For some time, we wanted to show the world that live BALTHVS was a whole other experience than what we showed on our records. When we made the records, we envisioned the home as the place where these sounds would resonate; we wanted to give space and calm for the uncertain times the 2020s ushered in. As life slowly went back to normal, we could head out for the first time to the stage and perform. The wild energy accumulates, and as the decade goes through, so does the intensity of the music and the world, the fire of the audience and the increasing size of the stages, propelling new energy into our melodies and rhythms. After a while, the live offerings were unrecognizable from the original song
Their newest album is the product of that time on the road. Aptly titled Transmutations, it defies easy categorization. It is not a live album, nor a conventional studio release, but something rarer: a document of transformation. It was captured live during their late 2025 European concerts and the Flesh and Soul tour, by Zev Russ, with additional studio recordings taking place in San Diego, CA, and Bogota, Colombia, recorded and produced by bandleader Balthazar Aguirre.
“We ‘transmuted’ the live concert into a studio album, we had no restrictions with the material, we re-recorded multiple elements in order to ensure pristine studio quality while preserving the energy of the live experience, and ‘alchemized’ the songs.”
Transmutations is due out March 20th on their own Cubensis Records.
Tracklist:
- Ojos Verdes (Alchemized)
- LSD In Bahia
- Mood Swing (Alchemized)
- Flesh & Soul (Alchemized)
- All Is One (Alchemized)
- Outer Reaches
- Shakedown Street
- Inner Heights
- Johanna’s Dream (Alchemized)
Produced, Mixed & Mastered by Balthazar Aguirre. Performed by Balthazar Aguirre, Santiago Lizcano, Johanna Mercuriana & Vanessa Muñoz
