Vampyroteuthis Infernalis
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Luiz Moretto Quintet

 

Luiz Moretto – violin & rabeca

Alípio C Neto – tenor & soprano saxophone, Brazilian bells, whistles

Francesco Lo Cascio – vibraphone, percussion

Gianfranco Tedeschi – double bass

Marco Ariano – drums, percussion

 

Brazilian Luiz Moretto moved to Portugal in 2000 working with Lisbon’s African communities; he has worked with saxophonist Alípio C Neto almost a decade. The Vampire Squid from the deep sea (Vampyroteuthis Infernalis) is a metaphor of the actual components not included in the production of the mainstream aesthetics of modernity. It represents the forces under the human flows in a perception of all events occurred on the surface, creating a blend of magnificent and tragic encounters amongst different people and cultures producing unique musical expressions. The compositions are inspired on rhythms of Afro-Brazilian music giving the necessary freedom for intense improvisational interplays. It was Alípio’s idea to invite experienced musicians from within the Italian free jazz culture, namely Francesco Lo Cascio, Gianfranco Tedeschi and Marco Ariano, whose combined experience and creativity pervade the music.

 

Moretto has been a PhD candidate in ethnomusicology at King’s College London since 2012; together with his studies of musicians in rural areas of Brazil, this work shows in his fusion of the Afro-Brazilian rabeca (fiddle) and the free jazz aesthetics.     

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CD Title

Vampyroteuthis Infernalis

 

Leader or group name

Luiz Moretto Quintet

 

Names of musicians and the instruments they play.

Luiz Moretto – violin &rabeca

Alípio C Neto – tenor & soprano saxophone, Brazilian bells, whistles

Francesco Lo Cascio – vibraphone, percussion

Gianfranco Tedeschi – double bass

Marco Ariano – drums, percussion

 

Track details:

 

Running order

Track titles

Track lengths

Composers

1. Espiral do Tempo 9:36

2. Rio Vermelho do Desterro 7:55

3. Rope em Fuga 4:18

4. Vampyroteuthis Infernalis 4:46

5. Refrações Geométricas 7:42

6. Photophores 0:52

7. Saturnia 8:02

8. Terras de Arroz e Açucar 5:54

 

All Compositions by Luiz Moretto except track 6 (Moretto, Tedeschi) and track 7 (Moretto, C Neto, Lo Cascio, Tedeschi, Ariano)

 

Recording details:

Date and place of recording.

Recorded on 23rd October 2013 and 17th March 2014 at Monkey StudioS, Rome

 

Name of sound engineer(s) for recording and mastering.

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Lucio Leoni at Monkey StudioS, Rome


 
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