first contemplations were based on the amplification of pixels, and the interaction of their a-rhythmic patterns, with our sounds. Right now visually we’re on hold, because I’m in the process of conceptualising a more appropriate vision of Cornucopia for our shows. What will happen next visually is that we will evolve to include programmed visuals that really interact with the pieces in real time. Whereas we will have a dedicated computer who will analyse our improvised output, and match it with a set of predetermined footages, images, etc, in an object based programmed environment (sorry too technical visual c++)
 
Claudio, when and how did you become a graphic artist and sculptor, did you do some studies in that direction? Has anyone ever offered you to do something for a movie, or have you ever done anything for exhibitions, go ahead and tell us something more about the whole thing?
Claudio: ok my explorations began through reading, I ran into quite an existential mess at 16, and one of my solutions was to explore my destiny through reading, what interested me, and why was I always thinking so much about things people took completely for granted. My first initiative, my father being a cinematographer, was to study film. Once I got there, I felt I had to explore film as an art medium since my main interest has always been artistic expressions. Through college I worked and did some avant-garde projects for my classes, mostly footage without persons, done on an empty city Sunday mornings. I hated people for a long time, so I never included them in my works. Nowadays I’ve gone through several transitions, that have me right where I wanted to be, I sent the work life, career, and social fulfilment straight to the hole, and am dedicating my life to multimedia explorations of my feelings. Luckily my little experience with work in advertising here taught me in a way how to make it profitable, and now I’m fully working on ways to secure a stable life, getting paid, and doing, what I feel.
Fieldwork I’ve done quite a lot, from working on films, designing and conceptualising events, exhibitions of my work as painter, collaborations, etc.
Lately I did a 5-screen installation inside a rave-like event (I always choose electronic music events to show my work, because of the unpredictability of people going there totally not expecting collage work of video art, with a social message)
Anyway this huge beer company paid me a lot of money to go there for two days and do my installation, which they didn't know was totally a criticism from my part to the whole lifestyle they promote. I don't go there and insult them, but I severely criticise consumerism, trends, concrete, and glorification of the superficial aesthetics among other things, through manipulations of abstract and organic footages through videomixers it was quite fun...)
 
I was wondering if you did some concept recordings or releases already, if so, what are the main concepts you work around and why? Or what would you want to work around someday?
Jorge: we did a 3" Cdr for Hospital Productions last year, which commented (sonically) against organised religion. We recently finished "Vibro-Acústica", a CD for Generator Sound Art in New York, which talks about a certain illness citizens of the Puerto Rican island of Vieques are suffering, thanks to some "target practice" the US NAVY is doing there...
What else... we did an early tape release called "Lifelong Hate Crusade" which was about the bombings of Baghdad in 1998. Our newest 7" is titled "The Disease Industry" and it needs no explanation. So as you can see, most of what we do is conceptual.
 
Claudio: independently my project Yituey is now releasing a piece called "sentimientos de plomo" which is a musique concrete piece of sixty minutes, commenting on the situation of Vieques island. This work I did only of manipulations of field recordings of wind, waves, and night. Our label Eco will be releasing a limited edition of fifty copies, to be distributed freely, as part of the concept criticising people who have gone out to get rich on this whole situation. I’m planning on performing the piece in as much cultural environments as I can worldwide.
 
I might ask you to sum up all releases, but as there are quite some I was wondering if you just could give some examples of some titles of albums that you released (with the additional info) which were worked out around a
certain subject or idea/concept?
Jorge: the ones I’ve already mentioned are conceptual of course, plus there is the split with Sickness titled "Final Noise music" which is a tribute to MB (Maurizio Bianchi) which is excellent. Also, the "60 Years" split Cdr with
Musque:Motpol (from Sweden) is also about Vieques. The title refers to the amount of time the NAVY has used the island. I think the 'Vibroacústica' CD is the most important, sonically and conceptually.
 
Is the music you make an expression/outlet of your own personal feelings/emotions, what are these feelings then? Do you try to hide or include a certain message in your work (music/visual artwork) to make people more conscious about something-about what? How do you want people to interpret or "feel" your music?
Jorge: I personally don't care if they get it or not. If you come to a Cornucopia show without expectations, then you WILL enjoy it. When I make the sounds all I have in my mind are the sounds themselves. Nothing else.
 
Claudio: everything I do in my life is about how I feel, so there you go!
 
What's the strangest sound you ever recorded yourself, or what would be the most strangest sound you would like to record?
Jorge: I would like to record the sounds of lightbulbs. Have you heard those? I think (correct me if I’m wrong) that Australian sound sculptor Alan Lamb recorded those once.
 
Claudio: stomach, intestines, and stuff like that.
 
Besides the many albums you both released already, how does it come that you're practically unknown in European territories?
J: I guess we're not known because we haven't released a real CD yet. All of our releases are in Cdr, in editions of 100 maximum. In order to get known worldwide you need to get on a BIG label, which has a good distribution. We haven't had the chance yet. But having said that, labels like Fusion Audio, Solipsism and Public Eyesore have been very good to us. So we can't complain.
I also think that there's this 'friendship factor' in the experimental scene. It’s just like the mainstream music business. It’s who you know and where your records get released. I’ve heard some TERRIBLE records in big experimental labels, but they're released by either people who are already known or unknown who know the record label people personally. I know I sound like I am bitching but I know I speak the truth.
 
Claudio: I differ from your opinion. In very special ways, I’ve got more feedback and responses of admiration and respect from European listeners than those in Puerto Rico. I feel they are more up to what we do, which is one of the reasons why we will be performing in four of the principal cities of Spain, for example.
As for the experimental community I hate the elitism. We have contacted and sent material to some of these labels, only to be ignored because we are not such and such from Austria, for example. Again I’m bitching also, but time will tell...
 
You also did some collaborations with other artist, if they aren't many, could you name them all. What's the most pleasant experience you had while recording with other artists so far?
Jorge: I enjoyed the one with Sickness. Chris is a hard worker, and if you want to work with him you have to do a good job or he will let you know straight up. You got to love that. Also, the William IX thing I did with Bryan Day of Sistrum was a lot of fun. And I can't forget Zan Hoffman, who has a golden ear for sounds. I can't believe how much he works! Just imagine having over 600 releases!
 
Claudio: one of my favourite collaborations lately is the one I did with Mr. Chris Dooks aka bovine life (www.bovine.org.uk ). This collaboration will be out on the social electrics CD to be out on the fall on Bip-hop (www.bip-hop.com ). Two loners, wiring feelings through modems:) I’m looking forward to my next collaboration with Jonas Lindgren, in which we will explore micro-feelings... Among other future collaborations, I will collaborate with my girlfriend, curiously named Claudia, on my next Yituey release of which she will be the source material with all her bodily sounds.)
 
With whom would you want to collaborate someday?
Jorge: tough one. Many people: just now I will say: Francisco Lopez definitely.
 
Claudio: Francisco Lopez first on list... also Thomas Winquist, Francis Schwartz, but for me is not much the person that motivates me, the concept or idea we have in common is what fills me...
 
Well, further now with a little info that fits into the concept of Fusarium Magazine and additional related questions that might be of one's interest. Also Puerto Rico didn't stay unharmed by the "American imperialism", they abused 1 of Puerto Rico's islands "Vieques" to do tests with "depleted" Uranium. We in Europe were set up with the same tests, going so far that our own governments (European Union) allowed (unknowingly they state) the Americans to do these tests on our own European army troops of which only now we are starting to see and hear about the extreme consequences. Do you give a lot of thought about the mess they are making in your country, what do you think about the whole "shituation"?
Jorge: well, America’s atrocities go unnoticed everyday in this world. Everyone wants to be fucking American. I find this pathetic, and of course, the repercussions this brings into the world and all our different societies are evident.
The Vieques issue has been alive and kicking for many years, it was just left in the backburner if you will, because there were "more important" things to consider for the local government. the navy has been bombing Vieques for the past 61 years. They’ve used "depleted" uranium as you pointed out. This infests the water. Vieques mostly lives of what they fish. They feed their families with uranium infested fish basically. And that's probably what we eat.
Then our people just got fed up when they finally managed to kill a Puerto Rican security guard, who stood outside bombing range and was blown away by an American pilot. A 'mistake of course' they say. That was it. After this happened, neither the government nor the people could take anymore. The environmental devastation caused by live bombing was brought to the forefront and people started to protest. They performed civil disobedience by infiltrating the bombing grounds everyday for the past 2 years. They have stopped the bombing for a while, but it starts again soon.
and our people will disrupt them again and again. For as long as it takes.
 
Is this actually a known topic in the news in Puerto Rico? How do the people stand against these facts? In which measure is your own government involved in this case, what initiatives are they taking to stop al this? And is the anti-American resistance as well there growing, protests of any kind? What consequences are already known to the people, or what is predicted to follow? Do certain countries provide any international support to prevent or fight against these "shituations"? Which countries are mainly on your side?
Jorge: yes this is obviously well known in our island. It is probably the most important issue for the people and the government as well (or so they say). The only initiatives people are taking are protesting. Infiltrating the bombing area and directly stopping it. Infiltrating the navy controlled area leads to an immediate arrest and some physical abuse (as a recently discovered navy video showed). They’re beat up quite badly and put in a roofless cage until they can be taken back to the big island and face trial for trespassing. Can you believe it? Trespassing in our own country?
 
How far goes the globalisation in your country? What is your vision/opinion hereabout. What advice or message would you want to share with the people?
Jorge: well, as in most Latin American countries, the US has a goldmine here. It is basically impossible for me to buy local food after 23.00 hrs in my city, the only choices are synthetic American fast foods. That is a microcosm for the rest of the economy. Chain stores and strip malls are the order of the day here. The local economy is almost non-existent. I could go downtown right now and it's mostly a ghost town. People just prefer the air-conditioned mall bullshit.
 
Enough about the mess, let's see Puerto Rico from a different side now. In case we ever would set feet in Puerto Rico, which place(s) do you recommend us to visit and which places better not (Vieques I guess)?
Jorge: El Yunque. The biggest rainforest in the Caribbean. That's a bit touristy I guess... go to the ghettos. See the REAL Puerto Rico. The one not on Ricky Martin endorsed-tourist brochures.
 
Claudio: Puerto Rico is a very interesting small place in the sense that you have a huge mountain, tropical forest, next to a beautiful sandy beach, lots of neat sounds...
 
What else could you tell us more about Puerto Rico, traditional food, best beer, nice girls, best mushrooms, ...?
Jorge: I could tell you that the beer is cheap, but I can't say anything about mushrooms... I can tell you about the weed though... how's the weed up in Antwerp? You’ve got to hook us up when we get there...
 
Claudio: as you can see we love weed, it promotes at least in me the relaxation I need in order to deal with society here, a herbal lithium, if you will...
 
Ok, further now about your activities together. You both run a label called ECO, what does the name stand for? Any deeper significance?
Jorge: not at all. We like echo, we like repetition. We used it in Spanish. The label itself is very very small right now. Releases all limited to 50 copies. We’ve released some wonderful records from R4, Jonas Lindgren, Yituey, Cornucopia and Pablo Reche. We try to keep the prices low and do some distro. But we're trying to keep releases to very small numbers so we have time to actually make noise.
 
Claudio: Eco is our little label soon to be creative hub, we plan to let the world know of our intellectual wanderings through Eco, and it makes a lot of sense.
 
You focus on releasing only CD-R in plastic bags to bypass jewelcases. Is this mainly because of the costs, so if you'd be possible, would you release material on printed CD's? Do you plan all releases to be on CD-R? What's your view towards pressed CD's or CD-R's?
Jorge: well so far it has only been Cdr’s and we've now changed the packaging to anti static bags which look quite nice. We hope to release a CD by American artist Omei (side project of SICKNESS) which we know is a masterpiece. And yes, we do the Cdr thing because of costs...
 
Claudio: the static bag fulfils a conceptual delight for me in the sense that they are used to ship computer materials that can be affected by static, but... if a material is placed in the bag containing static electricity, it will remain in it, until opened, I find it quite related to what we do.
 
All the releases as well are limited to a small number, why exactly? Is there not enough attention given to your products? Is the material someday to be reprinted or not?
Jorge: yes we'd like to re-release some of them on CD someday. We focus on the music, the packaging is cool and all but I personally think the focus should be on the sounds.
 
Claudio: we work, and work and work. Having a label is not a priority.
 
What does an artist have to do if he wants you to sign him, do you have preferences to certain styles and genres of music, what other conditions do they have to fulfil? Is it concentrated on a specific genre? Do the bands have to fit to a certain ideology, religion, image or background, can you tell us about it?
Jorge: we're not a major label so we couldn't care less what you look like or if you like to fuck dogs. That’s your business. Anyway we're concentrating more on releasing our own stuff so we're not taking that many submissions... we do concentrate on ambient, noise, musique concrete and microsound.
 
Claudio: Eco is a workshop for us and closely related artists, period. If the rest of the experimental tend to be elitist, we kind of allow ourselves a little bit of range into that matter too...
 
Is there any specific band you are highly looking forward to release something from, which one(s) would it be?
Jorge: definitely the Omei CD. It’s a project from Chris Goudreau of SICKNESS. Something completely different from him. More ambient oriented. A brilliant record, which I know everyone, will like. We look forward to releasing it and
have him come and play a concert in Puerto Rico.
 
Claudio: the omei CD.. I love Chris’s work, and am looking forward to releasing it soon.
 
What have you released so far? Is there anything in the works for a next release yet, and if so, could you shed some light on it then?
Jorge: well we recently released the R4 "world report" Cdr, which is just one 60 minute long track. It’s brilliant. We will release Antibody's "haha" if I can get hold of Jordan soon.
 
What can we expect in the future from both the label and Cornucopia + side-projects, are any concrete plans for either releases or collaborations made?
Jorge: most importantly, our "vibroacústica" CD is coming out on generator sound art in New York (http://www.generatorsoundart.org ). We’re also recording something for a Spanish label right now. Hopefully will be out in time for our European tour, which we're also working on these days. It will happen in November-December 2001. Of course, we will hit Belgium and other places like Spain and Holland. Claudio has a shitload of stuff he's working on, so I suppose he will elaborate about that right about now.
 
Claudio: no elaborations, as I said my life is dedicated to feeling, so you will keep seeing/hearing/feeling what I feel in the future...
 
Well, this is where my inspiration, as also yours probably, comes to an end. Is there anything you'd like to ad to this interview?
Jorge: I’d like to thank you for the interview Stefan! We look forward to our European tour and see you all then!
 
Claudio: thanks so much, this has been my favourite interview up to now, I’ve never talked so much! See you in Europe!!!
ahh una cosa, por favor dense cuenta que Estados Unidos son el imperio de la mierda, la sociedad mundial no necesita de tal monstruo de manipulación (sorry had to say it)
 
Cornucopia discography:
'vibro-acústica' (generator sound art, USA)
'1003' (eco, Puerto Rico)
'perspectives' (fusion audio, USA)
'eradicate the religious establishment' (hospital productions, USA)
'lifelong hate crusade' (tdt music, Puerto Rico)
'christians in bondage' (tdt, pr)
'sense' (tdt, Puerto Rico)
'crack the sun' with k2. (solipsism, USA)
'60 years' w/ musique:motpol (public eyesore, USA)
'final noise music' w/ sickness (ninth circle, USA) *
'una bomba más' w/ joshua norton cabal (audio intruder pain, Spain)
'split' w/ never presence forever (gameboy records, USA)
'split' w/antibody (loud cat productions, USA)
'4 way split' w/ proof of the shooting, noise migrane, kummerlige forhold
(bizarre audio arts, Ecuador)
'anger control' (tdt, Puerto Rico)
'a conscious effort' (tdt, Puerto Rico)
'right through the head' (tdt, Puerto Rico)
'the ultimate perpetration of fraud' (tdt, Puerto Rico)
'the disease industry' (ataxie disques, France)
compilations:
'paraiso holocausto [red wire]' 2 x cd (genital prod., Mexico)
'noise conglomerate vol. 3' cdr (anti-everything, USA)
'noise conglomerate vol. 5' cd (anti-everything, USA)
'an anthology of noise' 2 x cdr (fusion audio, USA)
'musica casual - cero' cdr (rojo y negro, Puerto Rico)
'noise today vol. 1' cdr (tdt, pr)
'analogous indirect' lp (public eyesore, USA)
'white noise underground' cdr (hardcore elite, USA)
'smoking for santa: a cannabis christmas' cdr (mp3.com)
'noise in the net' cdr (mp3.com)
'reconstruct the chaos #1' cdr (audio intruder pain, Spain)
'reconstruct the chaos #2' cdr (audio intruder pain, Spain)
'depth of beyond' 2 x c60 (troniks, USA)
'13 seconds of pain' (bear walking, USA)
'infra - red healing' 3" cdr (hospital productions, USA)
 
contact:
CORNUCOPIA
P.O. box 9022731
San Juan, Puerto Rico 009022731
cornucopiapr@hotmail.com

you can download some free mp3s from CORNUCOPIA, YITUEY and JORGE CASTRO at the following urls:

http://www.mp3.com/cornucopia
http://www.tiln.net/ ó http://66.24.70.235/cornucopia_.html
http://www.mp3.com/yituey
http://www.mp3.com/jorgecastro