1. I - 15'39'
Ernesto Rodrigues - Viola
Johnny Chang - Viola
Guilherme Rodrigues - Cello
Guilherme Rodrigues - Cello
Recorded November 2017, Berlin
Cover design Ernesto Rodrigues
Reviews
segunda-feira, 22 de outubro de 2018
Studio Session
Digital Creative Sources – DCS011, Lisbon 2018
1. I - 15'39'
Ernesto Rodrigues - Viola
1. I - 15'39'
Ernesto Rodrigues - Viola
Rombe
Digital Creative Sources – DCS010, Lisbon 2018
1. I - 29'13'
2. II - 29'13'
Andreas Hoem Røysum - Clarinet
Guilherme Rodrigues - Cello
1. I - 29'13'
2. II - 29'13'
Andreas Hoem Røysum - Clarinet
Guilherme Rodrigues - Cello
Mia Dyberg - Alto Saxophone
Ernesto Rodrigues - Viola
Ernesto Rodrigues - Viola
Recorded October 2018, Berlin
Reviews
domingo, 21 de outubro de 2018
Egin
CD - Creative Sources – CS589, Lisbon 2019
1. I - 29'13'
Mia Dyberg - Alto Saxophone
Elo Masing - Violin
Ernesto Rodrigues - Viola
Guilherme Rodrigues - Cello
1. I - 29'13'
Mia Dyberg - Alto Saxophone
Elo Masing - Violin
Ernesto Rodrigues - Viola
Guilherme Rodrigues - Cello
Tomo Jacobson - Double Bass
Recorded October 2018, Berlin
Reviews
And perhaps I should add a remark on recent digital-only release Egin, pairing the two Rodrigueses & Masing in a quintet, this time with Tomo Jacobson on bass & Mia Dyberg on alto sax, neither of whom had appeared in this space previously: It's yet another appealing album, sometimes aggressive after starting on harmonics, and also apparently focusing on mental or emotional transition for the listener via a variety of evocations amid wave-like explorations of continuity — although it's rather short. I also feel compelled to note that it already appeared on Bandcamp the day after it was recorded, in Berlin, this month! Todd McComb's Jazz Thoughts
Tomo leads here a amazing quintet session with my beloved Portuguese string players: Ernesto and Guilherme Rodrigues, the father and the son. Tomo himself says: "There is no leader, there is only music", and, of course he is right, but I had to choose the entry for this album so I chose Tomo. The quintet includes also two Danes: Elo Masing on violin and Mia Dyberg on alto. "Egin " is a 30 minutes long excursion into the land of free... sonorism. Krzysztof Penderecki introduced this avantgarde direction in the late 1950s expressing the focus on the sound. "Egin" is a great example the same approach, but applied to the free improvised music. The disc contains one 30 minutes long track, that is a super controlled composition, but maybe to short to be upgrade to the ***** club.
It is quite complex and diffcult to classify. For me, because of the presence of four bowed string instrument, it does smell like a contemporary chamber music spirit. This is correct, but there are also connections to contemporary minimalism. Indeed it starts like a Kronos quartet's reading of a minimal music composition, but soon develops much more expressive moments and more varying and alternating moods and spirits. In all that the alto saxophone sounds of Mia Dyberg and Tomo's explorations of the possibilities of the double bass are indeed extremely important. Excellent record from the first to the last note!!! Maciej Lewenstein
Recording live in Berlin at Werkhalle Wiesenburg, the quartet of Portuguese father/son string players Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, Guilherme Rodrigues on cello, Danish saxophonist Mia Dyberg on alto sax, and Polish double bassist Tomo Jacobson present a precisely controlled concert of subtly detailed free improvisation using impressive technique and momentum. Squidco
And perhaps I should add a remark on recent digital-only release Egin, pairing the two Rodrigueses & Masing in a quintet, this time with Tomo Jacobson on bass & Mia Dyberg on alto sax, neither of whom had appeared in this space previously: It's yet another appealing album, sometimes aggressive after starting on harmonics, and also apparently focusing on mental or emotional transition for the listener via a variety of evocations amid wave-like explorations of continuity — although it's rather short. I also feel compelled to note that it already appeared on Bandcamp the day after it was recorded, in Berlin, this month! Todd McComb's Jazz Thoughts
Tomo leads here a amazing quintet session with my beloved Portuguese string players: Ernesto and Guilherme Rodrigues, the father and the son. Tomo himself says: "There is no leader, there is only music", and, of course he is right, but I had to choose the entry for this album so I chose Tomo. The quintet includes also two Danes: Elo Masing on violin and Mia Dyberg on alto. "Egin " is a 30 minutes long excursion into the land of free... sonorism. Krzysztof Penderecki introduced this avantgarde direction in the late 1950s expressing the focus on the sound. "Egin" is a great example the same approach, but applied to the free improvised music. The disc contains one 30 minutes long track, that is a super controlled composition, but maybe to short to be upgrade to the ***** club.
It is quite complex and diffcult to classify. For me, because of the presence of four bowed string instrument, it does smell like a contemporary chamber music spirit. This is correct, but there are also connections to contemporary minimalism. Indeed it starts like a Kronos quartet's reading of a minimal music composition, but soon develops much more expressive moments and more varying and alternating moods and spirits. In all that the alto saxophone sounds of Mia Dyberg and Tomo's explorations of the possibilities of the double bass are indeed extremely important. Excellent record from the first to the last note!!! Maciej Lewenstein
Recording live in Berlin at Werkhalle Wiesenburg, the quartet of Portuguese father/son string players Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, Guilherme Rodrigues on cello, Danish saxophonist Mia Dyberg on alto sax, and Polish double bassist Tomo Jacobson present a precisely controlled concert of subtly detailed free improvisation using impressive technique and momentum. Squidco
Autre album, autre ambiance avec Egin, sorti en 2019 et enregistré par un quintet formé pour l’occasion : la saxophoniste alto Mia Dyberg, le violoniste estonien Elo Masing, les Portugais Ernesto Rodrigues à l’alto et Guilherme Rodrigues au violoncelle et Tomo Jacobson.
Fruit de la collaboration entre deux labels qui cherchent : les Danois de Gotta Let It Out donc et les Portugais de Creative Sources, l’album comporte un seul long morceau (enregistré en concert à Berlin en octobre 2018), délicat et fragile où s’entremêlent les cordes vibrionnantes d’un quatuor qui ne dirait pas son nom et le saxophone minimaliste de Mia Dyberg. Pour l’anecdote, la jolie pochette de l’album est une peinture de la fille (deux ans à l’époque) de Tomo Jacobson. Julien Aunos (citizen jazz)
sábado, 6 de outubro de 2018
Eris
CD - Creative Sources – CS558, Lisbon 2018
1. I - 20'23''
Ernesto Rodrigues - Viola
1. I - 20'23''
2. II - 38'00''
Ernesto Rodrigues - Viola
Guilherme Rodrigues - Cello
Miguel Mira - Cello
Anna Piosik - Trumpet
Carlos Santos - Electronics
Recorded January 2018, Sintra
Reviews
A clear followup to Penedo is then Eris, a quintet album recorded less than a week later in January, also in Penedo, with Anna Piosik (trumpet) joining the three strings & electronics. (Piosik had not been mentioned here explicitly, but has appeared with Rodrigues e.g. in Octopus, as mentioned in September.) I really enjoy the opening to Eris, with a distinct "jungle" vibe immediately troubled by very high electronic pitches, and into wind & whistling tones against percussive whacks.... (The resulting sort of perceptual framing, particularly around enclosures & lines of flight, might be compared to e.g. Primary Envelopment, as first discussed here in March 2015.) From there, if anything, Eris becomes more "hybrid" via an extended "industrial" vibe that emerges to leave the jungle far behind for some kind of interior(ized) space, a factory perhaps... or maybe this is the chaos internal to the mind, to which one retreats... it's spacious though! (The trumpet is occasionally recognizable as such, but is usually deconstructed into a variety of extended pulses & raspberries.) Eris goes on to sculpt & articulate energy in a variety of ways from there, including via a broad range of string techniques & formal procedures, but doesn't seem to recapture its initial excitement. In particular, it seems to focus on various means of achieving continuity, such that string figures sometimes become repetitive (via ostinati, etc.). (Life itself seeks continuity amid so many discords & challenges? Or it's repetition that's a source of discord?) Nonetheless, continued exploration of these textures & timbres is welcome, and Eris likewise yields a sense of calm awareness, generally a welcome "use" for any album. (And these albums are both more distinctive & more satisfying than this quick report might suggest....) Todd McComb's Jazz Thoughts
A quintet album of minimal/lowercase electroacoustic improvisation recordeded at Penedo in Portugal from Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, Guilherme Rodrigues on cello, Miguel Mira on cello, Anna Piosik on trumpet, and Carlos Santos on electronics, each performer using extended techniques, contrasting atmospheric tones with percussive, often pointillistic approaches. (Squidco)
A clear followup to Penedo is then Eris, a quintet album recorded less than a week later in January, also in Penedo, with Anna Piosik (trumpet) joining the three strings & electronics. (Piosik had not been mentioned here explicitly, but has appeared with Rodrigues e.g. in Octopus, as mentioned in September.) I really enjoy the opening to Eris, with a distinct "jungle" vibe immediately troubled by very high electronic pitches, and into wind & whistling tones against percussive whacks.... (The resulting sort of perceptual framing, particularly around enclosures & lines of flight, might be compared to e.g. Primary Envelopment, as first discussed here in March 2015.) From there, if anything, Eris becomes more "hybrid" via an extended "industrial" vibe that emerges to leave the jungle far behind for some kind of interior(ized) space, a factory perhaps... or maybe this is the chaos internal to the mind, to which one retreats... it's spacious though! (The trumpet is occasionally recognizable as such, but is usually deconstructed into a variety of extended pulses & raspberries.) Eris goes on to sculpt & articulate energy in a variety of ways from there, including via a broad range of string techniques & formal procedures, but doesn't seem to recapture its initial excitement. In particular, it seems to focus on various means of achieving continuity, such that string figures sometimes become repetitive (via ostinati, etc.). (Life itself seeks continuity amid so many discords & challenges? Or it's repetition that's a source of discord?) Nonetheless, continued exploration of these textures & timbres is welcome, and Eris likewise yields a sense of calm awareness, generally a welcome "use" for any album. (And these albums are both more distinctive & more satisfying than this quick report might suggest....) Todd McComb's Jazz Thoughts
A quintet album of minimal/lowercase electroacoustic improvisation recordeded at Penedo in Portugal from Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, Guilherme Rodrigues on cello, Miguel Mira on cello, Anna Piosik on trumpet, and Carlos Santos on electronics, each performer using extended techniques, contrasting atmospheric tones with percussive, often pointillistic approaches. (Squidco)
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