Almost a Song, by Joana Sá / Luis José Martins

Almost a Song

by Joana Sá / Luis José Martins

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1.	Cantiga de Amor 10:53	buy track
2.	Rock em Setembro 04:54	buy track
3.	Cantiga, partindo-se 15:10	buy track
4.	Die wahnsinnige Forelle 05:07	buy track
5.	Presque Sarabande – quasi una fantasia 07:00	buy track

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Joana Sá. piano, toy piano, celesta, percussions & electronics
Luís José Martins. classical guitar, percussions & electronics

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Nearly. Nearly a song, somewhat familiar. Nearly comfortable, almost fulfilling. The melody stays ever-open, indefinite, and then the song departs, breaks, never arrives. It’s not surrender, it’s a game, open to the listener. The avant-garde replaced musical statements with this new desire to offer something to the ear: the sustained notes of the “Sarabanda” never lodging in the periphery of memory, the dissolving of pitch into percussion, the repetition of musical cells, the loops, the ever different superimposed patterns, the changing textures and the suspension of climax… but for how long? Almost a Song is still a duo. And not only between guitar and piano. This in spite of the electroacoustic ramifications and of the instruments being – without losing the acoustic strength of their gestures- sometimes nearly swallowed by their own sound.

Joana Sá and Luís José Martins formed a duo in 2000 dedicated to the interpretation of contemporary music. They have developed numerous projects together amongst which the collective POWERTRIO with harpist Eduardo Raón. Luís José Martins is a member of the group Deolinda and Joana Sá has developed mostly solo work, namely Through this Looking Glass.

Artistic pathways converging at this game of pleasure and freedom which is Almost a Song

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released September 15, 2020

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