Label: Fif – 30.024
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Brazil
Released: 1981
Genre: Electronic, Classical
Style: Modern Classical
God-tier concrète tropicana from singular Brazilian composer Jocy De Oliveira.
Dunno about you but Brazil isn’t the first place that comes to mind when discussing the canon of early electronic, electroacoustic and avant-garde music, yet Oliveira’s ‘Estórias’ is as fierce, radical and expressive as anything you’d be likely to encounter anywhere on the planet. Composed in the late 60s and early 70s, ‘Estórias’ was eventually released in 1981 just in the final death throes of Brazilian military dictatorship, attracting controversy and receding from view, locked in obscurity, with very few outside the national boundary coming into contact with it. It’s a varied and expansive suite encompassing a range of free-vocal techniques on the a-side, somewhat recalling the non-verbal glossolalic acrobatics of Joan La Barbara yet collaged against heavy tape manipulation and sudden bursts of activity. Wave Song unleashes a hallucinogenic ring modulator jam with flutters of prepared piano that recalls some of Costin Miereanu’s private recordings on Poly Arts whilst the immense title piece is a ritualistic / shamanic medley that attempts to reflect the diversity of Brazi itself, dissolving elements of Indian Raga, Shomyo singing, blunted jazz, hypnotic drones and various traditional percussion into something that genuinely has no comparison. A very crazy record and one of those that genuinely makes you stop and have to rethink everything. Top tier recommends for anyone deep the INA-GRM world, Creel Pone catalogue or interested in regional aspects of early electronic music. RARE! (NM/NM)
Tracklist
A1 Estória II
A2 Wave Song
A3 Dimensões Para Quatro Teclados
B1 Estória IV
