Live recording by Miguel Azguime on April 20th 2018 at O'Culto da Ajuda.
Mix, master & graphic design by Carlos Santos.
Production by Ernesto Rodrigues.
REVIEWS
"3 Phases", or 3 aspects of the approach that violist Ernesto Rodrigues applies to improvisation, in 3 different groupings over 3 different concerts at O'Culto da Ajuda, in Lisbon, here in an electroacoustic ensemble with Miguel Mira, Guilherme Rodrigues, Joao Silva, Eduardo Chagas, Paulo Curado, Noel Taylor, Miguel Almeida, Andre Holzer, Andre Hencleeday, Carlos Santos, and Joao Valinho. (Squidco)
"Black", lasting over 47 minutes, is the most challenging and the most amazing. It is played by Diceros: the super-twelve-tet. combining string instruments, wind, percussion and electronics. It starts building up the atmosphere in a quiet and gradual way. The beauty of track is encoded in the interplays and interconnections between pair, triples, quadruples, etc. of instruments. There recording is such that individual instruments can be recognized, but with care. It is like visual art: seen from distance without resolution, looks differently. Here, one can hear this track as a continuous flow of alternative sound, or resolve, guess who is playing what... For me this is a combination of intellectual and emotional drug, addicting me more deeply and more profoundly the more I listen to it. Maciej Lewenstein
credits
released October 22, 2018
Ernesto Rodrigues - viola
Miguel Mira - cello
Guilherme Rodrigues - zither, metronome, objects
João Silva - trumpet
Eduardo Chagas - alto trombone
Paulo Curado - flute
Noel Taylor - clarinet & bass clarinet
Miguel Almeida - 10 string classical guitar
Andre Holzer - resonator guitar
Andre Hencleeday - piano & synthesizer
Carlos Santos - computer
João Valinho - percussion
Ernesto Rodrigues (Lisbon, August 29th 1959) has been playing the violin / viola for 50 years and in that time has played
all genres of music ranging from contemporary music to free jazz and free improvisation, live and in the studio.
The relationship with his instruments is focused in sonic and
textural elements as well as the use of extended techniques....more
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