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Javier Subatin: Autotelic
ByWhen the two kite builders had finished the kite, they placed it on the top of a green hill and left. For many days nothing happened, but suddenly it took off and reached higher and higher. It was carried by an invisible air stream and sometimes moving high and sometimes falling, close to the ocean and the cliffs. The movements of the kite drew lines on the sky and these movements of the wind were called music. They would last for a certain time until the kite finally landed again.
This is a story about the music of guitarist Javier Subatin and pianist João Paulo Esteves da Silva. Their album is called Autotelic and it translates into a kind of music that has no will but its own. Even the titles are free of interpretation, carrying names such as "#6," "#11" and "#Solo." There is not even a logical order in the way the album starts and ends. It begins with "#6" and ends with "#7." Along the way, the musicians are supplemented by Desiderio Lazaro on tenor saxophone, André Rosinha on double bass and drummer Diogo Alexandre. They are all part of a melodic narrative where the music flows like a kite in the air, carried by its own will, and yet in the safe hands of the musicians who give the music the greatest trust: to let go and play without a reel.
Track Listing
#6; #2; #8; #3; #11; #5; #Solo; #7.
Personnel
Javier Subatin
guitarJavier Subatin: guitar, composition; João Paulo Esteves da Silva: piano; Desidério Lázaro: tenor saxophone; André Rosinha: double bass; Diogo Alexandre: drums.
Album information
Title: Autotelic | Year Released: 2018 | Record Label: Sintoma Records
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