The music of Alejandro Romero envelops complex textures without renouncing the rawest dramaturgy and expressiveness. His works often burst forth unexpectedly, leaving in the wake of their initial insolence a trail of resonant debris, echoes, and expressive wreckage that gradually reassemble to carve their own pathor, as the composer puts it, their own becoming. His astonishing timbral blends cling to the skin like the patina of a humid summer.