The Horizonte Lied cut we have at hand today is a remastered take on one of their best-known hits, ‘Iluminado’, updated and remixed for a spot on the band’s ambitious project ‘Final Remasters’, which is a collection of remasters of the band’s more standout track in their long and illustrious history.
The Mexican band Horizonte Lied, based in Monterrey, can trace their earliest roots all the way back to 1992, during the high school years of its three members, the band started with covers of Depeche Mode and a few originals, but started getting serious around 2001. Composed of friends Alex Ezert, Bernardo Garza, and Jesus Logar, the band’s members have been lifelong friends and they do exchange roles within the band, with the three taking some hand in the keyboards department. But primarily, Ezert is their producer, Garza is their Percussionist, and Logar carries the lead vocals.
Iluminado’s remaster is punchy and roomy. With boomy, charismatic vocals, a driving, reverb-laden beat, and a litany of writhing synths. The stabby and varied synth sounds, mostly rhythmic, play very off of the consistent beats, soaked in reverb, and the deep vocals, featuring a minimal, punk-inspired delivery that evokes a bit of Joy Division, if Joy Division did industrial synth-tronica in Spanish. The remaster sounds neat and the layers of steely synths and vocals can all be pulled apart with ease and all the delicious detail of the arrangement gawked at, which is an entertaining exercise.
‘Iluminado’ is a hard-hitting tune from a band of hardened, electronica veterans. The remaster is a faithful representation of the beloved original that brings it to a modern standard of production that fans will find fresh and inviting.</span