Burning electric improvisation that draws from rock, metal, jazz and free improv by the Lisbon trio of Luis Guerreiro on trumpet, electronics, Jorge Nuno on electric guitar and Joao Valinho on drums, recording in the studio for an extended and unremitting collective improvisation that roars with galvanic, dramatic strength; terrifying!
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Luis Guerreiro-trumpet, electronics
Jorge Nuno-electric guitar
Joao Valinho-drums
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Label: Phonogram Unit
Catalog ID: PU7CD
Squidco Product Code: 34180
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2021
Country: Portugal
Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold
Recorded at Namouche studios, in Lisbon, Portugal, on February 25th, and April 29th, 2021, by Joaquim Monte.
"Formed amidst a global pandemic, Luis Guerreiro (trumpet and electronics), Jorge Nuno (electric guitar) and Joao Valinho (drums), hailing from disctinct experimental music meadows, unite in sonic maelstrom. Drawing from rock, metal, jazz and free improvisation, the group's intense sound is riddled with electronic distortion and relentless percussive fervor in a high-intensity discharge."-Phonogram Unit
"To counteract the tediousness of pandemic restrictions, Luís Guerreiro, Jorge Nuno and João Valinho created a trio whose music is intended to act as a form of escapism. Hugely intense, this music has an energy that ensures slow electrical discharges akin to doom metal, but which sends notes constantly into space via a permanent sychedelic adventurism through an unshaken faith in free improvisation. While Guerreiro and Nuno play trumpet and guitar with an energy that sends the music soaring out of orbit, João Valinho's drums do the opposite, bringing it back down to ground, spreading each concert to every corner possible between heaven and earth."-Gulbenkian Music
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• Show Bio for Luis Guerreiro "Luís Guerreiro is a trumpeter, know for the groups Variable Geometry Orchestra, Estado Sónico, Audible Architecture, Extravagante Uxu Kalhus" ^ Hide Bio for Luis Guerreiro • Show Bio for Jorge Nuno "Jorge Nuno (Guitar): Born in Lisbon (Portugal)in 1971, musician in publishing activity since 1996, having belonged to projects like Riddle (edited 2 LPs), participating in two soundtracks Portuguese films (Nightmare Pink, Pulsacão Zero), Lisamona (1 Lp and Ep) with Rodrigo Leão, and Stereo Alligator (1 Lp). Currently developing the Signs of the Silhouette project,has played with musicians such as Mauricio Takara, Hernani Faustino, Tiago Sousa, Helena Espvall, João Paulo Entrezede, Marcio Gibson, Rodrigo Gobbet, Frank Rosaly etc... 2016 2 new LP `S one with Signs of the Silhouette and an album with the Brasilian drummer Marcio Gibson both on Bambalam Records(France Label)." ^ Hide Bio for Jorge Nuno • Show Bio for Joao Valinho "João Valinho is a percussionist and Visual Artist based in Lisbon, Portugal." ^ Hide Bio for Joao Valinho
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Improvised Music
Free Improvisation
Trio Recordings
Rock and Related
Improvised Rock
Electro-Acoustic
European Improvisation, Composition and Experimental Forms
Collective Free Improvsation
Trio Recordings
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| Three free improvisations from the Lisbon, Portugal trio of Jorge Nuno on electric guitar, Jose Lencastre on alto saxophone and Pedro Santo on drums, four pieces titled for the length of their dialog as they explore spacious sound sculpting and energetic free playing, a nicely balanced set of work that transition with finesse between ardor and tranquility. | |
 | MOVE (Gibson / Zenicula / Valinho) The City (Clean Feed) |
| Energetic and urgent free jazz from the Portuguese trio MOVE of Felipe Zenicola on electric bass, Yedo Gibson on saxophones and Joao Valinho on drums, long time collaborators and members of bands including Rodrigo Amado Refraction Quartet and Naked Wolf, these five shredding improvisations were captured live at Desterro Club, in Lisbon in 2022. | |
 | Rodrigues / Carvalho / Rodrigues / Valinho Eclipse (Creative Sources) |
| Emulating a solar eclipse and a lunar eclipse in two evolving improvised chamber works that take the quartet of Guilherme Rodrigues on cello, Mariana Carvalho on piano, Joao Valinho on percussion and Ernesto Rodrigues (switching from viola to harp & deploying electronics) through mysterious soundwork that move from darkness to light in detailed and subtle ways. | |
 | Rodrigues / Parrinha / Hencleeday / Valinho Flat Music (Creative Sources) |
| Two extended acoustic improvisations of reductionist approaches recorded in the studio in Parede, Portugal in 2021 from the quartet of Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, Bruno Parrinha on bass clarinet, Andre Hencleeday on piano and Joao Valinho on percussion, guided by a poem from Rodrigues as they slowly and exquisitly explore a "Closed Window" and an "Open Window". | |
| Rodrigues / Carvalho / Rodrigues / Valinho Eclipse (Creative Sources) |
| Emulating a solar eclipse and a lunar eclipse in two evolving improvised chamber works that take the quartet of Guilherme Rodrigues on cello, Mariana Carvalho on piano, Joao Valinho on percussion and Ernesto Rodrigues (switching from viola to harp & deploying electronics) through mysterious soundwork that move from darkness to light in detailed and subtle ways. | |
 | Takahashi, Marie / Maria do Mar / Ernesto Rodrigues / Helena Espvall / Joao Valinho Queen Triot (Creative Sources) |
| A remarkable album of masterful and wide-ranging string interaction from improviser and Creative Sources label leader Ernesto Rodrigues (viola) with active contemporary Portuguese performers Maria do Mar (violin), Helena Espvall (cello) and Berlin-based violinist of Japanese origin Marie Takahashi, accompanied by Joao Valinho on percussion & piano. | |
 | Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Almeida / Hencleeday / Parrinha / Parrinha / Santos / Valinho Spiegel II (Creative Sources) |
| The concept of a spiegel, or mirror, is explored by this perceptively patient electroacoustic octet led by violist Ernesto Rodrigues, each of the 3 tracks an evolution of the first recorded improvisation, the 2nd "Spiegel" layering and reacting to the first recording, and the 3rd to the previous two, ultimately reflecting a conversation of 24 virtual musicians. | |
 | IKB Hippocampus Guttulatus (Creative Sources) |
| The large IKB electroacoustic ensemble of diverse orchestration led by violist Ernesto Rodrigues, where each release is characterized by an animal, here with the long-snouted seahorse in an extended improvisation recorded at CreativeFest XIII at O'Culto da Ajuda, Lisbon, 2019, building to undulating cycles of intense interaction of absolutely precise control. | |
 | Rodrigues, Ernesto Spiegel (Creative Sources) |
| Two sets across two nights during CreativeFest #12 at O'Culto da Ajuda, in Lisbon, Portugal, in a septet of six acoustic sources--viola, cellos, flute, trumpet, piano and percussion--and electronics, an extended journey approached with quiet tension and incredible detail, the recording of the first set used as the basis for the 2nd to create a virtual ensemble. | |
 | Nuno, Jorge Connection Sao Paulo Connection (Creative Sources) |
| Far ranging free improvisation from the Sao Paulo, Brazil quartet of Jorge Nuno on guitar, Romulo Alexis on trumpet, Vitor Vieira Branco on vibraphone, and Rafael Cab on drums, in ethnically rich and spiritual playing that incorporates beautiful atmospheric work, ruminating assertive playing, and idiosyncratic interaction with unusual technique and percussive instruments. | |
 | Octopus Mimus (Creative Sources) |
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 | Diceros (Rodrigues / Mira / Silva / Curado / Almeida / Chagas /...) 3 Phases (III) Black (Creative Sources) |
| "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. | |
 | Variable Geometry Orchestra Ma'adim Vallis [2 CDS] (Creative Sources) |
| Two mesmerizing, diverse, and incredibly sophisticated large scale conductions led by Ernesto Rodrigues and an ensemble of more than 30 performers on reeds, guitars, strings, electronics, pianos, voice, megaphone, brass, drums and percussion, rich yet restrained with moments of mystery and excitement, in two complete concerts from Lisbon in 2017 & 2018. | |
 | Ensemble MIA Live 2016 (Creative Sources) |
 | Nuno, Jorge Labirinto (Phonogram Unit) |
| After recovering from heart surgery, Portuguese guitarist Jorge Nuno (Ensemble MIOA, Isoptope, Voltaic Trio, &c) records this solo improv album to show his resilience, performed primarily on acoustic guitar in a balanced journey of assertive and introspective playing, accompanied by an insert of a text work by Rui Baião. | |
 | Made Of Bones (Fonesca / Clemente / Dias / Sousa) Handgun (Phonogram Unit) |
| Having collaborated over 15 years in bands including Slow is Possible and Cat in a Bag, the Portuguese quartet of Duarte Fonseca on drums, Joao Clemente on guitar, Nuno Santos Dias on Waldorf Zarenbourg electric piano and Ricardo Sousa on double bass, borrow from electric 70's jazz, rock and experimental forms through 10 diverse and intriguing concepts tinged with a dark wit. | |
 | Furioso, Felice / Jorge Nuno / Felipe Zenicola Sameer (Phonogram Unit) |
| Focused on unusual rhythms at the intersections of electrified bass and guitars, the trio of Italian improviser Felice Furioso on drums & percussion, Portuguese electric guitarist Jorge Nuno and Brazilian electric bassist Felipe Zenicola (Chinese Cookie Poets) turn in seven generally growling and aggressively paced works under the umbrella of experienced prejudice. | |
 | Hyper.object Inter .independence (Phonogram Unit) |
| Formed in 2019 by Red Trio members Rodrigo Pinheiro on piano and Hernani Faustino on double bass plus core Creative Sources electronic musician Carlos Santos, with Joao Almeida on trumpet and Joao Valinho on drums, the "inter.independence" referencing an experimental approach to collective improv through independent layers that interact to create unexpected intersections. | |
 | Furtado, Vasco / Salome Amend / Luise Volkmann Aforismos (Phonogram Unit) |
| After a first meeting at an improvised music festival, the trio of Portuguese drummer Vasco Furtad, Wuppertal-based drummer/vibraphonist Salome Amend and German alto saxophonist Luise Volkmann agreed to meet again in the studio to record these five collective improvisations, focused on sparse yet active textures influenced by melodic implications. | |
 | No Nation Trio (Nuno / Faustino / Valinho) Habitation (Phonogram Unit) |
| Presenting concentrative and contemplative free improvisation from the Portuguese trio of Jorge Nuno on acoustic guitar, Hernâni Faustino on double bass and João Valinho on drums & percussion, recording in the studio for a 4-part and cohevise set of improvisation through muscular plucking, rich bowing, abstracted string progressions and mysterious drums & percussion; fascinating. | |
 | Parrinha, Bruno / VINE LEAF (Parrinha / Lopes / Valinho) Tales of Sense (Clean Feed) |
| Named for the translation of alto saxophonist Bruno Parrinha's last name into English--"Vine Leaf"--the trio of frequent working partners Luís Lopes on electric guitar and João Valinho on drums are heard in two recordings at SMUP, in Parede, PT and one studio recording in Lisbon, for sophisticated collective improvisation that indeed flows like a beautifully intricate vine. | |
| MOVE (Gibson / Zenicula / Valinho) The City (Clean Feed) |
| Energetic and urgent free jazz from the Portuguese trio MOVE of Felipe Zenicola on electric bass, Yedo Gibson on saxophones and Joao Valinho on drums, long time collaborators and members of bands including Rodrigo Amado Refraction Quartet and Naked Wolf, these five shredding improvisations were captured live at Desterro Club, in Lisbon in 2022. | |
 | Zenicola, Felipe / Jose Lencastre / Joao Valinho MAGMA (FMR) |
| Determined and ardent playing like the powerful creep of lava flow as the Brazilian & Portuguese trio of Felipe Zenicola (Chinese Cookie Poets, Paal Nilssen-Love) on bass, Jose Lencastre (Lencastre Nau Quartet) on saxophones and João Valinho (Creative Sources) on drums evolve their tumultuously articulate journey through a molten world of smoldering free jazz. | |
 | IKB Titanus Giganteus (Creative Sources) |
| Post-pandemic, the electroacoustic IKB ensemble returned to the stage in 2021 at O'Culto da Ajuda in Lisbon with some of Portugal's finest improvisers performing under the direction of violist Ernetso Rodrigues, to express in sound the large rainforest beetle Titanus Giganteus, represented in an extended collective improvisation of restraint fueled by masterful and creative skill. | |
 | IKB Limosa Limosa (Creative Sources) |
| IKB, a ten-piece reductionist electroacoustic ensemble of strings, reeds, guitar, computer, percussion, piano, drums & objects, continues their exploration of exotic animal species with this 2020 live performance at O'Culto da Ajuda in Lisbon, Portugal, detailing the long-billed shore bird Limosa through intricate, restrained and remarkable expression. | |
 | Isotope Ensemble Helium (Creative Sources) |
| With an ensemble of adept improvisers including Luis Vicente on trumpet, Nuno Torres, Jose Lencastre and Bruno Parrinha on reeds, Luis Lopes on guitar, &c, Creative Sources leader and violist Ernesto Rodrigues' Isotope Ensemble examines the element "Helium" in a monumental 44-minute electroacoustic improvisation recorded live at O'Culto da Ajuda, in Lisbon. | |
