Pulses and Paradox

CD – Creative Sources Recordings – CS868, Lisbon 2025

1. Pulses - 25'47''

2. Paradox - 24'58''

Rotor

Ernesto Rodrigues - Viola & Crackle Box

Nuno Torres - Alto Saxophone

Carlos Santos - Live Processing

Recorded October & December 2023, Lisbon

Cover design Carlos Santos

https://ernestorodrigues.bandcamp.com/album/pulses-and-paradox

Reviews

Recorded live at Sistema Smop in Lisbon across two performances in late 2023, the trio of Ernesto Rodrigues (viola, crackle box), Nuno Torres (alto saxophone), and Carlos Santos (digital electronics) are captured sustained improvisations where acoustic timbre and electronic gesture converge in an expansive dialogue that alternates between subtle textural pulses and unpredictable sonic paradoxes. (Squidco)

Past Dreams in Rust

CD - Creative Sources Recordings - CS870, Lisbon 2025

1. I - 11'26''

2. II - 19'31''

3. III - 08'05''

4. IV - 19'28''

5. V - 09'32''

Ernesto Rodrigues - Viola

Caludia Risch - Flute, Bass Clarinet

Grgur Savic - Alto Saxophone, Percussion

Guilherme Rodrigues - Cello

Recorded October 2022, Berlin

Cover design Carlos Santos

https://ernestorodrigues.bandcamp.com/album/past-dreams-in-rust

Reviews

Recorded in Berlin in 2022, this quartet of violin, flute/bass clarinet, alto saxophone, percussion, and cello unfolds a restrained improvisation focused on fragile textures, breath-driven tones, and microtonal tension, as shifting timbres and sparse gestures accumulate into a patient, weathered soundscape shaped by decay, resonance, and collective listening. (Squidco)