Solo I -Courant.

Emilio Gordoa - prepared vibraphone

*This solo is an improvisation where I'm using the vibraphone as a source, treating it with preparations and extended techniques. My idea is to make resonance the instrument in a different way as usual in order to create all kind of abstract landscapes when you close your eyes.   

RM MIX - 2014
recorded at KKP Leipzig, DE. 

solo for prepared vibraphone

Solo I for prepared vibraphone & percussions

EMILIO GORDOA is a Mexican composer and vibraphonist based in Berlin since 2012. He's involved in numerous projects, specially those related to experimental music, noise, free jazz, improvisation and contemporary music; as a soloist and collaborating with other musicians and dancers. He is redefining the vibraphone as a source, treating it with preparations and extended techniques, and is a busy composer as well, writing graphic scores for a variety of ensembles, large and small, for theatre, documentary films and audiovisual. Emilio studied composition with Mario Lavista and percussion with Raul Tudon. He has been worked and recorded with artist such as John Russell, Tristan Honsinger, German Bringas, Misha Marks, Tobi Delius, Liz Allbee, Remi Alvarez, Clayton Thomas, Klaus Kürvers, Tony Buck, Alexander Bruck, Bonnie Jones, Daniel Ott and Ute Wassermann. He has performed in several venues and festivals around Europe such as the Copenhagen Jazz Festival in 2014, Klangkunstprojekte of Leipzig, Art-Sound Festival Berlin, CSW (Contemporary Art Museum of Warsaw), and in Vortex London. Some of his recent projects are: SOEL, Para.keets, and MOvE.

Solo I for prepared vibraphone & percussions

Emilio Gordoa Rodriguez