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)