{"product_id":"bill-orcutt-mabe-fratti-almost-waking-dinked-edition","title":"Bill Orcutt \u0026 Mabe Fratti - Almost Waking (Dinked Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003eMabe Fratti is a Guatemalan cellist, vocalist, and composer based in Mexico City, celebrated for her experimental yet deeply melodic work. Blending cello, voice, synthesizers, and electroacoustic textures, she builds songs that move between improvisation, ambient soundscapes, and off-kilter pop forms. Emerging from Mexico City’s improvisational and experimental scene, she has become a key voice in contemporary avant-pop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBill Orcutt is an American guitarist and composer known for his raw, highly individual approach to improvisation. A co-founder of the 1990s noise-rock duo Harry Pussy, he helped shape a fiercely abrasive aesthetic that drew from no wave, hardcore punk, and free jazz. Often playing a four-string guitar in unconventional tunings, he combines shards of melody, sudden silences, and surging rhythmic bursts, creating music that feels both primitive and structurally intricate. In parallel with his work as a guitarist, he runs the Palilalia and Fake Estates imprints and develops his own audio software, continuing to blur lines between avant-garde experimentation, song form, and DIY practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlmost Waking \u003cbr\u003eI had known about Bill’s music for a while: since his 2017 release under his own name. I connected a lot with his music and I had no idea that years later we would be collaborating! It was a total surprise that we started chatting on the internet of collaborating! — we bounced ideas back and forth, all starting with a series of guitar solo stuff that Bill sent me. I had a great time with the pieces and in some\u003cbr\u003eof them had the honor to collaborate with I. La Catolica in the studio here in Mexico as well where we were trying to decipher the harmonic possibilities of Bill’s ideas and very carefully develop some good melodies that followed correctly the guitar. The vocal melodies followed also the same principle of trying to get tight with Bill’s iniciatives. The idea was to leave a lot of space but in only one of the tracks I just went on with the idea of harmonizing shamelessly the vocals. The album ended up having this nostalgic vibe to it. I am so happy on how it turned out and grateful with the crazy coincidence that made it happen!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-5b411c20-7fff-8041-70ea-5b98ca0cec92\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eDinked Edition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e180g cream vinyl *\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eColour A2 poster * \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLetterpress 3 x postcard set *\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHand numbered obi-strip *\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLimited pressing of 300 *\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*EXCLUSIVE to Dinked Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eTracklist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSide A\u003cbr\u003eAlmost Waking \u003cbr\u003eEl Inicio es cuestión de suerte  \u003cbr\u003eForced \u0026amp; Forced \u0026amp; Forced \u003cbr\u003eArise from Graves and Aspire \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSide B\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eThe Heaven of our Misery\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eSteps of the Sun \u003cbr\u003eTodo puede ser error \u003cbr\u003eA Rural Pen \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: limited Dinked Edition vinyl LP\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel\u003c\/strong\u003e: Unheard of Hope\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre\u003c\/strong\u003e: Experimental\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e: New\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Number\u003c\/strong\u003e: UOH21LPX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBarcode\u003c\/strong\u003e: 5061041821622\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pre-orders\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003eIf unsealed, we ship records with the LP outside the sleeve to avoid seam splits.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"South Records Ltd","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":55497868476792,"sku":null,"price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0342\/2497\/files\/Screenshot_2026-03-11_at_20.00.20.png?v=1773259434","url":"https:\/\/www.southrecordshop.com\/products\/bill-orcutt-mabe-fratti-almost-waking-dinked-edition","provider":"South Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}