Artist : Tiago Sousa & Joao Correia
Title : Insonia
Genre : Ambient
Year : 2009
Date : 12/2009
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 07
Label : Humming Conch
Source : Vinyl
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Length : 43:15 min
Size : 59,7 MB
Tracklist:
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01.Movimento 07:38
02.Pendulo 03:56
03.Reflexo 03:07
04.Insonia 06:31
05.Folha Caduca 06:59
06.Passos 05:02
07.Surrealismo Impressionista 10:02
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43:15 min
From Boomkat:
Another one of those incredible records
that appears out of nowhere and
absolutely floors us - housed in a
sublime vinyl edition printed up in an
extremely limited run - fans of Nils
Frahm, Peter Broderick, Rachels, Max
Richter or The Necks - DO NOT MISS!!!!!
The Humming Conch label introduced
itself earlier this year with the
wonderful Celer release Capri and now
continues to impress and raise its stock
with this new limited edition vinyl
pressing from the mysterious Tiago
Sousa, who teams up with drummer (and
co-producer) Joπo Correia and
clarinetist Ricardo Ribeiro. Sousa
assumes the lead roles: heÆs the
composer, guitarist, organist and
pianist, fashioning a delicate and
utterly sublime sequence of
instrumentals, each captured via
recordings made ôin a small bedroom at
Barreiroöand mastered by none other than
12kÆs Taylor Deupree. Ins≤nia is SousaÆs
fourth record and draws upon his
accumulated knowledge of classical,
experimental and popular forms, all
blended into a single suite of
compositions. æMovimentoÆ opens the
album exchanging forlorn sounding piano
motifs with downbeat strung guitar
passages that will leave you gasping for
breath The latter half of the A-side is
especially strong, drawing to a close
with unaccompanied recordings æReflexoÆ
and æIns≤niaÆ. The title track in
particular is just exceptionally
beautiful, a piano solo that might be
the most accomplished, well-made piece
of its kind since Gonzales turned his
hand to the format five years ago. You
can hear the influence of Satie, or even
ChopinÆs Nocturnes at work here, and
SousaÆs poised, expressive performance
is quite magical. Insonia feels more
modern, and somehow, more mature than
the main thread of classical-styled
records that have come our way this
year. ItÆs all too easy for countless
Max Richter-ites to assume the language
of classical music - to dress themselves
up in its vestiges - without actually
engaging with its disciplines and
heritage on a level that goes beyond the
surface, but Sousa and his cohorts never
try to be anything theyÆre not and
instead revel in the strange fusion of
influences that produced this record.
Illustrating this is the switch between
æIns≤niaÆ, a very restrained composition
thatÆs very much in the romantic
classical idiom, and æFolha CaducaÆ,
which paints an entirely different
picture, creating something thats lodged
between the supreme post-rock styled
eloquence of RachelÆs and the avant-jazz
experiments of The Necks. æSurrealismo
ImpressionistaÆ reaches even further out
towards the margins with organ and
clarinet drones, toying with suspenseful
mimimalism while the pianoÆs mournful,
emotive qualities continue to draw your
ear. There are only a very small number
of this amazing record pressed up for
the world, we urge you to grab one while
itÆs still in circulation. A must.
http://www.hummingconch.ne