Affinity Suite (Creative Sources Recordings)
Ernesto Rodrigues viola
José Lencastre alto saxophone
Miguel Mira cello
Hernâni Faustino double bass
João Lencastre drums
Recorded on October 14th 2021 by Claudio Rego at SMUP, Parede.
Mixed by Ernesto Rodrigues
Master and graphic design by Carlos Santos.
Production by Ernesto Rodrigues.
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HYPER.OBJECT inter.independence (Phonogram Unit)
Rodrigo Pinheiro piano
João Almeida trumpet
Carlos Santos electronics
Hernâni Faustino double bass
João Valinho drums
“Hyper.object” was formed in 2019 by three veterans from the Lisboa free improvised scene (Rodrigo Pinheiro on the piano, Hernâni Faustino on the double bass and Carlos Santos on the electronics) and by two young musicians (João Almeida on trumpet and João Valinho on drums).
Since its beginnings. the group had frequently joined for rehearsals but as soon the pandemic hit, the gatherings were restricted to only when there was an opening on the frequent lockdowns. During one of these openings “inter.independence” was recorded.
On “inter.independence” the premise defined for the recording session was, beside all musicians having complete freedom to improvise and to choose their musical ideas, there should be an active focus for each one to develop their ideas individually and to not immediately react or engage in direct dialog with the other musicians from the group. What was being experimented was the creation of several individual and independent layers that would interact organically, so that the tension would arise by the textures and the expected and unexpected interactions created between these different layers that each musician was taking care of.
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Garuda (cd Subcontinental Records)
Hugo Costa alto saxophone
Hernâni Faustino double bass
João Valinho drums
”Garuda was the result of a first time meeting (session) between the musicians on this album.
The music veers between improvisation and dynamic free jazz ”
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Akasha Quartet Visita (Particula)
João Sousa percussion, flutes, shruti box, sitar
José Lencastre alto and tenor saxophone
Jorge Nuno acoustic guitar
Hernâni Faustino double bass
«meeting, to meet someone: to visit.
each disc of the quartet tells its story or stories of the story.
the idea of a meeting takes on the connotation or value of a creative process: meeting of stories that are told, in turn, by the four musicians, each with their own sound spelling, each with its thirst.
whoever listens to this body is promised a new encounter: the story that is assembled within itself. and it was in this fifth encounter that the idea of ‘v i s i t a’ (meeting) was born: absent and distant bodies that come together momentarily, that communicate and transform, and that then imperatively move away. so is the v i s i t a.”
«I don’t know if it’s from the moment or if it was from the context where I heard and digested it, but on this record I quickly entered a narrative plan. As each composition evolves and gives way to the next composition, the idea of an encounter, a meeting, grew in me, of someone who arrives from afar after a long absence to meet someone whose past image he loves.
There is return, satiation, communication and departure. The image or situation was this… and it’s hard for me to hear it now and imagine something different. Everything is complicated or simplified from this image.”
Nuno Mangas-Viegas
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Uivo Zebra & Horns Sombras (Bocian)
Jorge Nuno electric guitar
Hernâni Faustino electric bass
João Sousa drums and percussion
Luís Vicente trumpet
José Lencastre alto saxophone
Paulo Galão tenor saxophone
Pedro Arelo baritone saxophone
Recorded (9 December 2018) and Mix by Joaquim Monte at Namouche Studios in Lisbon
Assisted by Jerome Durand and Bernardo Centeno
Mastered by Simon Wadsworth
Artwork by Joanna John
Band photos by Nuno Martins
Produced by Jorge Nuno and Hernâni Faustino
Executive Production by Grzegorz Tyszkiewicz