Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Sei Miguel

The Tone Gardens

(Creative Sources Recordings, CS067) (Portugal) (CD)

  1. First Garden (17:56)
  2. Second Garden (13:40)
  3. Third Garden (20:58)

Composed and arranged by Sei Miguel

Sei Miguel: pocket trumpet (muted on 1, 2, intro of 3)
Fala Mariam: alto trombone (muted on 1, 2)
Rafael Toral: computer sinewaves (1), portable amplifier feedback (2), modulated white noise system (3)
César Burago: small percussion - mainly seeds (1), fiber (2), tamborim and metals (3), dead radios (1, 2)

Track 1 recorded live at Studio Lisbon, 2004
Track 2 recorded at Funchal Offshore Festival, 2004
Track 3 recorded at Guimarães Jazz Festival, 2004
Mastered at Noise Precision, Lisbon
Produced by Sei Miguel and Rafael Toral
Photos by Pedro Lobo
Graphic design by Carlos Santos

Released in 2006