Rewiew by Paddy O'Sullivan, Heathen Harvest

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Cristovam / Munroe / Barros / Rodrigues - Alpendre
Thursday, November 15 2007 @ 12:00 AM PST
Contributed by: Paddy O'Sullivan


...free form and improvised at times verging on free-jazz, it has more to do with stretching the various instruments in use to their limits. Not entirely following any particular pattern other than the fact, it does have a beginning and an end…sort of, that’s where the tempo actually picks up pace near the very end, as if it is meant to be on a loop which given the nature of the beast, would be very well suited.

Experimental / Electro-acoustic / Improv

Artist: Split Album / Collaboration

Title: Alpendre

Label: TIBProd. Norway

Genre: Experimental / Electro-acoustic / Improv

Thelmo cristovam: C-Melody Sax
Lindenberg Munroe: Didjeridoo, pianica, recorders, whistles
Lamarque de Queiroz Barros: pianica, recorders, whistles
Henderson Rodrigues: pianica, recorders, whistles

This release is the product of a loosely knit collective of sound artists, who came together at the Alpendre Casa de Arte as part of the showcase of experimental music in Fortaleza, Brazil; this is a document of their presentation. A bit of background is in order I think, so I will see what I can do based on the information I have. Most of the members of this gathering have worked together at one time or another in various capacities, take Lindenberg Munroe ; former professor of music technology for example he alongside Thelmo cristovam both are part of the collective Fórum Experimental , an ever expanding group of artists, researchers, sound theorists, producers, filmmakers or more basically put, anybody involved in experimental media. Lindenberg has also created various soundtracks to experimental films and videos as well as a composition to accompany a poem of Mardônio França entitled Velho Mar, and although the piece itself is short, the music has a natural beauty to it that radiates.

Group member Thelmo cristovam a student in physics and metamathematics (I think I’m seeing a pattern here) has his hands in projects too numerous to mention, most recent of which is setting up his own net label v(g)erme. Also along with Túlio Falcão and Lucas Alencar comprise the electro acoustic noise trio Hrönir, who have been very kind for putting up a few of their releases on Archive, the link is for the release “Mecanica” definitely one for the headphones, an audio environment for a manufactured landscape. Henderson Rodrigues is a teacher, researcher and composer of electroacoustic music, his productions include solo works, music for film as well as theatre/

Now having rambled thus far let’s get into the music at hand, it is free form and improvised at times verging on free-jazz, it has more to do with stretching the various instruments in use to their limits. Not entirely following any particular pattern other than the fact, it does have a beginning and an end…sort of, that’s where the tempo actually picks up pace near the very end, as if it is meant to be on a loop which given the nature of the beast, would be very well suited.

To sum it up in just a few words if I had to I would say it is an exercise in spatial perception within the confines of time.

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VITAL WEEKLY
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number 612
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week 5
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LINDENBERG MUNROE & LAMARQ BARROS & THELMO CRISTOVAM & HENDERSON RODRIGUES - ALPENDRE (CDR by Tib Prod)

From the four players of this disk, I only heard of Thelmo Cristovam before. Here he plays 'c-melody sax'. The other players are Lindenberg Munroe (Didjeridoo, Pianica, Recorders, Whistles), Lamarque de Queiroz Barros (Pianica, Recorders, Whistles) and Henderson Rodrigues (Pianica, Recorders, Whistles). That is a lot of wind instruments. In 2005 they teamed up together to play for sixty minutes, three seconds and a little bit. An endless stream of sound is what the produce. Not in continuos in the drone sense of the word, but blowing wildly aloud and apart. Oddly minimal in a way, with each player getting on with his own part. It's a long sit this release, and certainly could have been thirty minutes shorter to have the same power, but perhaps the long and windy road is something that needed to be explored from beginning to end. For lovers of true improvised music on wind instruments this is certainly an interesting disc. For myself I was mildly enthusiastic about it. (FdW)

Address: www.tibprod.com

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