(order of the events: bottom to top)
September: BELLES ALLIANCES - Collaborations album from the Abstract Paintings project. 12 tracks, 76 minutes. Free MP3/FLAC + PDF.
June: Historic concerts with Zumbi do Mato, recording the fourth album (live, with new songs) and DVD, to be released soon.
o 2008
October: THE ART OF BOREDOM - Seven piano pieces for brave ears and well-humoured minds -
free mp3 release, recorded in July.
May-June: new pieces: Back to Õstro Hyija and Jackson Pollock #1, previews of the Abstract Paintings project which comprises a solo album (Abstract Paintings) and a collaborations album (Belles Alliances).
o 2007
TEMPOCHUVA (Cristovam + Giraknob + Jobim): Three friends improvising. Released by Antena in June.
MARCHIAN SKETCHES (Because They Were Made In March): Virtual EP with 4 instant compositions recorded in March and April/2006, released in mp3 in May by Trama Virtual, on the occasion of the inauguration of the page in this label.
January.6: Foundation of a new instrumental rock group by
Gustavo Jobim - synthesizer;
Leandro Theo - electric guitar;
Rodrigo Carvalho - drums;
Zé Felipe - bass guitar. The group disbanded after a few rehearsals but my idea hasn't died.
o 2006
December.4: Concert 0005 - S.O.M. - Seres Operando Matéria - Ruins Park Cultural Centre - Santa Teresa - Rio de Janeiro. details
October.30: First improvisation session with the guitarist Leandro Theo.
October.29: Concert 0004 - 23rd birthday - OUTSIDE CDs - Méier - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil. details
August.17: First live presentation as member of the rock group Zumbi do Mato, on the Atitude.com TV show.
July: THE SECOND ALBUM, still without a definitive title,
will be divided, like ROUND MI, in three sections. The middle
section is FINISHED, and it's inspired by the Brazilian poet
AUGUSTO DOS ANJOS, known as the "poet of death and melancholy".
His poems are always pessimist and introspective, but sometimes
showing great spirituality. Augusto is unique in Brazilian literature.
He was born in 1884, in the northeastern Brazilian
state of Paraíba, and died prematurely of pneumonia in 1914,
in Rio de Janeiro, 29 years old.
The first section of the album
is inspired by the Swiss surrealist painter H.R.GIGER. It is
almost finished. There are still only plans for the final section,
but the guidelines have been defined. Details about it will be
announced whenever possible... The second album shall be dark
and furious...
SYMPHONY No.1 IN
F MINOR ("PIANO"): Instant composition in 5 movements recorded between September/2004 and May/2005. Released in June/2005 by the FRONHA RECORDS netlabel. Free for download.
May.14: Concert 0003 - SESC Pompéia
(São
Paulo, SP, Brazil). DAMO SUZUKI (former singer from
CAN), with guests. details
April.30: First contact with the rock group Zumbi do Mato, looking for a new keyboardist.
March: Beginning of rerecording of "H.R.Giger", from the Blackonyx CDR, which will be part of the 2nd album.
Mar.5: Concert 0002 - OUTSIDE CDs
(CD store) - Méier
- Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. details
Feb.11: Concert 0001 - PLANO B (CD
store) - Lapa - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, with guests. details
January-February: Concert rehearsals; more recordings for the piano solo project.
o 2005
October: Works in progress:
1. The second album. Most of its music is inspired by the works of the surrealist Swiss painter and sculptor H.R.Giger, and the pessimist, dark Brazilian poet Augusto dos Anjos. Two tracks are ready.
2. A double album with 4 or 5 long tracks, made only with piano sounds, usually distorted with filters and effects. One of them (26 minutes long) is ready. It will released for free on the web. Possibly, a limited CD edition will also be made. A CD is more durable than a CD-R...
3. A collaboration with Hrönir, an electroacoustic music duo from Recife, Brazil.
January-September: Like 2003, this year has been marked by a serious lack of time, due to day job and college at night. A few experimental recordings have been made.
FOI CACHAÇA DE GRAÇA: free improvisation recorded in 10.jan.2004 with Carlos D (violin) and Eduardo Pletsch (drums), members of Sensorial Estéreo. Special participations by Filipe Giraknob e Alberico. The title means "it was free booze".
A. Foi (30:45)
B. Cachaça de Graça (29:26)
o 2004
10 MINUTES: A collection of experimental recordings made in October and November. Sweeper is a sound sculpture, Piano (parts 1-2-3) is another chapter in a series of experiments with piano sounds, Berlin High School is a typical Berlin school-sounding piece and Giger 2 is a bunch of ideas for the second album. These recordings are instant, or real-time compositions; they were done only with a few rules: no rehearsals; no careful sound design - that is, use anything you already have - and the track length should be 10 minutes, or not much longer. The last track is a mix of two recordings.
1. Sweeper (2003.10.11) (10:32)
2. Piano part 1 (2003.10.25) (10:04)
3. Piano part 2 (2003.10.25) (10:16)
4. Piano part 3 (2003.10.25) (10:16)
5. Berlin High School (2003.11.16) (10:35)
6. Giger 2 (2003.11.22) (22:52)
July: End of participation in Sensorial Estéreo, registered on the EP 10
MIL HERTZ SUÍTE HI-FI.
May-June: First recordings for the new album.
April: Recording of the new album is about to begin; the first music, born as "Blackonyx part 1", is near the definitive shape, after countless reconstructions and re-recordings.
February: Beginning of participation with the experimental rock group Sensorial Estéreo.
o 2003
BLACKONYX: Compilation made in July, during the last recordings and mixing of ROUND MI. Contains the first experiments created between March and July for the second album:
1. Morgenlichter (7:36)
2. Amanhecer (19:18)
3. Blackonyx part 1 (8:02)
4. H.R.Giger (26:10)
March: The writing of ROUND MI finishes; first ideas for the second album.
ROUND MI: This first album contains three works: the title suite in four parts, CLOUDS and LOOPSURF-LOOPSEARCH, composed between September 2001 and March 2002 (the recordings only finished in July). Details in the ROUND MI page.
o 2002
ACIDENTES ACCIDENTALS: A 75 minute recording made at one go in December 1st, while ROUND MI was being composed. The music develops slowly, in a kind of "exploration-composition". For the recording of a CDR, the piece was divided in 5 movements:
1. Acidental 1 (22:38)
2. Acidental 2 (19:46)
3. Acidental 3: Get Set (7:11)
4. Acidental 4: Races Along the Edge (18:05)
5. Acidental 5: Last Round (6:55)
September: I recorded the first of many versions of LOOPSURF-LOOPSEARCH. With this piece and the FLOATING TONES melody, the work in ROUND MI began.
April: I wrote the first melody from ROUND MI, called FLOATING TONES AROUND MI; the album title, created much later, is just an abbreviation of this name.
SEQUENSEA: Experimental album composed after the edition of AVOJO, between August/2000 and March/2001, also totally using the computer. Only one continuous piece, divided in ten parts in many different styles. Also composed only on computer, between August, after the edition of AVOJO, and March of 2001.
part 1: The Dance (5:44)
part 2: The Mystery (3:58)
part 3: The Escape (3:35)
part 4: The Music With Neverending Ending (4:55)
part 5: The Ideas, the Telephones and the Great Conclusion (6:54)
part 6: The Contemplation (4:55)
part 7: The Selfplaying Harpsichord (4:29)
part 8: The Eight o'Clock Train (6:48)
part 9: The Crossed Melodies (5:20)
part 10: Rewinding (12:23)
o 2001
ADVENTURE: First experimental album created totally on the synthesizer. Made of three long improvised tracks, recorded in December:
1. Leaving the Atmosphere (23:49)
2. A Space Adventure: Echoes from a Distant Galaxy (29:00)
3. Celebration: Back Home (12:07)
OCTOBER TO DECEMBER: Contains the first experiments made with a synthesizer, gathered in the same way as AVOJO. All the tracks were improvised and recorded between October and December.
1. Tubular Improvisation 1 (9:49)
2. Somewhere Between Canopus and Rigel (6:44)
3. Arpeggios Played in a Chrch Organ (3:19)
4. Midnight in Isarsarez (14:46)
5. Reminds me of Epsilon (8:29)
6. Very Fast Boxing Fight In Which Both Got Knocked Out (1:36)
7. Morse Codes (10:06)
8. Cloud (2:34)
AVOJO: Compilation with the first experiments made on computer, in the XM format, gathered as an album. Music composed from January to July. Contains the following tracks:
1. Testing... (0:35)
2. Cacophony (4:26)
3. Cacophony part 2 (3:58)
4. The Tune (2:03)
5. Scroll Lock part 1 (2:19)
6. Scroll Lock part 2 (4:32)
7. Organs part 1 (2:51)
8. Organs part 2 (6:05)
9. The Band from Saturn Playing at the Isarsarez Srassmoxleahch Forest (5:39)
10. Aldebaran part 1 (3:05)
11. Aldebaran part 2 (3:57)
12. Atom (3:31)
13. Alarm (4:49)
14. Quarks (3:23)
15. The Last One (7:19)
o 2000
