★Creative Sources
Dripping
Tip! When Dirk Serries travelled last May to Portugal for a series of concerts with José Lencastre, he didn't know he was going to be invited to record some amazing sessions with several key players from the Portuguese impro scene. This is one. Lively session recorded at the studio of João Madeira in Lisbon on May 7th, 2023. A blast it was.
Chlopingle
*2022 stock.* Not exactly prolific this band: their first album "And The Missing R" dates from 2008 already, and now, seven years later we get their sophomore album, and that is many years too late, but their music is great. The band still consists of Belgian-Italian Daniele Martini on tenor sax, Belgian-Italian pianist Giovanni di Domenico, Portuguese bassist Gonçalo Almeida who resides in Rotterdam, and Portuguese drummer João Lobo.
The first track, "Non Negative Python", is a slow intimate a…
The Sage Flower
Limited edition of 100 copies.* Cellist Guilherme Rodrigues (Portugal, residing in Berlin) and guitarist Dirk Serries teamed up for a chamber music-esque session at the Sunny Side Inc. Studio (Anderlecht, Belgium). The Sage Flower is that collection of detailed interaction, acoustic outbursts and linear minimalisme.
Chapel
"Sometimes I wonder why it takes years for something to find its way to a release, but in this case, you could think: wow, that's really fast. The concert that we find on these recordings dates from September 4. I must assume the CD went into production the day after the concert. I believe I had not yet the pleasure to hear music as part of a duo (in some bigger groups, yes), and he teams up with recent improvised music convert Dirk Serries. The latter is on guitar. I would think this CD covers …
White Smoke
Unusual instrumentation and interaction from the trio of percussionist Mike Goyvaerts (Canaries on the Pole), saxophonist Jeffey Morgan (releases on Headlight, Konnex) and EMS synthesist Willy Van Buggenhout. Buggenhout and Goyvaerts are known for their electroacoustic duo Hotzeniebotsze, while Goyvaerts is also a long-term member of Fred Van Hove's W.I.M. (Workshop of Improvising Music). The trio use great technical skills and a unique approach to playing that mixes conventional and alien sound…
Apteryx Mantelli
Portugal's IKB Ensemble is an electracoustic improvising ensemble with a strong string and wind section, balanced with electric guitar, electronics, and percussion. This is a beautiful example of communal playing allowing textures and unique voices to surface and submerge, where no voice subsumes the other, but work together to create a unique and intriguing tapestry of sound.
Ornithorhynchus Anatinus
Ernesto Rodrigues - violaMaria do Mar - violinGuilherme Rodrigues - celloMiguel Mira - double bassAndré Hencleeday - tenor psalteryMiguel Almeida - acoustic guitarMaria Radich - voicePaulo Curado - flutePaulo Chagas - oboeNuno Torres - alto saxophoneBruno Parrinha - clarinet & bass clarinetFernando Simões - trumpetEduardo Chagas - tromboneAbdul Moimême - electric guitarCarlos Santos - electronicsMonsieur Trinité - percussio
Voice & percussion
With their debut album, Backer & Strid tell both short and long stories through sound improvisations that includes the rich spectrum from more serious expressions, to humoristic passages and parts. Tracks range from minimalistic and quiet nuances, to outraging energy bursts. The music is inspired by European improv, free jazz, contemporary classical music, folk music and much more. The album was improvised and recorded September 2014 in Heby, Sweden by Strid, and mixed by Backer & Strid.
Dracaena Draco
Awesome new release by the extended Lisboa ensemble lead by Ernesto Rodrigues and his crowd of talented collaborators (Guilherme Rodrigues on cello, Miguel Mira on double bass, Rogerio Silva on trumpet, Eduardo Chagas on trombone, Bruno Parrinha on alto clarinet, Nuno Torres on alto saxophone, Pedro Sousa on tenor and baritone saxophones, Abdul Moimeme on prepared electric guitar, Carlos Santos and Ricardo Guerreiro on computers, Monsieur Trinite', Nuno Morao and Jose Oliveira on percussio…
La Verite' des Pierres
Recorded at Tcha3 studio, 12th October, Lisbon. Ernesto Rodrigues: viola, Louis Laurain: trumpet, Bruno Parrinha: clarinet and alto clarinet, Guilherme Rodrigues cello, Carlos Santos: electronics and objects
Kochuu
Isabelle Duthoit, clarinet, voice. Roger Turner, percussion. Alexander Frangenheim, double bass. Recorded in Berlin 2014.
Three Rushes
Ernesto Rodrigues, harp and objects. Katsura Yamauchi, alto saxophone. Carlos Santos, computer.
Empty pingeonhole
Udo Schindler, bass- & contrabass-clarinet, soprano saxophone, cornet. Elisabeth Harnik, pleyel-piano. Live recording Octobver 26, 2012 in München.
Berlin
Ernesto Rodrigues, viola. Chris Heenan, alto saxophone, contrabass clarinet. Alexander Frangenheim, double bass. Ofer Bymel, percussion. Recorded 2010 in Berlin.
All about Mimi
Ernesto Rodrigues, viola. Ricardo Guerreiro, computer. Christian Wolfarth, cymbals. Recorded 2012 in Lisbon.
Verwandlung
Coralie Lonfat, laptop. Nathalie Huber, piano, objects, harmonium. Recorded in november 2012 at Atelier Musiquezag, Lausanne (CH).
47°13' N 7°E
Another uncommon sonic wringer from Portuguese label Creative Sources has been signed by a couple of Switzerland-based (as you could easily surmise from the geographical coordinate, which point to a place the district of Franches-Montagnes in the canton of Jura in Switzerland, they used to name this release) musicians, Lea Danzeisen and Christoph Schiller, who decided to squeeze the spinet, the little brother of harpsichord and piano, whose sound got totally transfigured by meticulous mod…
Le beau déviant
Heddy Boubaker, alto & bass saxophones. Ernesto Rodrigues, viola. Abdul Moimême, prepared electric guitars. Recorded in Lisbon, 2010.