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Solo I (vlc) 03:49
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Solo II (vla) 03:31
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Solo III (db) 04:25
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Solo IV (vln) 04:30
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Duo I (vln/vlc) 01:36
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Duo II (vlc/db) 01:51
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Duo III (vla/vlc) 02:09
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Duo IV (vln/db) 02:09
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Duo V (vln/vla) 02:39
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Duo VI (vla/db) 02:44
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Quartet I 13:03
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Quartet II 09:48

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Maria da Rocha - violin
Ernesto Rodrigues - viola
Daniel Levin - cello
João Madeira - double bass

Reviews:

"Perhaps there gets to be a sense of what to expect then, but also a tangible sense of a broader style developing.... And then regarding further collaborations with Madeira, which continue to appear frequently, let me note also the new "string quartet" album Hoya (from October 2022) specifically, bringing back Maria da Rocha (violin) & her distinctive scraping spiccato from Chiaroscuro..., but also adding Daniel Levin (cello, who made several albums for Clean Feed in an earlier era of this project...) for the first time to a Rodrigues ensemble — yielding an album typical of Madeira projects in building to more substantial later tracks, in this case to the full quartet formation via solos & duos..." Todd McComb's Jazz Thoughts

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"The Portuguese musicians of the impro area meet this time an American musician, the cellist Daniel Levin, who acts as a catalyst here in the moments in quartet, almost twenty-three minutes, and two brief but intense moments in duo together with Maria Da Rocha on violin and well-known double bass player João Madeira, to complete the quartet Ernesto Rodrigues on viola.
We begin with solo pieces, in which each of the musicians introduces himself improvising, then follow six moments in duo and two long pieces in quartet.
There is a palpable enthusiasm from the sounds of these strings, between pizzicato and moments in which the bow is used, obviously improvised, and this is transmitted to the listener, with logic, with structures created instantly, unlike colleagues who they read the scores of contemporary composers.
It is worth listening to these improvised moments for strings, ideas flow endlessly making this genre vital, without any tiredness while creating something new by listening to each other and discovering, that on both sides of the Atlantic a common language is used."
Rated 9/10
VITTORIO LOCONTE
kathodik.org/2023/08/17/maria-da-rocha-ernesto-rodrigues-daniel-levin-joao-madeira-hoya/

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"Hoya documents a meeting of four experimental string improvisers – Portuguese violinist Maria da Rocha, prolific violist Ernesto Rodrigues (who released the album on his label Creative Sources) and one of the closest musical comrades of Rodrigues, double bass player João Madeira (who recorded, mixed and mastered the album) with American cellist Daniel Levin. These musicians recorded four solo pieces, six duets and two pieces as a quartet. The album was recorded in Lisbon in October 2022.

The first, four short and free improvised solo pieces introduce the personal, extended bowing techniques of Levin, Rodrigues, Madeira and da Rocha, exploring timbral details, overtones and multiphonics. Da Rocha’s «Solo IV» is the most beautiful, sensual and mysterious of the solo pieces and acts like an instant composition. The six improvised duet pieces are even shorter but charge the music with tension and restless and intense energy. The «Duo VI» of Rodrigues and Madeira is the most satisfying.

The two quartet pieces build on the already-established rapport of the previous duet pieces and deepen the open, conversational dynamics of the duet pieces. The music flows naturally, with its experimental bowing techniques and patient exchange of eccentric, challenging ideas but also deep listening. «Quartet I» suggests a mysterious, cinematic atmosphere while «Quartet II» is free-associative and offers totally free dynamics. Both quartet pieces blur the distinctions between free improvisation, instant composing and contemporary music."
Eyal Hareuveni, saltpeanuts.eu

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released June 12, 2023

Recorded on October 4th 2022 in Lisbon.
Recording, mix and master by João Madeira.
Graphic design by Carlos Santos.
Production by Ernesto Rodrigues.

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João Madeira Lisbon, Portugal

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João Madeira has been totally committed to discovering new processes of creating and composing music, whilst, at the same time, exploring new concepts of musical performance.
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