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AUDIO: Wilhelm Matthies and Paulo Chagas – “Mirror”

Posted on March 25, 2024 by bslowbro

Contemporary-classical composers Wilhelm Matthies and Paulo Chagas released a new album earlier this month. As an Internet collaboration, these six improvised pieces are described by the artists as “movements through mental landscapes.” Instruments utilized here include bass clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor recorder, piano and percussion. Let your mind wander into waypoints shrouded in mystery with “Mirror” by Wilhelm Matthies and

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AUDIO: Darkpebble-Bluewave – “For Us/Para Nos”

Posted on February 20, 2023 by bslowbro Leave a comment

Contemporary classical/improvisational project Darkpebble-Bluewave released a new album, featuring collaborative pieces between Wilhelm Matthies and Paulo Chagas. There’s eight tracks here that balance spontaneity with intention and unpredictability with anticipation, created using exchanged music files between the two artists. The poetic song titles conjure vividness and daydreams as well. Matthies uses an invented string instrument featuring movable resonators, and Chagas

AUDIO: Darkpebble-Bluewave – “Leaving Together, Leaving Apart”

Posted on November 30, 2021 by bslowbro Leave a comment

Contemporary classical-improvisation project Darkpebble-Bluewave has a new album of compositions out. It’s six pieces that encompass experiments of stretched melody, using a two-stringed bowed instrument called the mosesa. A patient listen, “Leaving Together, Leaving Apart” is an exhibition of careful movements that speak to the listener with unpredictability and intention. If you’re looking for something assertively avant-garde, check this one

AUDIO: Darkpebble-BlueWave – “Wild Rose, Winter Garden”

Posted on March 25, 2021 by bslowbro Leave a comment

Avant-garde classical project Darkpebble-BlueWave has a new record out, done in virtual collaboration with Paulo Chagas. Consisting of five improvised pieces, the two artists build synergy with grace and patience. Each piece is meant to represent the movements of a garden in bloom. Instruments they use include bass clarinet, alto saxophone, flute, singing bowls, piano, and chimes. Not only that;