Jaloes is a spanish composer of instrumental minimalist music. His songs, made with piano and computers, are described as relaxing, melodic, rhythmic and repetitive. Some of his musical influences come from the American minimalist music, La Monte Young, Steve Reich, Terry Riley, Philip Glass, and later musicians who made an approach to this style, like Wim Mertens, Michael Nyman, John Adams and Yann Tiersen.
His music is based on repetition, where a melodic pattern is enhanced with a new figure or a small difference that creates a new pattern, and thus gradually. Another frequent feature of his music is the superposition of several simple patterns to achieve a more elaborate pattern. Some key elements in his creative process are melody, repetition, superposition and addition.
In March 2009 Jaloes released the album "Weather" with nine compositions played by computer and mixed and produced by the author himself. "Weather" is relaxing music written to express the mood for several weather conditions, through a set of uplifting pieces of musical progression. These songs are made with several layers of electronic patterns and repetitive piano chords.
"With repeated melodies and additions, using traditional instruments and his trusty computer, he creates soothing sounds to relax the cares of your day away."
(Paul Nixon, November 2010)
"Jaloes music is classified under New Age, and indeed does have a calming and peaceful mood. Don't expect glaring changes or upsetting rhythms here... just tranquil and tasteful piano music."
(indie-music.com, November 2009)
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