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Improvisa​ç​õ​es Cristalizadas

by Nuno Rebelo

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Moon OK 04:21
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Natty Cat 01:48
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Swift Mingle 05:02
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Hunangry 02:27
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Plethora 02:34
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Elfo Bau 01:27
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Bass Song 01:50
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Hot Dot 00:40
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Induced 01:20
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Silent Sin 01:33
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New Tribes 03:33
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Gone 03:07

about

Unreleased but perfectly formed "hidden" album, recorded in 1989-90 by Nuno Rebelo on the wake of his "Sagração Do Mês De Maio" double LP (composed in 1988 as soundtrack to the third Manobras de Maio fashion event in Lisbon). The tracks convey a sense of investigative curiosity regarding computer composition and they sound wonderfully artificial. Titles as "Moon OK", "Tiny Space Ships" or "Dança Das Creaturas Elásticas" ("Elastic Creatures Dance") embody this idea of otherworldness, a kind of music actually coming from another place, composed and played by elastic creatures. It displays the functional qualities of Library Music, illustrating playful as much as moody and dense moments. In this way the album comes across as a soundtrack for moving images, sure, but with unusual framing and sharp angles. A unique object in the Portuguese avantgarde, keeping its distance from Academia but also from contemporary independent releases ("Plux Quba" by Nuno Canavarro comes to mind). António Duarte's 2019 mastering enhances this collection of music liberated from the archives of one of the most brilliant, active and challenging musicians of his generation.

Nuno Rebelo was born in 1960, graduated in Architecture, founded Street Kids and Mler Ife Dada, played in the "transitional" line up of GNR in 1982. His creativity expanded into improvised music. Performances and recordings with other musicians multiplied. He composed music for theatre, dance, jingles and, on an almost contradictory scale to his underground credentials, soundtracks for the Expo 98 and Porto 2001 mega events.

CD includes all tracks of the digital version. LP tracklist as follows:

A1 Tubik Greetings
A2 Moon OK
A3 Tiny Space Ship
A4 Passarinhos Aos Saltinhos
A5 The Natty Cat
A6 Hierogliph Box

B1 Hunangry
B2 Dança Das Creaturas Elásticas
B3 Back From There
B4 Plethora
B5 New Tribes
B6 Elfo Bau
B7 Silent Sin

credits

released May 5, 2023

Music by Nuno Rebelo (1989-1990)
Mastered by António Duarte, Dim Sum Studio, 2019
Design by Márcio Matos

"Short electronic pieces composed in 1989-90 using the Atari 1040ST computer with Steinberg Pro24 Software, Two Yamaha Sound Modules (TX81ZX and TG55) and Ensoniq Mirage Sampler with keyboard. The composition method for each piece evolved from a short improvisation on the Mirage keyboard, recorded in MIDI to the computer. Counterpoint permutations (inversion, reversion, inverted reversion, transpositions) were then applied through the software, distributing the variations of the initial improvisation by other timbres. No other musical material was used."

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