raiiio – Otros Principios

released on cassette & digital April 25th, 2025

Otros Principios (Other Beginnings / Other Principles) is the debut album from raiiio, the musical alias of Raimundo Atal, a multi-instrumentalist from Chile who’s been based in NYC since 2014. Atal is a musician of broad tastes and experiences who has recently found a novel and expansive electronic approach that weaves together ambient, punk, South American folk music, and experimental strands. Though he has been a member of major touring groups like Pinc Louds, Otros Principios represents his first solo recording.

Atal built this album’s material gradually as he delved into electronic music making. He began to see familiar sonic tools in new lights – sampling records, flutes, drums, and guitars, and rebuilding them as tactile textures. He took pedals he had previously only seen used live on a guitar and applied them to all sorts of recordings. His electronic experimentation has expanded beyond from solo work to the duo Y No with Canto Villano, as well as with the electronic percussion ensemble A.B.E.L.A. (Asociación de Bateristas Elektrónikxs de Latinoamerika). As a part of this new journey, he has also been organizing experimental music series in NY, such as “Humans and the Machines”, exploring different types of relationships between humans and their instruments, and Latinoise, a summit of NYC-based latinamerican noise artists. The album’s title is a reflection of his search for other principles and new beginnings in his creative practice.