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artist · various artists
release · osso exotico vi
year · 1998
genre · avantgarde
label · sonoris
catalogue · son-03
website · http://ossoexotico.planetaclix.pt
date · 22-oct-2003
quality · 192kbps/44,1khz
source · compact disc
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01 patrφcia manchßs & david maranha - untitled 2:12
02 patrφcia manchßs - untitled 6:04
03 david maranha - untitled 6:31
04 bernardo devlin & andrΘ maranha - "rodapΘ descartavel" 3:26
ambulant reading
05 david maranha - from "m·sica #2" 1:00
06 david maranha - untitled 4:51
07 david maranha & francisco tropa - "alvo ßtrio" score on 5:07
white shooting target
08 andrΘ maranha - untitled 4:27
09 patrφcia manchßs & david maranha - untitled 3:49
10 patrφcia manchßs, andrΘ maranha & david maranha - 14:49
untitled
playtime · 00h 52m 16s
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sonoris is a brandnew french label which launces with three
releases (hopefully more on the other two soon) and this one with
one of my personal favourite bands. the three piece group from
portugal explore in ten tracks the possibilities of the church
organ. the members play in various combinations on different
organs. the outcome is very varied. the opening piece is barely
audible, but the second piece is a loud, repitive, all register
open one. of course it's hard to see this music without any
religious overtones, but osso exotico don't give a clue in that
direction: all their pieces are untitled. meditative pieces in
most cases, but less minimal then the known minimalist who grew up
with playing organ. this is a different approach then charlemagne
palestine would do, but none the less this is quite interesting.
osso exotico is a portuguese group formed in 1989 around andrΘ and
david maranha. since their formation they have released 2 lps and
3 cds on their own label, carbo records, and on staalplaat and
ananana. since their first release, osso exotico follows a
singular musical course. they always play with acoustic
instruments with very few treatments or effects, in a personal way
influenced by minimalism and american avant-garde. church organ
works gathers together 10 tracks for solo organ recorded in two
churchs of lisbon. this new work explores the range of an organ's
sonorities without the help of electronic treatments or effects.
some tracks may remind of the early works by glass or riley for
electrical organ, but the majority of the tracks is a continuation
of works of some of american composers (pauline oliveros, jon
gibson, guy klucevsek, phill niblock) or contemporary composers
(dumitrescu, radulescu, scelsi) who create experimental music with
only some acoustic instruments."
portuguese ensemble osso exotico's church organ works is all about
the beauty and grandeur of the pipe organ. split equally between
the lisbon cathedral organ and the organ at the marvila church,
ten tracks explore some of the most powerful and significant
aspects of these organs, not the least of which being the
phenomenally resonant and live spaces they call home. this
reverberant setting is as much a part of the instruments as their
pipes and bellows, providing a meeting ground for the interactions
of their complicated tonalities to take place, and giving osso
ex≤tico a wealth of sounds with which to play. using a variety of
composicional methods, including a score "written" by an archer on
a target, over the course of church organ works the musicians
touch on the organÆs many moods quiet passages of tonal
subtleties; rich, dense magesty; quiet, slowly shifting melodies;
and an unbelievable penchant for creating thickly saturated
overtone fields. witnessing the performances live is the only
improvement i can imagine for these works.
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