An album of direct, succint and turbulent conversation between guitarist Pedro Gomes and pocket trumpeter Sei Miguel performing live-in-studio by-the-book (of visions, the panorama key)!
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Pedro Gomes-guitars
Sei Miguel-pocket trumpet
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Limited edition of 300 copies.
UPC: 4779022072253
Label: NoBusiness
Catalog ID: NBLP 34
Squidco Product Code: 14489
Format: LP
Condition: New
Released: 2011
Country: Lithuania
Packaging: Vinyl 12" LP
Recorded by Eduardo Vinhas at the Golden Pony(!) on August 1-3, 2008.
"There aren't that many trumpet-guitar albums, and I must admit that I like the line-up. This duet between trumpeter Sei Miguel and Pedro Gomes on guitar is something unique. Both are minimalists, but while Miguel using his trumpet mainly in a traditional and voiced mode, Gomes extracts sweet acoustic sounds or extremely harsh electric sounds from his guitar.
Yet it is far from noise : the volume of the guitar is low, the distortion maximal, the notes minimal. Both musicians play plaintive, sad phrases, full of longing and crying and pain and restrained anger, quietly, almost resigned yet extremely expressive. The album is so powerful that the listening experience is of an immediacy that is uncommon. The feelings they have seem to be transmitted directly to the listener, without the distance of appreciation or interpretation or any other form of rationalisation.
You feel the sounds, the sounds are what you feel in a real phyisical sense : setting your nerves on edge, sending shivers down your spine, giving you goosebumps, making you want to flee or cry. The few, more bluesy, pieces with acoustic guitar come as a relief, a welcome pause for the nervous system ... only to be dragged back into a universe of extreme tension : an uneasy beauty, harsh warmth, raw embraces, hard truths ... as if every release of tension creates its own new tension again ... And it requires incredible skill to maintain this for the entire album, without straying, without relinquishing the concept.
This is music without compromise, yet its vision is clear, its voice is unique, a listening experience that is not always pleasant, but extremely rewarding.
Great art."-Stef, FreeJazz Stef
Also available on CD.Limited edition of 300 copies.
Artist Biographies
• Show Bio for Pedro Gomes Pedro Gomes, born 1979 in Lisbon, is an electric guitarist. He has worked with Sei Miguel in Turbina Anthem, and is a member of the Portuguese free rock group based in Lisboa, Caveira, formed in 2005 with Pedro Gomes, and originally with Rita Vozone on guitars and Quim Albergaria on drums. This band evolved out of the project Manta Rota. ^ Hide Bio for Pedro Gomes • Show Bio for Sei Miguel "Plays his trumpet with complete awareness of the whole Jazz history while dealing, as a music director, with the full spectrum of sound sources in a broad range of innovative (and often strange) solutions, including frequent use of electronics. He has created his own music system, allowing him to take his open pieces to a high degree of perfection. Director, arranger and trumpeter, Sei Miguel considers himself a simple jazzman, which, he says, isn't always easy. Born in 1961, Paris, lived in Brazil and France until settling down in Portugal during the 80's. Since 1986 he has been directing formations of variable geometry. Having performed in Portugal, Germany, Italy and Brazil, among his many regular collaborators are not only guitarists Rafael Toral and Manuel Mota, but also extraordinaire trombone player and painter Fala Mariam and virtuoso percussionist César Burago. Miguel has also written music for theater and ballet." ^ Hide Bio for Sei Miguel
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Track Listing:
Side A:
1. The Pale Star I. manha da noite 1:53
2. Spoon 4:07
3. Two Faces: O Dues-martelo 3:25
4. Ascent 5:06
5. The Pale Star II. canone 3:09
6. African Raincoat 4:42
7. Primeira Cancao 3:45
Side B:
8. Blue Blade Raga Rag 4:38
9. The Pale Star III. imaginary grass 3:42
10. Bright Star Anyway 5:34
11. The Pale Star IV. das cinzas 2:03
12. Jura 3:20
13. Segunda Cancao 2:40
14. The Pale Star V. firmamento 2:02
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