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Luis André: Turbamulta

Read "Turbamulta" reviewed by Giuseppe Segala


La musica di Turbamulta si dipana con gestualità lenta, con tratti sottili e delicati, a parziale smentita del termine portoghese che definisce il titolo del CD e il nome del gruppo: folla turbolenta. Già la strumentazione coinvolta offre un'idea delle sonorità e delle dinamiche messe in scena. Sono rari i contrasti forti, come quelli che aprono il secondo e il terzo movimento di {Like a Mask, An Arm a Head), o i cluster che introducono ”And They Would All Stumble ...

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Album Review

Turbamulta: Turbamulta

Read "Turbamulta" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


This Portuguese experimental outfit presents a conglomerate of faint sounds, striking colors and multilayered passages with textural backwashes and asymmetrical pulses. As a whole, the musicians use off-centered instrumentation, and they tender a diverse playbook that should goad a listener's concentration. The quintet launches the festivities with “I," which is included in a three-part suite, “like a mast, an arm, a head." Here, they get off to a rather skittish start with eerie soundscapes and shadowy tonal swashes ...


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