{"id":5449,"date":"2018-05-02T22:54:23","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T21:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wasserbassin.com\/site\/?post_type=product&p=5449"},"modified":"2020-10-14T16:23:07","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T15:23:07","slug":"joana-gama-luis-fernandes-at-the-still-point-of-the-turning-world-cd","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/product\/joana-gama-luis-fernandes-at-the-still-point-of-the-turning-world-cd\/","title":{"rendered":"Joana Gama | Lu\u00eds Fernandes – At The Still Point Of The Turning World – CD"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joana Gama<\/strong> and Lu\u00eds Fernandes\u2019<\/strong> new offering \u201cAt The Still Point Of The Turning World<\/strong>\u201d, borrows its title from T. S. Eliot\u2019s poem Burnt Norton. It is a record of restless motion, lilting and pulsing with a sense of gentle determination.\u00a0Born out of a period of mutual loss, the works carry a bittersweet sentiment. Bitter in the sense of loss; sweet in the sense of lingering memory and influences recognised of those departed.<\/p>\n

It is also a record that, like the poem from which it takes its title, mediates on the nature of time and the way music must be explored as temporal art. The very nature of the compositions, their meaning and structural qualities unfold across the record with a particular and measured temporal gesture. This sense of measure is the result of musicians involved, guided by Gama <\/strong>and Fernandes<\/strong>, working for and against one another within each of the tracks.<\/p>\n

Pieces such as \u2018Neither Flesh Nor Fleshless\u2019 and \u2018Lucid Stillness\u2019 capture this essence. The sharp attack of their rhythmic spines, create macro environments within which instruments float into and\u00a0out\u00a0of focus. Rather than simply acting as anchor points for the pieces, these markers become buoyant amidst atmospheric layers of strings, percussion and horns. The music swells and breaths.<\/p>\n

Commissioned by C\u00e2mara Municipal de Guimar\u00e3es and A Oficina \/ Westway Lab Festival in\u00a02017, \u201cAt The Still Point Of The Turning World<\/strong>\u201d, is the most considered output from this duo to date. Informed by a shared interest in the timbral connections between piano and electronics, these pieces extend outward from Gama<\/strong> and Fernandes<\/strong> and in combination with Orquestra de Guimar\u00e3es\u00a0and arrangements from Jos\u00e9 Alberto Gomes, they create a charged collection of minimalist inspired sound fields.<\/p>\n

The album was mixed and produced by Lawrence English at Negative Space in late 2017.<\/p>\n

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Joana Gama<\/strong> and Lu\u00eds Fernandes\u2019<\/strong> new offering \u201cAt The Still Point Of The Turning World<\/strong>\u201d, borrows its title from T. S. Eliot\u2019s poem Burnt Norton. It is a record of restless motion, lilting and pulsing with a sense of gentle determination.\u00a0Born out of a period of mutual loss, the works carry a bittersweet sentiment. Bitter in the sense of loss; sweet in the sense of lingering memory and influences recognised of those departed.<\/p>\n

It is also a record that, like the poem from which it takes its title, mediates on the nature of time and the way music must be explored as temporal art. The very nature of the compositions, their meaning and structural qualities unfold across the record with a particular and measured temporal gesture. This sense of measure is the result of musicians involved, guided by Gama <\/strong>and Fernandes<\/strong>, working for and against one another within each of the tracks.<\/p>\n

Pieces such as \u2018Neither Flesh Nor Fleshless\u2019 and \u2018Lucid Stillness\u2019 capture this essence. The sharp attack of their rhythmic spines, create macro environments within which instruments float into and\u00a0out\u00a0of focus. Rather than simply acting as anchor points for the pieces, these markers become buoyant amidst atmospheric layers of strings, percussion and horns. The music swells and breaths.<\/p>\n

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