Results for "Carlos Santos"

Carlos Santos

inter.independence

Label: Phonogram Unit
Released: 2022
Track listing: Glitch; Low; Glue; Loss; Glow; Last.

Hyper.object: inter.independence

by Mark Corroto
June 5, 2022

The premise defined for this recording session was clear; each member of the quintet was “to develop their ideas individually and to not immediately react or engage in direct dialog with the other musicians from the group." Did they succeed? Absolutely not, and that is what ultimately makes inter.independence a success as a free improvised recording. ...

Transition Zone

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2021
Track listing: Whirr; Hushed; Tumultuous; Ring; Blister.

Karl Ackermann's Best Creative Music of 2021

by Karl Ackermann
December 14, 2021

2020 was a disaster and 2021 was less than a beacon of hope. COVID-19 is in the rear-view mirror but closer than it appears. The political clown cars are over capacity, still running on fossil fuel and spilling occupants into the drinking water. That said, jazz and creative music flourished in ways that could make us ...

Fred Lonberg-Holm, Abdul Moimême & Carlos Santos: Transition Zone

by Karl Ackermann
October 29, 2021

Chicago-based cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm has long been in the vanguard of free improvisation. But along with free jazz, he has recorded in the rock and country genres, and composed concert works. He is joined on Transition Zone by two leaders of Lisbon's creative music scene. Dual-electric guitarist/composer Abdul Moimême and electronics artist/composer Carlos Santos bring their ...

A Silent Play in the Shadow of Power

Label: Creative Sources Recordings
Released: 2020
Track listing: A Silent Play in the Shadow of Power

Karl Ackermann’s Best Releases of 2020

by Karl Ackermann
December 9, 2020

2020 abridged: A staggering loss of lives and livelihoods. We had worldwide social unrest, wildfires, locust swarms of Biblical proportions, killer hornets, killer drones, kids in cages; an impeachment, an election, an attempted insurrection. Oh, and Poland accidentally invaded the Czech Republic. It was not exactly the Gilded Age. Yet, amid doom-scrolling, the creative music community ...