"Thelmo Cristovam, sound inventor from Pernambuco, northeastern Brazil, was spending a few months in Rio de Janeiro.
Two days before Christmas, in 2004, I attended an aggressive presentation of feedback music played by Thelmo and Filipe Giraknob, from Rio, at Plano B, Lapa, Rio de Janeiro.
After the show, I asked for their help on my first solo concert, that would happen a few weeks later at the same place.
They readily accepted the invitation. My first idea was that they would make the same feedback sounds on my show.
We met one month later in my house for a session, but instead of mixing desks and cables, Filipe brought his electric guitar and effect pedals, and Thelmo brought his sax and trumpet.
And we recorded this improvisation presented here.
It was a rainy day, January 24th, 2005. The improvisation was lead by Thelmo: due to the fact that his timbres were louder than everyone else's, they had to be controlled.
Consequently, me and Filipe also had to keep control of our sounds to keep the balance.
The result is an apparently calm recording, but full of suspense, as if it was going to explode at any moment.During the recording, we noticed the sound of the rain was very loud.
For a short moment we stopped playing, and I opened the window.
The microphone got some of the rain: the sound of the fourth instrument, played by Nature.
It was a sublime moment.We were supposed to do a rehearsal before my show, but that never happened.
In the day of the concert, they came with the same instruments from that first session.
Despite not having rehearsed, that didn't make a difference: I just gave them the basic directions and the result was much better than I expected. Fantastic! What is rehearsing for?"
"Thelmo Cristovam, inventor pernambucano de sons, estava passando uma longa temporada no Rio de Janeiro. Nas vésperas do Natal de 2004 assisti a uma agressiva apresentaÁ„o de música de feedback dele com o Filipe Giraknob, do Rio, na Plano B, Lapa, Rio de Janeiro.
Após a apresentação, pedi a ajuda deles no meu primeiro show, que aconteceria semanas depois no mesmo lugar. Eles prontamente aceitaram o convite. Minha idéia inicial era que eles fizessem o mesmo som de feedback do outro show. Marcamos uma sessão na minha casa mas em vez das mesas e cabos, vieram Filipe de guitarra, Thelmo de sax e trompete. E gravamos este improviso apresentado aqui.
Era um dia chuvoso, 24 de janeiro de 2005. O improviso foi liderado pelo Thelmo; como os timbres dos sopros se destacavam, precisavam ser controlados. Consequentemente eu e Filipe também precisamos manter o controle para n„o desequilibrar o som. O resultado é uma gravação aparentemente calma porém carregada de suspense, como se a qualquer momento fosse explodir.
Durante a gravação, percebemos que o som da chuva estava muito alto. Por um momento paramos de tocar, abri a janela. O microfone captou um pouco da chuva: o som do quarto instrumento, tocado pela Natureza. Foi um momento sublime.
Ficamos de fazer um ensaio antes do show, mas isso acabou n„o acontecendo. No dia do show, eles vieram, com os mesmos instrumentos daquela primeira sessão. O ensaio que n„o aconteceu n„o fez falta: apenas dei as diretrizes básicas e o resultado foi muito melhor do que eu esperava. Fantástico! Pra que ensaiar?"
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