Rayon Blanc

CD – Creative Sources Recordings – CS606, Lisbon 2019

1. I - 32'13''

SUSPENSÃO

Ernesto Rodrigues - Viola

Guilherme Rodrigues - Cello

Bruno Parrinha - Bass Clarinet

Nuno Torres - Alto Saxophone

Abdul Moimême - Electric Guitar

Rodrigo Pinheiro - Piano
Hernâni Faustino - Double Bass
Carlos Santos - Electronics
Nuno Morão - Percussion

Recorded November 2018, Lisbon
Cover design Carlos Santos

https://ernestorodrigues.bandcamp.com/album/rayon-blanc

Reviews

The fourth release from the Portuguese lowercase electroacoustic ensemble Suspensao, merging viola, cello, bass clarinet, alto sax, electric guitar, piano, double bass, percussion and electronics in intensely detailed, slow moving improvisation, revealing impressive tension and suspension of time in impeccably concentrative collective conversation. Squidco

Suspensão is a nonet, sometimes expanded to a Suspensão Ensemble. Here are two recent examples of their amazing art. Indeed, Suspensão is an unquestionable super-ensemble with Ernesto and Guilherme, with Bruno Parrinha and Rodrigo Pinheiro, Hernâni Fastino and others. "Rayon Blanc" is a live recording from November 2017 during the CreativeFest XI at O'Culto da Ajuda, Lisbon. The disc contains one 32 minutes long track, which illustrates perfectly the ingenious nature of this enterprise. It starts slowly and quietly with effects and "fake" sounds, but after some time one can distinguish different instruments. Piano plays a particularly moderating role here. It is a collective free improvisation, but clearly the viola, cello and double bass are in the lead. In the middle of the track the winds become more exposed:. alto saxophone and bass clarinet. Maciej Lewenstein