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Ma’adim Vallis – VARIABLE GEOMETRY ORCHESTRA

Ma’adim Vallis
VARIABLE GEOMETRY ORCHESTRA

Ma’adim Vallis
VARIABLE GEOMETRY ORCHESTRA

Released in April 2nd 2018 by Creative Sources
Read a review by Avantscena

Ernesto Rodrigues – conduction, valiha & brazilian rabeca
Maria Do Mar – violin
Guilherme Rodrigues – cello
Ricardo Jacinto – cello
Miguel Mira – cello
Guillaume Gargaud – acoustic guitar
Miguel Almeida – classical guitar
Gianna de Toni – ukulele
Hernâni Faustino – double bass
Adriano Orrù – double bass
João Madeira – double bass
Bernardo Álvares – double bass
Fernando Sousa – electric guitar
Paulo Leal Duarte – electric guitar
Abdul Moimême – prepared electric guitar
Miguel Feraso Cabral – violaika
Karoline Leblanc – piano
Maria Radich – voice
Tiago Varela – melodica
Silvia Corda – melodica
Manuel Guimaraes – melodica
Carlos Santos – electronics
Carla Santana – electronics
André Hencleeday – megaphone
Armando Gonçalves Pereira – accordion
Paulo Chagas – flute & oboe
Luiz Rocha – clarinet
José Bruno Parrinha – bass clarinet
Nuno Torres – alto saxophone
José Lencastre – alto saxophone
Etienne Brunet – soprano & alto saxophone
Paulo Galão- tenor saxophone
Luis Guerreiro – trumpet
Anna Piosik – trumpet
Fernando Simoes – trombone
Eduardo Chagas – trombone
Francisco Trindade – objects
Vasco Trilla – percussion
Pedro Santo – drums
João Valinho – drums

Recorded Live in Lisbon
CD I on 25th November 2017 at O’Culto da Ajuda by Miguel Azguime
CD II on 5th January 2018  at Damas by Carlos Santos at Damas

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Man With a Movie Camera (1929) Dziga Vertov

Cinema Irreal – May 8th – 21h30

Cinema Irreal

Man With a Movie Camera (1929) Dziga Vertov

Live Music by:
– Maria do Mar – violin
– Maria Radich – voice
– Luiz Rocha – clarinet and bass clarinet
– José Bruno Parrinha – alto sax and bass clarinet
– Álvaro Rosso – doublebass

As stated by Vertov, Man With a Movie Camera is “an experiment in the cinematic transmission of visual phenomena… without intertitles… without a script… without sets, actors, etc” or, in other words, Pure Cinema.

The live soundtrack we propose is just like that: Pure Music.

Cinema Irreal
Bar Irreal
Rua Poço dos Negros 59 – Lisbon
May 8th – 21h30

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Post-MIA Jam Session at Lisbon

Post-MIA Jam
Post-MIA Free Improvisation Jam – Participants

Keeping the record…

Inspired by last year’s Post-MIA jam, Carlo Mascolo, Maria do Mar and I proposed Desterro to repeat it once more. If we do it again for one or two more years, it will inevitably become a tradition: the Post-MIA Jam Session in Lisbon, featuring the MIA participants that were still around and every Lisbon based musician that wants to join.

We were worried about the neighbours and suggested to the musicians to control their volume and keep the music below mezzo-forte dynamics, and it worked amazingly well: helped to maintain conscious playing the whole night, and the music did not stop until about 4am.

Maria do Mar – violin
Abdul Moimême – acoustic guitar
Ryoko Imai – percussion
Rui Sousa – electric bass
Moises Fernandes – trumpet
Bruno Parrinha – saxophone
Laura Marques – voice
Lorenzo Lustri – piano and synths
Quinto Fabriziani – violin
Francisco Andrade – saxophone
Carlo Mascolo – trombone
Pedro Santo – drums
Vania – voice
El Santo Albano “Chuck” Mark Lotz – flute
Ulf Mengersen – double bass
Mestre André – electronics and piano
Antoine Gilleron – trumpet
Baltazar – piano
Paulo Galão – bass clarinet
Alvaro Rosso – double bass
Luiz Rocha – clarinet
João Madeira – double bass
Paulo Curado – flute
Manuel Guimarães – piano
Karoline Leblanc – piano
Paulo Lopes – drums

and at the pen/pencil/mixed techniques: Rita Draper Frazão

¿am I missing someone?

Desterro
Calçada do Desterro, 7
10th May 2016 @ 21h30
Lisbon

p.s.
if you wanna know about the Free Improvisation Jam Sessions I organize in Barcelona, here are some links: the 1st, the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th.

 

Music

Quasar – Variable Geometry Orchestra

Quasar – Variable Geometry Orchestra

Creative Sources 2016VGO - Apparent Magnitude

Quasar was recorded during the Creative Fest 2015 -organized by the label Creative Sources- what made possible gathering  those 45 musicians for the recording. It was mostly freely improvised and briefly conducted by Ernesto Rodrigues.

Read some reviews by:
The Free Jazz Collective
The Squid’s Ear
Avant Music News

Ernesto Rodrigues – conduction and harp
Maria da Rocha – violin
Emanuela Lioy – violin
Maria do Mar – viola
Guilherme Rodrigues – cello
Miguel Mira – cello
Álvaro Rosso – double bass
Adam Pultz Melbye – double bass
Hernani Faustino – double bass
Adriano Orrù – double bass
João Madeira – double bass
Miguel Ivo Cruz – viola da gamba
Emídio Buchinho – acoustic guitar
Flak – acoustic guitar
Abdul Moimême – prepared electric guitar
Paulo Duarte – electric guitar
Antônio Chaparreiro – electric guitar
Stephan Sieben – electric guitar
Guilherme Carmelo – baritone guitar
Maria Radich – voice
Paulo Curado – flute
Paulo Chagas – oboe
Bruno Parrinha – clarinet and alto clarinet
Ricardo Ribeiro – bass clarinet
Paulo Galão – bass clarinet
Luiz Rocha – bass clarinet
Albert Cirera – soprano and tenor saxophone
Nuno Torres – alto saxophone
Sei Miguel – pocket trumpet
Yaw Tembe – trumpet
Luís Vicente – trumpet
Fala Mariam – alto trombone
Eduardo Chagas – trombone
Fernando Simões – trombone
Carlos Santos João Silva – synthesizer
Nuno Moita – turntable
Armando Pereira – toy piano
Manuel Guimarães – church organ
Silvia Corda – melodica
Nuno Morão – drums
Monsieur Trinité – percussion
Carlos Godinho – percussion
Hakon Berre – percussion
André Hencleeday – percussion
Pedro Castello Lopes – percussion

Quasar – Variable Geometry Orchestra was recorded live on 29th November 2015 at St.George’s Church by André Silva and Pedro Serrano – Scratch Built Studio. Photography by  Nuno Martins, Graphic Design by Carlos Santos, Production by Ernesto Rodrigues.

Videos

Orrù Mar Rocha @ ZBD – Creative Fest – Lisbon

Orrù Mar Rocha @ ZBD – Creative Fest – Lisbon

Video of the performance at the Creative Fest organized by Creative Sources at Galeria Zé dos Bois – ZBD
Lisbon, 28th November 2015

Adriano Orrù – double bass
Maria do Mar – violin
Luiz Rocha – soprano and bass clarinets

The drawing above was made during the concert by Rita Draper Frazão.

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Orrù, Mar, Rocha – a Jazz.pt review

A Jazz.pt review by Rui Eduardo Paes, himself a witness of the concert. (in Portuguese)

Orru, Mar, Rocha - a drawing by Rita Draper Frazão

http://jazz.pt/ponto-escuta/2015/12/30/orru-mar-rocha-live-mia-2015-end-titles/
One more review by Avant Music News, at the best of 2015 list by a Jazz Noise and a beautiful set of drawings by Rita Draper Frazão in which we are included. Buy it at the EndTitles shop.

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best of 2015 – a Jazz Noise

best of 2015A Jazz Noise - logo

This is the last post of 2015 and, with Orrù, Mar, Rocha – “Live at MIA 2015” (EndTitles) – we’re at the best of list compiled by Dave Foxall’s at A Jazz Noise.

The Orrù, Mar, Rocha trio was born at MIA, a big festival/meeting of improvised music at a Atouguia da Baleia a tiny city in Portugal by suggestion of Paulo Chagas – one of the festival’s curator and producer. It was a pleasure to play and we decided to keep it flowing, release that recording and play more.

Read A Jazz Noise best of 2015, listen the recording and buy at EndTitles.

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Orrù Mar Rocha – Live at MIA 2015

Orrù Mar Rocha Trio, recorded live at MIA 2015 and beautifully released by the Swiss label EndTitles.

The trio was brought to life by Paulo Chagas, the curator and the commander-in-chief along with Fernando Simões, of MIA – a festival that takes place every May in Atouguia da Baleia, Portugal. He invited us to play at the old St. Joseph’s Church for the opening of the festival and we’ve met just before the concert, while sound checking.

It worked so well that we settled as a trio and EndTitles decided to release the recording of that concert.

Here’s the info about it and pre-orders are available here.

We are:
Adriano Orrù – contra bass
Maria do Mar – violin
Luiz Rocha – clarinet/bass clarinet

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Check it out:
we’re in The Best of 2015 list from aJazzNoise and were reviewed by Jazz.pt (in Portuguese)

Enjoy

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Creative Fest – 2015 – Lisbon

Back in the groove after some time recording and chilling out in Brasilia, my hometown in Brazil!

It’s great to be playing once again with Adriano Orrù and Maria do Mar. We’re now at the 2015 edition of the Creative Fest, a cool festival organized by the label Creative Sources, where we’ll release an album we recorded live at St. Joseph’s church, during MIA – another great Portuguese festival, on May 2015. The Swedish label EndTitles is releasing it and the pre-orders are available at their web. Click here to grab it. We’re so happy about it and Maria just can’t stop smiling!!

So, the gig is at Galeria Zé dos Bois, and here’s the Facebook event.

Those Free Improvisation enthusiasts, friends and followers that are in Lisbon right now please feel welcome to drop in.

Maria do Mar – violin
Adriano Orrù – double bass
Luiz Rocha – clarinet and bass clarinet

Nov. 28th – 21h30 – ZDB

Creative Fest - 2015
Creative Fest – 2015