http://www.sonispheric.net/blog/

CREATIVE SOURCES CONCERT
To end the year ‘Creative Sources Records’ and ‘Concorde’ studios organized a dinner and a concert in the project room.

Ernesto Rodrigues - viola, harp
Guilherme Rodrigues - cello
Nuno Torres - alto saxophone
Rogério Silva - trumpet
Eduardo Chagas - trombone
Abdul Moimême - prepared electric guitar
Carlos Santos - electronics
Ricardo Guerreiro - electronics
Nuno Morão - percussion

Recorded live at “Concorde Gallery”, Lisbon, 6 December 2011
(Recording and mastering by Carlos Santos)
Concorde studios, link: http://atelierconcorde.org/en/

BOUBAKER / RODRIGUES / RODRIGUES / SANTOS / OLIVEIRA

Heddy Boubakers' Iberian tour made a stop in Lisbon resulting in a stunningly beautiful concert at ArtHobler Gallery, one of the cities most important venues for contemporary improvisation, with fellow Portuguese improvisers.

Heddy Boubaker - saxophone
Ernesto Rodrigues – violin, Celtic harp
Guilherme Rodrigues - cello
Carlos Santos - live electronics
José Oliveira - percussion

Recorded live at “ArtHobler Gallery/Ler Devagar”, Lisbon, 14 October 2010
(Recording and mastering by Carlos Santos)
(Image by Dilar Pereira from Daily Collage Project, assembled on 14 Oct. 2010,
http://dailycollageproject.blogspot.com/ )

tracks #1-#29: http://archive01.podomatic.com/
tracks #30-71: http://archive02.podomatic.com/
track #72- : http://archive03.podomatic.com/

RODRIGUES / RODRIGUES / TORRES / MOIMÊME / SANTOS / OLIVEIRA

SUSPENSÃO is a recently formed Lisbon based ensemble directed by Ernesto Rodrigues. Here we capture the groups 4th live performance.

Ernesto Rodrigues – viola, metronome
Guilherme Rodrigues – cello, metronome
Nuno Torres – alto sax, metronome
Abdul Moimême – prepared electric electrics guitars, metronome
Carlos Santos - electronics, metronome
José Oliveira – percussion, metronome

Recorded live at “ArtHobler gallery / Ler Devagar”, Lisbon, 15 May 2010
(Recording and graphics by Carlos Santos)

D’INCISE / SOUSA / FAUSTINO

After yet another long absence Freemusic is back this time with a Swiss/Portuguese trio. During a brief stay in Lisbon, Swiss electronics and object artist D’Incise joined forces with Hernâni Faustino and Pedro Sousa for a concert promoted Granular.

D'Incise – laptop,electronics & objects
Pedro 'Potas' Sousa - alto saxphone
Hernâni Faustino - double bass

Recorded live at “ArtHobler / Ler Devagar” galery, Lisbon, 5 Sept. 2009
(video recorded and produced by AM)

See vídeo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6f7pskX-qQ

ABDUL MOIMÊME

After a long absence Freemusic is back with a ‘slight return’ to the electric guitar of Abdul Moimême, where electronics, other than a valve amp, continue to be a forbidden territory. The following track was performed live without overdubs.

Abdul Moimême – prepared electric guitar

Recorded live at Crew Hassan, Lisbon, 5 April 2009-04-07
(Photos: El Xux)

SEARCHING FOR ADAM

Rodrigo Amado’s latest project is a multimedia blend that fuses pictures recently taken by the artist in New York, juxtaposed with improvised music of the highest calibre. The group’s most recent performance was held with the projection of numerous photographs as a visual backdrop. The quartet exhibited an outstanding rapport that lasted throughout the whole night. Here we catch them in a final moment, just before the encore.

Rodrigo Amado – tenor saxophone
Taylor Ho Bynum – cornet
John Hebert – double bass
Gerald Cleaver – drums

Recorded live at Culturgest, Lisbon, 19 September 2008
(photo by Rodrigo Amado from the “Searching For Adam” exhibit)

POTLATCH

For video:
PartI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mMx7ESjN3A
Part II
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kITOq28jhU
Part III
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shGnv8j8cUI

Potlatch’s last concert with this formation was filmed early this year in Lisbon’s infamous Cabaret Maxime, a highlight in the cities’ underworld.

Jorge Lampreia - soprano sax, flute
João Pedro Viegas - alto sax, bass clarinet
Abdul Moimême - electric guitar
Filipe Sousa - piano
Nuno Lima - electronics
Miguel Mira - fatum bass
Monsieur Trinité – various object
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Ernesto Rodrigues - electric violin (guest)
Chiara Picotto – vocals (guest)

Filmed live at Carbret Maxime, 7 February 2008
Composition: Potlatch

(Filmed by: )

ELLIS / RAON / MOIMÊME

Canadian bass player Lisle Ellis was in town playing in a couple of different venues, including a micro-festival organized by Miguel Martins, entitled “Arma Jazz”. Here we capture him alongside Eduardo Raon and Abdul Moimême, live at Trem Azul.

Lisle Ellis – double bass
Eduardo Raon - harp
Abdul Moimême – water bell, tenor sax

Recorded live at Trem Azul, 18 April 2005
Composition: Ellis, Raon, Moimême

(collage by Dilar Pereira, “#636_Red Line II” )

WOODS

2008, the annus mirabilis of Lisbon’s improvisation scene has produced yet another project entitled “Woods”. The current track captures the quintet in one of its rehearsals, just before their first appearance at the “Fabrica do Braço de Prata”, a truly democratic space that has contributed immensely to a flourishing creative scene.

Bruno Parrinha – clarinet
João Pedro Viegas – bass clarinet
Miguel Mira – cello
Hernâni Faustino – double bass
João Parrinha – drum

Composition: Woods
(design: Miguel Mira)

YAMAUCHI / RODRIGUES / TRAVASSOS / FAUSTINO

Katsura Yamauchi, the Japanese free improviser and composer, came to Lisbon on his recent European tour to play two solo concerts plus a quartet performance. Track #106 catches Katsura and his Portuguese counterparts on their second collective improvisation.

Katsura Yamauchi – alto saxophone
Ernesto Rodrigues – violin
Travassos – electronics
Hernâni Faustino – doublebass

Recorded live by AM: 3 June, 22:00, Bar O’Século, Lisbon
(Watercolour by Margarida Reis Silva, from her recent exhibit “Linhas Vegetais”)

ABDUL MOIMÊME

In the heyday of Punk and New Wave, cassette tapes, vinyl play-a-longs and cheap clip–on pick-ups where the essential paraphernalia of any budding jazz improviser.

Abdul Moimême – electrified Gibson (+ play-a-long)

Recorded, Madrid, 16 Jan. 1980

AMADO / MIRA / FERRANDINI

A new version of the Lisbon based power trio (see track #83) makes its first public appearance. To capture the atmosphere of the performance we post the 2nd, 3 rd and 4th improvisations as played live.

Rodrigo Amado – tenor saxophone
Miguel Mira – violoncelo
Gabriel Ferrandini – drums

Recorded live at Braço de Prata, Lisbon, 29 May 2008
(photos: Rui Portugal)

ABDUL MOIMÊME

FREEMUSIC posts two untitled solo pieces by Abdul Moimême in commemoration of its beginning, two years ago. The two improvised pieces where recorded live, without the aid of electronics or any sort of editing. The existing reverb is achieved through the natural resonance of the open guitar strings.

Abdul Moimême – electric guitar

Recorded: Lisbon, 23 May 2008
(photo: AM)

ABDUL MOIMÊME

Abdul Moimême – electric guitar

Recorded: Lisbon, 23 May 2008
(photo: AM)

F.R.I.C.S.

FANFARE [f--n'fâr'] American Heritage Dictionary - noun
1. Music: A loud flourish of brass instruments, especially trumpets.
2. A spectacular public display.

Positioned in the crossroads where Portuguese folklore, military fanfares and free jazz meet, F.R.I.C.S. (Wooden Spoon Creative Improvised Fanfare) is an improvisation collective from the city of Porto. The following 3 tracks catch F.R.I.C.S. on its first anniversary, at the world renowned Porto club ‘Maus Hábitos’, during its tour of all Portuguese county capitals, performed in alphabetical order… needless to say, a Herculean task! This chamber orchestra is directed by a small TV set through which Dr. Hostilino (a retired army sergeant) directs his musicians.

Mr. Almeida – trumpet, whistling
Mr. Costa - percussion
Mr. Fernandes – electric double bass
Mr. Martins - saxophones
Mr. Ricardo – analogical synthesizer
Mr. Saldanha - bombardon, trombone
Mr. Silva - xilophone, Organet
Dr Hostilino - tele-maestro
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Mr. Moimême (guest) – tenor saxophone

Link for F.R.I.C.S: http://www.myspace.com/fanfarraimprovisada

Recorded Live at Maus Hábitos, Porto, 15 December 2007

F.R.I.C.S.

Same musicians as in track #99
Recorded Live at Maus Hábitos, Porto, 15 December 2007

F.R.I.C.S.

Same musicians as in track #99
Recorded Live at Maus Hábitos, Porto, 15 December 2007

MOIMÊME / PINHEIRO / FAUSTINO + TRAVASSOS

Abdul Moimême – tenor sax
Rodrigo Pinheiro – piano
Hernâni Faustino – double bass
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Travassos (guest) - electronics


Recorded Live at Fabrica Braço de Prata, Lisbon, 19 April 2008
(photo: AM)

RODRIGUES / SILVA

Ernesto Rodrigues – violin
João Silva – prepared electric guitar

Recorded Live at Bar O’Século, Lisbon, April 2008
(photo: AM)

A PARTE MALDITA

A Parte Maldita played recently at the OUTFEST, a festival dedicated to music and video. Other acts on the bill where: David Maranha, Uton, One Might Add, Peter Bastiaan, Flower/Corsano Duo... Track #94 plays the whole concert divided into 2 pieces.

António Chaparreiro – electric guitar
Nuno Rebelo – electric guitar
Abdul Moimême – tenor sax
Miguel Sá - electronics
Fernando Fadigas - electronics
Jorge Serigado – electric bass
Hernâni Faustino – double bass
Rui Alves - drums

Recorded Live at Outfest, Barreiro, 17 May 2008
(Illustration: “Coffee, always”, by Mazen Kerbaj)

A PARTE MALDITA

For video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Iac6z_Amlk

Musicians: same as in track #94.
Recorded Live at Outfest, Barreiro, 17 May 2008

VARIABLE GEOMETRY ORCHESTRA

The VGO was invited by Advanced Custom Development (Novabase group) to participate in its annual event. Being dedicated to innovation in the entrepreneurial sector, the firm invited the VGO to perform as an example of innovation in the creative sector.

Ernesto Rodrigues - viola, conduction
Gerhard Uebele - violin
Guilherme Rodrigues - cello
Johannes Krieger - trumpet, french horn
Eduardo Chagas - trombone
Nuno Torres - alto saxophone
Bruno Parrinha - clarinet, alto clarinet
Carlos Santos - electronics
Abdul Moimême - electric guitar
Pedro Roxo - double bass
João Parrinha - drums, percussion

Recorded Live at the Advanced Custom Development annual event, Lisbon, 18 April 2008 Recorded by AM, Mastered by Carlos Santos

MISSING DOG HEAD

Ling-Ling’s head had been cut off! The message in the poster of the distressed owner read: “You find Ling-Ling’s head? Someone come into yard, kill dog, cut off head…”

Martin Philadelphy – electric guitar
Chris Janha – electric guitar
Gustavo Costa – drums
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Abdul Moimême (guest) – tenor sax

Recorded live at Fabrica Braço de Prata, 16 May 2008
Recorded by AM; Mastered by Carlos Santos

MOIMÊME / MIRA / ROXO

Link to video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Bx3g2kj52s

This newly formed ‘improv’ trio is filmed here in it’s Lisbon. This formation will be exploring both open forms of music as well as structured compositions.

Abdul Moimême - tenor sax;
Miguel Mira - cello;
Pedro Roxo - double bass, electronics.

Recorded Live at Clean Feed record store, Lisbon, 22 Mar. 2008
film courtesy of João Silva
photo: Teresa Huertas from the collection “As Palavras e o Tempo”

FREEMUSIC plans on posting some musical events of improvised music from the Portuguese and especially the Lisbon scene; eventually expanding it's boundaries to include the Milky Way and the general Outer Cosmos (in the case there's somebody out there)! There are a variety of small clubs where this kind of music is happening on a nearly daily basis. It would be a shame to simply let this music dissolve into the ether. The idea of this podCast is to allow you to sample a small portion of a much larger musical phenomenon that is happening now! We hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed playing.

All the art work posted here was conceived by portuguese artists or creators somehow related to the artistic scene in this country.

For more music visit ARCHIVE 1 @: http://archive01.podomatic.com/

Freemusic!