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Chagas, Chagas & Mira - Trio Improvisations

2012-01-26T17:16:00.000Z

Eduardo Chagas - trombone
Paulo Chagas - oboe, flute, alto saxophone
Miguel Mira - cello

"Coda Quartet" - featuring Fernando Simões on melodica

recorded at Oficina Sonora, Peniche, Portugal on 1 Jan 2012

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Motim - Concerto 18 XII 2011

2011-12-27T08:06:00.002Z

Concert in commemoration of WORLD MIGRANT WORKERS at Centro Intercultura Cidade, Lisboa

Jorge Lampreia - flute and soprano saxophone
Monsieur Trinite - percussion and objects
Paulo Chagas - sopranino clarinet and electric bass
Fernando Simoes - trombone
Goncalo Falcao - electric guitar
Yaw Tembe - trumpet and flutes
Paulo Leal Duarte - electric guitar
Luis Desirat - drums

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Zpoluras Wind Ensemble - Music Noctu

2011-10-01T08:30:00.000+01:00

Music Noctu by Zpoluras Wind Ensemble

Celebrating the World's Music Day

composed, played and produced by Paulo Chagas
(except track 9, from Tom Waits)

http://zpoluras.bandcamp.com/album/music-noctu

Paulo Chagas & Paulo Duarte - Boomerang

2011-08-01T16:20:00.004+01:00

A collection of 12 little duet pieces

Paulo Chagas - woodwind instruments
Paulo Duarte - electric guitar

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cover art by Paulo Duarte

P.R.E.C. & Paulo Curado - 10 Junho 2011

2011-06-19T15:42:00.002+01:00

Gravado na tarde e na noite do dia 10 de Junho de 2011
em Atouguia da Baleia (F. Simões estúdio) e Peniche (Pateo da Lagoinha).

Paulo Curado - flauta e saxofones soprano e alto
Paulo Chagas - flauta, clarinete sopranino e saxofone alto
Fernando Simões - trombone, voz e objectos
Paulo Duarte - guitarra eléctrica

sample to listen

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Woods - Live in Atouguia

2011-05-09T12:34:00.003+01:00

Improvised chamber music driving from jazz to electro-acoustic sounds and from new reductionist style to more organic structures.

This Woods live concert in Atouguia da Baleia took place in May 7 2011 as a promotional event for MIA 2011

1 - Log

2 - Waiting for title

3 - Bark

4 - Leaf

5 - Arbor

6 - Sap

7 - Encore impro

Bruno Parrinha: clarinet
João Pedro Viegas: bass clarinet
Miguel Mira: cello
João Camões: viola
João Parrinha: drums, objects

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Recorded and masterized by Paulo Chagas
Cover art from the concert poster by Daniela Chagas

Chagas & Duplant - 8 miniatures (and other things)

2011-01-22T08:55:00.003Z

01 Miniature 1
02 Miniature 2
03 Miniature 3
04 Miniature 4
05 Miniature 5
06 Miniature 6
07 Miniature 7
08 Miniature 8
09 Erotic dream
10 Before you shave your legs
11 Give me chicken with mushrooms

Paulo Chagas - Classical guitar
Bruno Duplant - Double bass

Recorded on January 2011

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Chagas & Duarte - Coelhinho se eu fosse como tu

2010-12-06T20:55:00.004Z

01 Coelhinho se eu fosse como tu - I
02 Coelhinho se eu fosse como tu - II
03 Coelhinho se eu fosse como tu - III
04 Coelhinho se eu fosse como tu - IV
05 Coelhinho se eu fosse como tu - V
06 Coelhinho se eu fosse como tu - Coda
07 Antes de haver coelhos
08 Muito antes de haver coelhos

Paulo Chagas - saxofones soprano e alto; charamela na faixa 4
Paulo Leal Duarte - guitarra eléctrica

Gravado em Novembro de 2010 na Oficina Sonora, Peniche

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Chagas & Duplant - Pin heart

2010-11-09T17:52:00.004Z

pin heart

bruno duplant & paulo chagas

01 - pin heart
02 - lucid transparency
03 - sacred heresy
04 - dust
05 - iman
06 - soles
07 - tortoise
08 - remnants
09 - black chair
10 - soul kitchen
11 - my basement

bruno duplant - percussion
paulo chagas - winds and reeds

september 2010
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cover art - bruno duplant
photo - paulo chagas

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Chagas & Duplant - Caverna

2010-10-30T10:29:00.003+01:00

caverna

paulo chagas & bruno duplant

01 caverna
02 trevas
03 vela
04 parede
05 sombras
06 palavreado
07 ressonancia
08 soltar as correntes
09 descrença

october 2010

paulo chagas - electronics, winds and reeds
bruno duplant - doublebass and treatments

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cover art - bruno duplant
b&w photo - paulo chagas

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Ensemble MIA - Concerto em Outubro

2010-10-16T09:24:00.002+01:00

ENSEMBLE MIA
CONCERTO EM OUTUBRO

Live at Trem Azul, Lisboa, 7/10/2010

Paulo Chagas – flute
José Bruno Parrinha – clarinet
Luís Vicente – trumpet
Fernando Simões – trombone
Manuel Guimarães – melodica
Miguel Mira – cello
Abdul Moimeme – prepared electric guitar
Nuno Morão – percussion
João Parrinha – drums

sample to listen

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Chagas & Simões - Sessão da tarde

2010-09-28T23:23:00.002+01:00

From a free improvisation session recorded on the afternoon of September 25, 2010 - Atouguia da Baleia

Paulo Chagas - oboe, objects

Fernando Simões - trombone, objects, voice

sample to listen

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PREC - Drama & Beiço

2010-07-28T14:50:00.003+01:00

PREC
DRAMA & BEIÇO
2010

Live at Bar Ogâmico, Lisboa, 10 April 2010

(sample to listen)

paulo chagas - flute, bass clarinet and alto saxophone
fernando simões - slide and valve trombones, objects, voice
paulo duarte - electric guitar
monsieur trinité - objects, percussion
paulo ramos - voice, poetry
mario rui - electronics, video-art

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New release at Modisti

2010-04-30T17:26:00.013+01:00

This is the last work of Paulo Chagas published by Modisti.
Click to the label page.
Review here and here ;-)

Chagas & Duplant - Complicity

2010-03-30T11:29:00.010+01:00

This duo represents a compromise between the more classical side of the 20th century avant-garde music and the new trends of electroacoustic minimalism.
The work basis is prepared on individual proposals for each of the musicians, while the other one produced its response in a fictional dialogue.
On some tracks it comes a third element - water, fire - with the addition of field recordings.

complicity [kəmˈplɪsɪtɪ]
n pl -ties
1. the fact or condition of being an accomplice, esp in a criminal act
2. a less common word for complexity

The only crime we have commited here is maybe to have played something non common, something with a certain complexity. Thanks so much to my great accomplice, Paulo Chagas and don’t judge us so hard !
(Bruno Duplant)

Review here!

Chagas & Duplant - Complicity

01 Andantino Vinu
02 Revolut Absolut
03 Aqua Ardente
04 Sanctus
05 Guinchem Mais
06 Virus
07 Alegrete Palhete
08 Biscoito
09 Toys for Girls and Boys
10 Pingwing
11 Je suis fatigué
12 Quase Nada
13 Sur mes doigts
14 Anti Presto Funesto
15 Crematorio

Paulo Chagas - woodwind instruments and field recordings
Bruno Duplant - double bass

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PREC - Easy Listening

2010-03-14T12:41:00.003Z

PREC - Easy Listening

2010

1 Klavas
2 Llongismos
3 Benzina
4 Piri-piri
5 Anthropological disaster
6 Berlindes
7 Bukowsky dream
8 Happy family

paulo chagas - flute, oboe, bass clarinet, soprano and alto saxophones, voice
fernando simões - slide and valve trombones, objects, voice
paulo duarte - electric guitar, voice

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Cortinas Fabulosas

2010-02-27T11:07:00.002Z

Cortinas Fabulosas

2010

1 - Cortinas Fabulosas - visio A

2 - Cortinas Fabulosas - visio B

(sample to listen)

paulo chagas - field recording, electronics, winds

with
bruno duplant - bass
fernando simões - trombone
paulo duarte - guitar

This is an experimental project of electro-acoustic music using a hybrid concept of sonic construction.
There is a canvas based on field recordings from various sources, sounds from domestic stuff, industrial, radio, wide open space explorations and improvisational music sessions.
The techniques used are essentially the collage and electronic manipulation of noises, voices, objects and instruments.

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PREC - Trem Azul

2010-02-08T17:54:00.003Z

Recording of the first concert of the decade in this important performance space in Lisboa dedicated to the out-of-mainstream jazz.

PREC - TREM AZUL

1 - trem azul session - 46:33
(sample to listen)

paulo chagas - flute, oboe, bass clarinet, soprano and alto saxophones
fernando simões - valve and slide trombones, berrante, voice
paulo duarte - electric guitar

Recorded live at Trem Azul Jazz Store, Lisboa, 16 january 2010

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Lampreia, Chagas, Lima & Trinité - Galeria

2010-02-01T21:57:00.007Z

With this concert I think we made a significant work. A combination sometimes soft but also brutal and depressing, around the electronics and the winds or percussion instruments originalities, sounding not always in an orthodox manner.
There are duets, trios and tuttis with high and low density circulating in accidents of spontaneity and inevitability as if it were the seasons. There are storm and calm; there are approaches to nature and urbanism, the past and the future. Above all, there is the concept of music in its deepest sense - the freedom of creation.
What actually happened was that this group of musicians, most of us Portuguese pioneers of improvisation, joined after nearly 30 years for a single moment in the collapse of apathy on the Lisbon art. Of course we had accomplished this work with the experience from past lives with big names of this aesthetic, but also on the way to new and reinvented sound solutions that are born every day in our guts. (Paulo Chagas)

Lampreia, Chagas, Lima & Trinité - Galeria

1 - Galeria
(sample to listen)

Jorge Lampreia - soprano saxophone, flute
Paulo Chagas - alto saxophone, oboe, flute, bass clarinet
Nuno Lima - electronics
Monsieur Trinité - several objects

Recorded live at Galeria Arthobler/Lerdevagar (Lx Factory, Alcântara) Lisboa, 16 Jan 2010, by Fernando Simões

Concert organized by Granular

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Astula Democratica - Illusio

2010-01-29T22:56:00.005Z

Here is one of the most daring projects emerging from the incredible partnership Chagas-Duplant that so many interesting sonic ways have developed since they met in Cadavre Esquis last year.
In this set, thankfully improved with the inclusion of the experienced percussionist José Oliveira and yet the occasional penetration of trombone and guitar, we hear a range of exquisite pieces in their very own innovative language without striking similarities on the usual improvising music fashions.

Review here!

01 In natura
02 Cave canen
03 Verba volant
04 Nosce te ipsum
05 Utile dulci
06 Non progredi est regredi
07 Nemo nascitur sapiens
08 Haeresis
09 Dictum et factum

paulo chagas: winds, reeds, violin & some electronic.
josé oliveira: percussion, amplified objects.
bruno duplant: double bass, violin, acoustic guitar with object, toy electronic.
fernando simoes: trombone & voice ( tracks 6, 7 & 8).
philippe lenglet: prepared acoustic guitar & autoharp (tracks 1, 2 & 5).

recording in peniche & lisboa (portugal) & waziers (france).

cover-art: bruno duplant

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Bruno Duplant - Aliens my friends

2010-01-26T21:58:00.004Z

As if suddenly you had been in a sci-fi movie of the 50s. The effects and sonic environment always have a wonderful nostalgic atmosphere of deja-vu and also fun and healthy stuff!

aliens my friends
is bruno duplant_manipulated sounds from real instruments...

1)travel by starlight part 1
2)plan 9
3)space is cold
4)the invisible beast
5)who's afraid of asimov part 1
6)ed wood lost in the space part 1
7)space cargo travel
8)galactic western
9)who's afraid of asimov part 2
10)travel by starlight part 2
11)the invisible beast part 2
12 who's afraid of asimov part 3
13)strange laboratory
14)venusian dub
15)who's afraid of asimov part 4
16)ed wood lost ine the space part 2
17)aliens my friends

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Upcoming stuff

2010-01-23T10:37:00.001Z

in a few days...

PREC - TREM AZUL

LAMPREIA, CHAGAS, LIMA & TRINITÉ - GALERIA

Paulo Chagas - Acting-out

2010-01-22T15:42:00.005Z

Ambient music resulting from the crossing of three movements in neo classical flute piece and its own transformation by electronic means. The result appears somewhat neurotic and relaxing at the same time as a kind of catharsis or a semi-hypnotic solution for an alienated state of mind.

acting-out

1 - acting-out - 30:23
(sample to listen)
paulo chagas - flute, electronics

oficina sonora, peniche, portugal, jan 2010

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Duarte & Simões - Organic Duets

2010-01-10T01:29:00.006Z

This is a derivation of the PREC project at one of its most radical strands.
We are in the presence of 11 duets of intense exploitation level in each of the instruments and accessories used by musicians. Despite the use of a variety of guitar effects, the bulk of its implementation as well as the horn shows a permanent attraction for organic material from the movements and natural breathing during the act of playing music.
Here we are therefore facing an aesthetic approach to contemporary creative movements completely uninhibited and highly innovative.

Duarte & Simões - Organic Duets

01 etreds
02 sterde
03 desert
04 marius cornis
05 outris chifris
06 rohssamus
07 tserde
08 monmon
09 ecus locus
10 treeds
11 na quinta do bill

Paulo Duarte - electric guitar, voice

Fernando Simões - slide and valve trombones, berrante, voice

recorded at oficina sonora, peniche, portugal, 2010

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Chagas & Simões - Vinus musicus

2009-12-29T12:32:00.002Z

Chagas & Simões

vinus musicus

01 vamulah.mp3
02 tamooshay.mp3
03 caravana.mp3
04 portaliz.mp3
05 dupli dupli.mp3
06 vinus musicus.mp3
07 jahera.mp3

Paulo Chagas - Flutes, Oboe, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Alto and Soprano Saxophones, Melodica
Fernando Simões - Slide and Valve Trombones, Objects, Voice

Recorded at Oficina Sonora, Peniche, Portugal, 2009

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PREC - Outono

2009-12-28T11:09:00.001Z

PREC
Outono

01 inicio
02 antena
03 fim fado
04 beijinhos
05 unono
06 kato
07 ounon
08 octu pus penta
09 spanta spiritu
10 m0
11 a seguir a 26 e 30
12 antes de três
13 fim

paulo chagas - flutes, bass clarinet, saxophones, percussion
fernando simões - valve and slide trombone, flutes, percussion, voice
paulo duarte - guitar, voice

recorded at oficina sonora, peniche, portugal, between october and december 2009

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Chagas & Duarte - 11 Duos

2009-12-21T09:05:00.007Z

A derivation from PREC project, recorded a session here in duo format that marks another workshop in late summer.

chagas & duarte - 11 duos

paulo chagas - soprano saxophone, flute and melodica
paulo duarte - electric guitar

recorded at oficina sonora, peniche, portugal, 2009

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Bruno Duplant - Little arrangements with myself

2009-12-14T17:03:00.004Z

Here is a small and brilliant collection of solo guitar pieces by Bruno Duplant.
Hearing this cd can be a relaxing adventure for the quiet days of winter.
This is a music package that will involve us and gradually warming up to be completely addicted and entrenched in its wave.

tracklist:

piece 1 7.49
piece 2 8.46
piece 3 11.14
piece 4 6.48
piece 5 8.23

bruno duplant - acosutic guitar with objects

home recordings 2009

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Chagas, Duplant, Noyes, Qai-fi - Rhizome

2009-12-13T08:46:00.005Z

Four guys who often collaborate on pieces of experimental music in the Cadavre Esquis community, began making music together by exchanging files over the web. This album is a result of this happy meeting.

RHIZOME

Bruno Duplant - Double-Bass, Acoustic Guitar
Lee Noyes - Percussion
Paulo Chagas - Bass Clarinet, Alto and Soprano Saxophones, Flute, Oboe
Qai-fi - Cello

01 - La Véranda Overte, Mes Enfants dans la Maison
02 - Asfixia Democratica
03 - The New Gravamen
04 - Vassar's Billows
05 - Venutian fight song
06 - Esnophagus
07 - Rizoma

2009

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Paulo Chagas - Exercices

2009-12-09T23:09:00.003Z

Exercices
Paulo Chagas

01 Hometrio 1
02 Ilusionismo
03 Entrada livre
04 Estudo 1
05 Ambientalstruct
06 Respiração
07 Estudo 2
08 Hometrio 2
09 Fractura exposta
10 Summer lovers
11 Estudo 3
12 Woodwind ensemble 1
13 Incertezzas

Recorded at Oficina Sonora, Peniche, Portugal
between 2007 and 2009

Paulo Chagas: all instruments and electronic processing

Zpoluras Archives, Chamber Series 2009

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PREC - Contagious Insanities

2009-12-08T17:00:00.001Z

Portugal's P.R.E.C. (Projecto Ressonante Experimental Criativo) improvizes/scrawls/lobotomizes an insanely lovely love letter to insanity with saxes, trombones, flute, oboe, guitar, electronics, and other bits. Starting off with a free-ky, funereal ode to one our time's greatest eccentrics (yes, the Glitter Gloved One), things proceed with a rollicking jazz-and-beyond deconstruction. Then: a 39½ minute tour de force - an ever-evolving soundtrack to a slow motion jog through several outer dimensions simultaneously.

"Contagious insanities" - 2009

1 - Kizomba Killer or Requiem for Michael Jackson
2 - DoisUm
3 - Prima Res in Trio

Paulo Chagas - Alto and Soprano Saxophones, Flutes, Oboe, Clarinet, Voice and Percussion

Fernando Simões - Slide and Valve Trombones, Voice and Percussion

Paulo Duarte - Electric guitar and Voice

guest artists on track 2:
- Francisco Trindade (percussion, objects)
- Fred Lessing (objects and processed guitar)
- Adriano Pereira (clarinet, melodica and electronics)
- Mário Rui (video-art)

Tracks 1 and 3: Recorded at Oficina Sonora, Peniche, Portugal, July 2009
Track 2: Recorded live at Espaço Reflexo, Sintra, Portugal, July 2009

This music is absolutely free improvised.
Caution for the possibility of dementia's contagion arising from a prolonged exposure to these sounds.

label: A Beard of Snails Records

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