Ball of Wax 67 Songs: Alejandro Magaña Aviña – “Postales”

Alejandro Magaña Aviña, who first came our way via the TELEPHONE project, has returned with a brief, yet cinematically evocative orchestral piece. “Postales” (whose title translates to “Postcards”) appropriately calls to mind a series of images, packing quite a few  scenes into its less-than-two-minute running time, almost as if an entire movie score had been compressed into 113 seconds. We have (at least in my mind) blissfully dancing fairies, a shock and a scattered chase, a sneaky stalking hunt through the woods, someone hiding behind the bushes, and a last-minute rescue from the heavens, deus ex machina-style, as the credits roll. Your mileage may vary, but without a doubt, these postales are worth flipping through again and again.