No Strings Attached, by Ernesto Rodrigues, João Madeira & Hernâni Faustino

No Strings Attached

by Ernesto Rodrigues, João Madeira & Hernâni Faustino

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	1.	Expecting String Expression I 03:18
	2.	Expecting String Expression II 03:00
	3.	Expecting String Expression III 04:32
	4.	Expecting String Expression IV 04:10
	5.	Expecting String Expression V 04:17
	6.	Expecting String Expression VI 03:29
	7.	Expecting String Expression VII 04:54
	8.	Expecting String Expression VIII 03:16
	9.	Expecting Live String Expression 32:00

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Ernesto Rodrigues - violin (1-8), viola (9)
João Madeira - double bass
Hernâni Faustino - double bass

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released April 16, 2023

Tracks 1-8 recorded on February 5th 2023 in Lisbon.
Track 9 recorded live on February 2nd 2023 at Cossoul, Lisbon, during the Creative Sources Cycle.
Recording, mix and master by João Madeira.
Graphic design by Carlos Santos.
Photography by Nuno Martins.
Production by Ernesto Rodrigues.

Reviews:

"No Strings Attached presents the Portuguese free improvising string trio of Rodrigues, who focuses here most of the time on violin, with two double bass players Madeira (who, again, was responsible for the recording, mixing and mastering) and Hernâni Faustino, known from the RED trio and Rodrigo Amado Wire Quartet. This trio was recorded in a studio and live at Cossoul, Lisbon, during the Creative Sources Cycle in February 2023.
The eight short studio pieces offer different kinds of intense and stormy dynamics that emphasize the strong personal voices of these experienced improvisers, and, obviously, variations of detailed counterpoint. The last, 32-minute live piece, which was recorded three days before the studio session, with Rodrigues back on the viola, sitting with Madeira and Faustino standing on his right and left sides, suggests a different atmosphere. It develops its dynamics patiently, and its interplay is still powerful but alternates with introspective and poetic modes, and, obviously, features different and personal kinds of extended bowing techniques." Eyal Hareuveni, saltpeanuts.eu
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"This a kind of "classical" Rodrigues family output: a
string trio led by Ernesto with the two double basses,
played mostly with the bows. The album was recorded in
February 2023: Tracks 1-8 at some studio somewhere in
Lisbon, while Track 9 live in February 2023 at Cossoul,
Lisbon, during the Creative Sources Cycle. Recording,
mixing, and mastering were realized by João Madeira. The
trio plays a suite "Expecting Strings Expression" in
8 movements. The same suite is then interpreted as
a single live track 9, lasting 32 minutes.. This is an
absolute top level and peak of contemporary string
music, whether you qualify it as free improvised, free
composed, or free chamber music. A really beautiful
recording, very touching and convincing." Maciej Lewenstein
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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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“A Fábrica de Nada”, 2005, and “A Máquina Hamlet”, 2020 - “Parece que o Mundo”, 2018, (contemporary dance). ... more

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