Devotions, an ode to Pablo’s Eye | Florence Scott-Anderton

"A temporary atmosphere, like a taste, or a dream"... Pablo's Eye spent the late 80s into the 90s and beyond creating all forms of mind bending, cinematic music; moving across spoken word, ambient, downtempo, electronic, soft rock, post-punk, new age, tribal and everything in between. The Belgian collective, headed by Brussels-based Axel Libeert, has had artists come and go through the decades, passing on their words, art, and music. All those involved share a thread, an idea or passion for what they do. In recent years new sounds, ideas, and contributors have evolved from the origins of the collective. Through my own conversations with Libeert (usually thoughts on so much more than music) a sense of energy and sincerity is felt at the forefront of Pablo's Eye - an infectious magic that can be taken off into one's own worlds, thoughts, ideas, and work. Pablo's Eye was once affiliated with Swim, Malka Spigel and Colin Newman's label amongst other labels and literature, and most recently Stroom have created a trilogy of their reissues, shining a new light on the collective to those not in the know - but to many, Pablo's Eye are simply a dream, a temporary atmosphere.

- Florence Scott-Anderton