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Carlos Suero — The Craft of Sound as Artistic Practice Carlos Suero is a Spanish music producer and composer whose work occupies a distinctive place within the field of experimental electronic music. Based in Madrid and active since the late twentieth century, Suero has developed a body of work that resists conventional categorisation, positioning production itself as an artistic and conceptual practice rather than a purely technical process. From Early Experimentation to a Mature Production Language Suero’s formative years as a musician were marked by participation in various bands and collaborative projects before a decisive period in London, where his engagement with electronic music deepened substantially. This phase proved crucial in shaping his understanding of sound production as an exploratory discipline—one rooted in risk, abstraction and the dismantling of traditional musical structures. Upon returning to Spain, Suero consolidated his identity as a producer through a constellation of projects and aliases—most notably SUERO, Godafoss, and iO—each representing a different methodological and aesthetic approach to electronic sound. This multiplicity of identities reflects his refusal to be constrained by genre or format, treating the studio as a laboratory rather than a site of standardized production. A Producer’s Philosophy: Texture, Narrative and Sonic Materiality At the core of Carlos Suero’s work as a producer lies a radical rethinking of musical priorities. Melody and conventional song form are frequently subordinated to texture, spatial depth and sonic materiality. His productions are constructed through dense layers of synthesis, processed noise, digital artefacts and field recordings, creating immersive environments that function as narratives in their own right. Suero’s music often unfolds with a cinematic logic. Works such as Ex Luna, Scientia demonstrate his capacity to integrate documentary materials—radio transmissions, archival sounds, and fragmented voices—into cohesive sonic narratives that blur the boundary between composition and sound design. Production, in this context, becomes a means of storytelling, not through words, but through the dramaturgy of sound. Production Across Aesthetic Territories Each of Suero’s main projects embodies a distinct production ethos: