Rene J. Nunez Cabrera is a New York City-based artist and composer operating through various monikers: Begun in 2013, Horoscope is central to his orbit of output. “1 Play Morose” is the latest installment of material from that project, pulling from cinematic tropes and building upon Cabrera’s broader approach to production processes. At his most balanced articulation of unease and bliss, “1 Play Morose” scores the actions of a young woman’s repetitious banalities through the pandemic lockdown in New York City. Originally set to soundtrack a black-and-white film, difficulties in production derailed the project's development. Nonetheless Cabrera kept the recordings, his most serene and sublime to date.
