Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Variable Geometry Orchestra

Stills

(Creative Sources Recordings, cs100) (Portugal) (3-CD set)

CD 1

  1. The Morning Walk after the "0" of the Clock (54:54)

CD 2

  1. Just as You Were Able to Talk about Nothing (19:12)
  2. Suddenly the Dream Became a Promise of White (44:21)

CD 3

  1. Loosing the Place Where Someone Never Watched over Me (38:59)
  2. We Almost Turned Around and Headed Home (26:30)

Ernesto Rodrigues: conduction (1-5), viola (1-3, 5), violin (4)
Sílvia Freitas: violin (3)
Kátia Santandreu: viola (3)
Guilherme Rodrigues: cello (1-5)
Miguel Pereira: contrabass (3)
Sei Miguel: pocket trumpet (1, 4, 5)
Pedro Portugal: trumpet (1, 2)
Marcello Maggi: trumpet (1, 3)
Jean-Marc Charmier: trumpet, flugelhorn, euphonium (2)
Fala Mariam: alto trombone (1, 5)
Eduardo Lála: trombone (2)
Eduardo Chagas: trombone (1-4)
Johannes Krieger: trumpet (3), French horn (2, 5)
Gil Gonçalves: tuba (1, 2), euphonium (1)
Miguel Bernardo: clarinet (1-4)
Bruno Parrinha: clarinet (2), alto clarinet (1, 3), alto saxophone (1), harmonica (2)
João Viegas: bass clarinet (1, 3)
Jorge Lampreia: flute, soprano saxophone (1, 3, 4)
Nuno Torres: alto saxophone (1-4)
Lizuarte Borges: alto saxophone (3)
Peter Bastiaan: alto saxophone (1), melodica (1), drums (2, 3)
Alípio C. Neto: alto saxophone (2), tenor saxophone (2, 4, 5)
Abdul Moimême: tenor saxophone (1, 3, 5) electric guitar (4)
Ivan Fontes: didgeridoo (2, 3)
Olympia Boule: voice (1, 5)
Rodrigo Pinheiro: piano (3)
Etsuko Kimura: electric organ (3)
Armando Pereira: accordion (1-5)
António Chaparreiro: electric guitar (1-3, 5)
Nuno Rebelo: amplified objects (3)
Carlos Santos: computer (1-3, 5)
Travassos: tapes, circuit bending (1-5)
João Pinto: computer (1-3, 5)
Nuno Moita: sampler (1, 3, 5), turntables (3)
João Silva: field recordings, crackle box, Tibetan bell (3)
André Gonçalves: modular analog synthesizer (1, 3)
Adriana Sá: digital synthesizer (1-4)
Rafael Toral: modified MT10 amp (1, 4)
Plan: turntables (1)
Hernâni Faustino: double bass (1-5)
Rachiim Ausar-Sahu: double bass (1)
Pedro Castello-Lopes: percussion (1, 3, 5)
Jorge Oliveira: African percussion (3)
César Burago: cowbell (1, 4, 5)
Monsieur Trinité: cymbals, selected objects (2-4)
José Oliveira: drums (1, 4, 5)

Track 1 recorded live by Carlos Santos at OUTFEST Festival, Augusto Cabrita Auditorium, Barreiro, June 16, 2007
Track 2 recorded live by Carlos Santos at Trem Azul Jazz Store, Lisbon, April 26, 2007
Track 3 recorded live by Guilheme Gonçalves at ZDB Art Gallery, Lisbon, February 3, 2007
Track 4 recorded live by Rafael Martinez at D. Maria II National Theatre, Lisbon, June 24, 2006
Track 5 recorded live by Carlos Santos at Bacalhoeiros Association, Lisbon, during an outdoor screening of French filmmaker Chris Marker's "La Jetée," June 7, 2007

Mastered by Diogo Tavares at Tcha Tcha Tcha Studios
Photo by Rui Portugal
Graphic design by Carlos Santos
Produced by Ernesto Rodrigues
Includes liner notes in English by Ernesto Rodrigues

Released in September 2007