States of Restraint

by Gonçalo Almeida

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	1.	Restraint, Pt.1 10:15
	2.	Restraint, Pt.2 06:34
	3.	Restraint, Pt.3 07:57
	4.	Restraint, Pt.4 10:25
	5.	Restraint, Pt.5 10:34

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For his latest dispatch on the Clean Feed imprint, the aptly-named States of Restraint, bassist and composer Gonçalo Almeida delivers a set of remarkable minimalist tone poems distinguished by their brooding crawl-time intensity and austere meditative aesthetics.
Accompanied by trumpeter Susana Santos Silva and percussionist Gustavo Costa, Almeida meticulously maps the coordinates of five tension-fuelled abstracts which, taken together, comprise a mesmeric form of temporal liturgy, delineated through standard notation and graphic scores, animated via splendidly spartan increments of surge, drone and ceremonial carillon.
Silva has been a constant in Almeida’s LAMA trio, while she also guests on 2021’s Suicide Underground Orchid by Almeida and Costa’s incendiary metal-charged jazzcore unit, Ikizukuri. But whereas these previous ventures are often characterised by frenetic jump-cuts, scattergun squalls and wild improvisational jousts, States of Restraint emphasises more temperate aspects of control, discipline, nuance and poise.
Recorded last summer at Sonoscopia – the unique Porto-based hub championing experimental music and sound art under Costa’s directorship – States of Restraint negotiates an assiduously sensitive strain of brinksmanship, continually teetering on the cusp of total erasure, teasing intimations of a blissful eternity. Under the expert stewardship of Almeida’s trio, patience is pushed here beyond its simple virtuousness, becoming the creative fulcrum for a set of thrillingly singular entrancements, basking in the variegated latency of its laser-focused sublime.

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released June 28, 2024

Gonçalo Almeida double bass, electronics, compositions
Susana Santos Silva trumpet
Gustavo Costa percussion

All music by Gonçalo Almeida

Recorded on 21 July 2023 at Sonoscopia, Porto by Gustavo Costa | Mixed by Gonçalo Almeida | Mastered by Gustavo Costa
Produced by Gonçalo Almeida | Executive production by Pedro Costa for Trem Azul | Design by Travassos | Photos by Pedro dos Reis

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