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Tales I-XI 10:34
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Tales XII-XXIII 04:29
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Tales XXIV-XXXV 09:21
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Tales XXXVI-XLVII 07:26
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Tales XLVIII-LIX 13:02
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Tales LX-LXX 07:28
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Recorded by Micha Rabuske on April 16th 2010, at Exploratorium, Berlin, Germany.
Master and graphic design by Carlos Santos.
Production by Ernesto Rodrigues.

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Avec le majestueux contrebassiste berlinois, Klaus Kürvers, le quartet de Sukasaplati prend une dimension orchestrale, amplifiée par la conjonction des deux altos qui se rengorgent réciproquement. Impossible de deviner qui joue quoi : il vaut mieux se concentrer sur l’ensemble et suivre les méandres des improvisations, la vibration des cordes, le grondement léger de la flûte basse. Sur le cinquième morceau se détache un morceau épuré, ample, mystérieux et lunaire : encore une pièce importante au dossier Ernesto Rodrigues. Magnifique ! Jean-Michel van Schouwburg (Orynx)

Live recordings at Exploratorium, in Berlin, Geremany in 2010 from the quartet of Klaus Kurvers on double bass, Andrea Sanz Vela and Ernesto Rodrigues on violin, and Micha Rabuske on dlute, bass clarinet, and soprano sax, collective improvisation with complex interplay and a bright spirit as the group follows their instincts in interesting dialog. (Squidco)

In February 2023, Ernesto sent me two rarities from the early days of Rodrigues operation. The first one was
"Sukasaptati", performed by a quartet with two violas, double bass and reeds. The music is inspired by the classical
Sanscrit text of the same title. As Wikipedia explains: "Sukasaptati, or Seventy tales of the parrot, is a collection of stories originally written in Sanskrit. The stories are supposed to be narrated to a woman by her pet parrot, at the rate of one story every night, in order to dissuade her from going out to meet her paramour when her husband is away. The stories frequently deal with illicit liaisons, the problems that ow from them and the way to escape those crises by using one's wits. Though the actual purpose of the parrot is to prevent its mistress from leaving, it does so without moralising. At the end of the seventy days, the woman's husband returns from his trip abroad and all is forgiven. Most of the stories are ribald and uninhibited, with some verging on the pornographic. The situations depicted in the stories not only test the bounds of marriage, some stray into taboo areas of incest and, in one case, zoophilia."
The music has indeed some Indian touch, nicely and discretely supported by the two violas. The quartet plays
6 tracks, corresponding to diferent tales of the "Sukasaptati". As typical in Ernesto's music there is a mix of
everything here: free improvisation, minimal music and contemporary chamber music. I personally dig the opening
"Tales I-XI", with wonderful chamber music lines of the violas, and great reeds parts. But the double bass bowing and finger picking is also phenomenal. Another favorite track of mine corresponds to "Tales XLVIII-LXI". It last 13 minutes and is the most abstract and dramatic piece of the album. Very highly recommended! Maciej Lewenstein

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released April 14, 2015

Ernesto Rodrigues - viola
Andrea Sanz Vela - viola
Micha Rabuske - flute, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone
Klaus Kürvers - double bass

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Ernesto Rodrigues Lisbon, Portugal

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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