Three groupings and three large works from Portugese trumpeter Sei Miguel, in bands including Rafael Toral, Erenesto Rodrigues, Nuno Tores, &c., performances of scores that he's written over the past 30 years that have never or have rarely been heard previously.
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Sei Miguel-trumpet
Fala Mariam-trombone
Pedro Gomes-guitar
Ceesar Burago-percussion
Andree Goncalves-hammond manipulation
Margarida Garcia-twin
Ceesar Burago-percussion, radio
Kimi Djabatee-singer
Rafael Toral-modulated feedback
Ernesto Rodrigues-viola
Nuno Torres-alto saxophone
Fala Mariam-alto trombone
Pedro Gomes-guitar
Pedro Lourenco-bass guitar
Luies Desirat-drums
Monsieur Trinitee-bandoneon de Osaka, ganzae, afochee"
Ceesar Burago-bandoneon de Osaka, claves, agogo
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UPC: 5609063002959
Label: Clean Feed
Catalog ID: CF295
Squidco Product Code: 18858
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2014
Country: Portugal
Packaging: Cardstock Gatefold Sleeve
Track 1 recorded, edited and mixed at Teatro Maria Matos by Rafael Toral (Noise Precision Mobile, Noise Precision); Track 2 recorded January 2005 at Musicorde Studios by Paulo Feijão and mixed (summer 2013) by Rafael Toral and Joaquim Monte.
"Sei Miguel looked dead serious when he told me that in the future he doesn't plan to write any new music. Instead, he wants to bring to daylight dozens of scores that he has stored for over 30 years on a drawer. Some of this music had been performed a few times live. Some have been performed just once. And most have never seen a stage at all. From this large collection, only a handful have been recorded professionally and these old recordings were not released.
Salvation Modes is the first chapter of this long story. Featuring just one recent piece, the record you hold in your hands is Sei's first push at presenting his well-kept secrets and it is an amazing sample, a well-balanced choice of contrasting material with great sound work."Prelúdio," as fits its title, opens for the explosive "Cruz de Sala", in a kind of a mantra way. Sei's Unit Core features Pedro Gomes' exquisite guitar, as he burns while respecting the pace and space of these tunes. Fala and César have very precise and beautiful lines over the six (ascendant) parts of Cruz de Sala. It starts and closes with much fire.
Listening to "Fermata" is like coming back home to Sei's more introspective world. It is, in fact, a great introduction to what his work is about, and a sort of deep breath to prepare our ears for what comes later. A cleaning tune so to speak. Don't mistake this for some kind of tepid music. That's not at all the case. Common to all his work is the superb use of timbres, picking up the right ingredients to cook the vision he has in mind. This is a great example of the Sei Miguel sound of music. Cool.
"Cantata Mussurana" is based on a creole purification ritual. You can almost see that, as you listen to the varying tensions and intensities in the music. Through the three movements of the Cantata you sense the snake -Mussurana- that is brought to the place where the ceremony will occur. The snake, which is not poisonous, cleans up an entire world of speculation, eating the poisonous snakes and, in the end, bringing safety and peace to the people. This exotic mood is set through the careful orchestration of ten instrumental voices around a human voice.
Such a masterpiece released from this obsessive workaholic, who is playing better than ever, makes us eagerly anticipate the next surprise from his musical treasure chest, revealing just a bit more of his huge course."-Clean Feed
Artist Biographies
• Show Bio for Sei Miguel "Plays his trumpet with complete awareness of the whole Jazz history while dealing, as a music director, with the full spectrum of sound sources in a broad range of innovative (and often strange) solutions, including frequent use of electronics. He has created his own music system, allowing him to take his open pieces to a high degree of perfection. Director, arranger and trumpeter, Sei Miguel considers himself a simple jazzman, which, he says, isn't always easy. Born in 1961, Paris, lived in Brazil and France until settling down in Portugal during the 80's. Since 1986 he has been directing formations of variable geometry. Having performed in Portugal, Germany, Italy and Brazil, among his many regular collaborators are not only guitarists Rafael Toral and Manuel Mota, but also extraordinaire trombone player and painter Fala Mariam and virtuoso percussionist César Burago. Miguel has also written music for theater and ballet." ^ Hide Bio for Sei Miguel • Show Bio for Fala Mariam "Born in Lisbon. Some academic training did not foster in her an interest for musical creation. In 1980, during a trip to the north of India, she intuited the sacred fire of true music, that she will find again in the more initiatic jazz and the gratifying discovery of several trombonists. Sei Miguel´s "sideman" since 1983, she partakes in all his works." ^ Hide Bio for Fala Mariam • Show Bio for Pedro Gomes Pedro Gomes, born 1979 in Lisbon, is an electric guitarist. He has worked with Sei Miguel in Turbina Anthem, and is a member of the Portuguese free rock group based in Lisboa, Caveira, formed in 2005 with Pedro Gomes, and originally with Rita Vozone on guitars and Quim Albergaria on drums. This band evolved out of the project Manta Rota. ^ Hide Bio for Pedro Gomes • Show Bio for Rafael Toral "Rafael Toral, born in Lisbon, 1967 has been intrigued by the potential of sound and the functions of music since he was a teenager. As a composer and performer, he has been deeply involved with Rock, Ambient, Contemporary, Electronic and Free Jazz music in different periods of his life. Working with electric guitar and electronics, in the 1990's he created a blend of Ambient and Rock and recorded acclaimed albums like Wave Field or Violence of Discovery and Calm of Acceptance. By the early 2000's he arrived to a sense of accomplishment about his previous 15 years of work, also realizing the world needed a different creative response. He decided to start something new, as radically different from the previous phase as possible. In a transition to vulnerable action, he launched the alien-sounding Space Program in 2004, using experimental electronic instruments. It's been an ambitious long-term project exploring an approach to electronic music based on silence, through decision making and physical gesture, in a way inspired by post-free Jazz. The resulting music, "melodic without notes, rhythmic with no beat, familiar but strange, meticulous but radically free - riddled with paradox but full of clarity and space", has been described as "a brand of electronic music far more visceral and emotive than that of his cerebral peers". In the last 15 years he's been thinking and practicing an understanding of silence as "space", with a clear function in music creation but also as a metaphor for social relationships and a statement on information and sensory overload. Performing solo or in numerous collaborations (including Jim O'Rourke, Jim Baker, Sei Miguel, Chris Corsano, John Edwards, Evan Parker, Tatsuya Nakatani, Manuel Mota, Alvin Lucier, Phill Niblock, Christian Marclay, Sonic Youth, Rhys Chatham, Lee Ranaldo, C Spencer Yeh, and many others), he has been touring throughout Europe, Canada, USA, Mexico, South Korea, Japan, New Zealand and Australia. Also active in visual and spatial arts, Toral has produced video and several installations from 1994 to 2003. In 2014 he relocated to the mountains in central Portugal for a more sustainable life. In 2017, having concluded the Space Program's recording series, Toral is entering a wider field with multiple directions and possibilities. From his mountain studio, he also offers mastering services." ^ Hide Bio for Rafael Toral • Show Bio for Ernesto Rodrigues "He has been playing the violin for 30 years and in that time has played all genres of music ranging from contemporary music to free jazz and improvised music, live and in the studio. His main interest shifted towards contemporary improvised and composed music. The relationship with his instruments is focused in sonic and textural elements. Electronic music was an early influence on his approach to violin playing, which challenges traditional romantic concepts of the violin/viola through use of preparations and micro tuning. Active in different settings on the Portuguese scene for free improvised music, both as a collaborator and in leading his own groups. Music for Dance, Cinema, Video and Performance. Has created the record label Creative Sources Recordings in 1999, which mainly concentrates on releasing experimental and electro-acoustic music." ^ Hide Bio for Ernesto Rodrigues • Show Bio for Nuno Torres "Studied alto saxophone within a jazz tradition spectrum. His continuous solo experimental research explores a wide scope of sound material through the use of the extended technics. Participates in several ensembles of improvisational music, electro acoustics and reductionism. Collaborates with musicians such as, Ernesto Rodrigues, Ricardo Jacinto, Sei Miguel, Fala Mariam, João Castro Pinto, Rafael Toral, Manuel Mota, David Stackenäs, Travassos, Paulo Raposo, Carlos Santos, Shiori Usui, C. Spencer Yeh, Cyril Bondi and d'incise, and developed projects as CACTO and PinkDraft, In the recent years has been also collaborating in several different projects at the intersection of the performative areas of dance, theatre and the visual arts (PARQUE, Les Voisins, Eye Height, Adriana Sá, Beatriz Cantinho). Participates and curates experimental and community radio initiatives." ^ Hide Bio for Nuno Torres • Show Bio for Fala Mariam "Born in Lisbon. Some academic training did not foster in her an interest for musical creation. In 1980, during a trip to the north of India, she intuited the sacred fire of true music, that she will find again in the more initiatic jazz and the gratifying discovery of several trombonists. Sei Miguel´s "sideman" since 1983, she partakes in all his works." ^ Hide Bio for Fala Mariam • Show Bio for Pedro Gomes Pedro Gomes, born 1979 in Lisbon, is an electric guitarist. He has worked with Sei Miguel in Turbina Anthem, and is a member of the Portuguese free rock group based in Lisboa, Caveira, formed in 2005 with Pedro Gomes, and originally with Rita Vozone on guitars and Quim Albergaria on drums. This band evolved out of the project Manta Rota. ^ Hide Bio for Pedro Gomes • Show Bio for Pedro Lourenco "Pedro Lourenço is a Portuguese bassist, know for the group Bruxas/Cobras, Bernardo Devlin, and his work with trumpeter Sei Miguel." ^ Hide Bio for Pedro Lourenco
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Track Listing:
1. Preluedio e Cruz de Sala (2002, 2012)
Sei Miguel-trumpet
Fala Mariam-trombone
Pedro Gomes-guitar
Ceesar Burago-percussion
2. Fermata (2005)
Sei Miguel-trumpet/Andree Goncalves hammond manipulation
Margarida Garcia-twin
Ceesar Burago-percussion, radio
3. Cantata Mussurana (1996 - 2012)
Sei Miguel-trumpet, direction
Kimi Djabatee-singer
Rafael Toral-modulated feedback
Ernesto Rodrigues-viola
Nuno Torres-alto saxophone
Fala Mariam-alto trombone
Pedro Gomes-guitar
Pedro Lourenco-bass guitar
Luies Desirat-drums
Monsieur Trinitee-bandoneon de Osaka, ganzae, afochee"
Ceesar Burago-bandoneon de Osaka, claves, agogo
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