[Microsound-announce] New CD on GOS: David Maranha - "Marches of the New World"

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Grain of Sound is very proud to announce our latest CD release:



David Maranha
"Marches Of The New World"
CD gos21



'Marches of the new World', new record by legendary Portuguese
underground figure David Maranha, who has also been putting out music
with the mythical Osso Exótico unit for almost 20 years (his previous
release was with Patrícia Machás and drone duo Minit as Organ Eye, who
put out a self-titled album on the Staubgold label), is his more
recent study & advancement in exploring, witnessing and generating new
slices of blissful, savaged drone music.

Coming from the higher education of minimalist pioneer Yves Klein,
with his 'Monotone Symphony' from the late forties, while also being
informed by the Tony Conrad/Theatre of Eternal Music-Terry Riley axis,
he mainly works with Hammond organ going through various tone &
texture altering devices, until he reaches the raw keyboard sound put
on tape here. In this record his continuous sound science is given
wider possibilities, with the aid of a backing band and collaborators
he's invited for the release. Besides the Hammond, Maranha also uses
violin and his dobro/resophonic guitar. His rhythm section of João
Milagre (bass) and António Forte (drums) is augmented by contributions
from cello virtuoso Helena Espvall (free improviser of merit, member
of Philadelphia's most celebrated folk troupe in the last few years,
the Espers) and Tiago Miranda (member of Lisbon's own current free
expression kings, the Loosers, and owner of the awesome Ruby Red
Label) on various minimal percussions.

The result is a grandiose sound ensemble, intermingled with more
sparse numbers, yet another travel into the infinite oscillation trip
of pure drone, the admiration of its sound and ritual. With the
rhythmic components able to draw up some lyricism that is seldom found
in these molds, metrics and dynamics are opened up with some
wonderfully disjointed gravitational balance. The keys and strings
keep you gliding around the eternal line of infinity with perfect
equilibrium and freedom, in these 'Marches' to which Mr. Maranha found
the right pace for walking. Fists up, with a direct line to the
cosmos, rooted below, forward as always.'

Pedro Gomes






+ info:
http://www.grainofsound.com
http://www.myspace.com/ossoexotico





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recently released on GOS:

@c - "Study"
cd gos20




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