GLASGOW IMPROVISERS ORCHESTRA


Richard Bamford – drums, percussion
Stuart Brown - drums, percussion
John Burgess – bass clarinet
George Burt – acoustic guitar
Matthew Cairns – trumpet
Aileen Campbell – voice
Neil Davidson – electric guitar
Nick Fells – shakuhachi
Krzysztof Hladowski – bouzouki
George Lyle – double bass
Raymond MacDonald – soprano & alto saxophones
George Murray – trombone
Peter Nicholson – cello, voice
Emma Roche – flute, baroque flute
Ernesto Rodrigues – viola
Guilherme Rodrigues – cello
Matthew Studdert-Kennedy – flute
Armin Sturm – double bass. voice
Jessica Sullivan – cello
Graeme Wilson – tenor & baritone saxophones

 

© 2009

Recorded 3rd of June 2007 at CCA Glasgow

Cover design Carlos Santos

Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra - GIO poetics

Fower

Ernesto Rodrigues - viola
Neil Davidson - acoustic guitar
Guilherme Rodrigues - cello
Hernâni Faustino - double bass




 

© 2009
Recorded in Lisbon 18/11/07
Cover design Carlos Santos

Fower

VARIABLE GEOMETRY ORCHESTRA

Ernesto Rodrigues – violin, conduction
Guilherme Rodrigues – cello
Albrecht Loops - strings, electronics
Eduardo Chagas – trombone 
Ricardo Pinto – trumpet
Johannes Krieger – french horn, trumpet
Gil Gonçalves – tuba, euphonium
Bruno Parrinha – clarinet, alto clarinet 
Jorge Lampreia – flute, soprano saxophone
Nuno Torres - alto saxophone
Peter Bastiaan - alto saxophone, melodica, poetry
John Gruntfest – alto saxophone
Megan Bierman - tenor saxophone
Alípio C Neto – soprano & tenor saxophones 
Abdul Moimême - tenor saxophone
João Martins - soprano & alto saxophones, gadgets
Chiara Picotto– voice
Rodrigo Pinheiro – piano
Armando Pereira – accordion
António Chaparreiro - electric guitar
Nuno Rebelo – electric guitar
Carlos Santos – electronics
Travassos – electronics
João Castro Pinto – electronics
André Gonçalves – electronics
Adriana Sá – electronics
O.Blaat - electronics
Damian Stewart - electronics
Hernâni Faustino - double bass
Henrique Fernandes - double bass
Pedro Castello-Lopes – percussion
Gustavo Costa - drums
José Oliveira – drums



Recorded on 29 March 2004, Lisbon

Total Time 60:17 © 2005

Cover design John Kannenberg

Live at Casa da Música, Porto

PORTO COVO

Suspensão

Ernesto Rodrigues - viola
Guilherme Rodrigues - cello
Miguel Mira - double bass
Nuno Torres - alto saxophone
Eduardo Chagas - trombone
António Chaparreiro - electric guitar
Carlos Santos - electronics
Nuno Morão - percussion

Porto Covo

Blattwerk

Harald Kimmig - violin
Ernesto Rodrigues - viola
Miguel Mira - cello
Guilherme Rodrigues - cello
Vasco Trilla - Percussion

Blattwerk

Micrographía

Thanos Chrysakis - piano
Ernesto Rodrigues - viola
Guilherme Rodrigues - cello
Abdul Moimême - electric guitar
Miguel Mira - double bass

Micrographía

As We Read Along...

BISTRE
Matthias Müller - Trombone
Guilherme Rodrigues - Cello
Eric Wong - Guitar

As We Read Along...

Laura

Axel Dörner - trumpet
Mia Dyberg - alto saxophone
Pierre Borel - alto saxophone
Ernesto Rodrigues - viola
Tristan Honsinger - cello
Guilherme Rodrigues - cello

Laura

Tellurium

STRING THEORY

Ernesto Rodrigues - viola
Maria Do Mar - violin
Filipe Murat - violin
Guilherme Rodrigues - cello
Yu Lin Humm - cello
Ulrich Mitzlaff - cello
Helena Espvall - cello
Miguel Mira - cello
Gianna de Toni - double bass
João Madeira - double bass
Hernâni Faustino - double bass
Marc Ramírez - double bass
Andre Hencleeday - psaltery, zither
Rodrigo Pinheiro - piano
Miguel Almeida - classical guitar
Abdul Moimême - 12 string acoustic guitar

Full album here: https://guilhermerodrigues.bandcamp.com/album/tellurium

Tellurium

Ma'adim Vallis

VARIABLE GEOMETRY ORCHESTRA

Ernesto Rodrigues – conduction, valiha & brazilian rabeca
Maria Do Mar - violin
Guilherme Rodrigues - cello
Ricardo Jacinto - cello
Miguel Mira - cello
Guillaume Gargaud - acoustic guitar
Miguel Almeida - classical guitar
Gianna de Toni - ukulele
Hernâni Faustino - double bass
Adriano Orrù - double bass
João Madeira - double bass
Bernardo Álvares - double bass
Fernando Sousa - electric guitar
Paulo Leal Duarte - electric guitar
Abdul Moimême - prepared electric guitar
Miguel Feraso Cabral - violaika
Karoline Leblanc - piano
Maria Radich - voice
Tiago Varela - melodica
Silvia Corda - melodica
Manuel Guimaraes - melodica
Carlos Santos - electronics
Carla Santana - electronics
Andre Hencleeday - megaphone
Armando Gonçalves Pereira - accordion
Paulo Chagas - flute & oboe
Luiz Rocha - clarinet
José Bruno Parrinha - bass clarinet
Nuno Torres - alto saxophone
José Lencastre - alto saxophone
Etienne Brunet - soprano & alto saxophone
Paulo Galão- tenor saxophone
Luis Guerreiro - trumpet
Anna Piosik - trumpet
Fernando Simoes - trombone
Eduardo Chagas - trombone
Francisco Trindade - objects
Vasco Trilla - percussion
Pedro Santo - drums
João Valinho - drums

Full album here: https://guilhermerodrigues.bandcamp.com/album/maadim-vallis

Ma'adim Vallis

0 minutes and 0 seconds

Ernesto Rodrigues - Viola
Guilherme Rodrigues - Cello
Andrew Lafkas - Double Bass
Bryan Eubanks - Oscillators

0 minutes and 0 seconds

Meandros e Vertentes

Free Music Septet
 
Ernesto Rodrigues - viola
Luiz Rocha - clarinet & bass clarinet
Guilherme Rodrigues - cello
Eduardo Chagas - trombone
Karoline Leblanc - piano
Hernâni Faustino - double bass
Paulo Ferreira Lopes - drums

Full album here: https://guilhermerodrigues.bandcamp.com/album/meandros-e-vertentes

Meandros e Vertentes

Hollow Wood

Guilherme Rodrigues - Cello
Johan Moir - Double Bass

Hollow Wood

Lithos

Ernesto Rodrigues - viola
Guilherme Rodrigues - cello
Bruno Parrinha - clarinets
Luis Lopes - electric guitar
Vasco Trilla - percussion

Full album here: https://guilhermerodrigues.bandcamp.com/album/lithos

Lithos

Barium
Isotope Ensemble

Ernesto Rodrigues - viola
Guilherme Rodrigues - cello & objects
Marc Ramírez - double bass
Bruno Parrinha - clarinets
Nuno Torres - alto saxophone
Paulo Galão - tenor saxophone
Anna Piosik - trumpet
Eduardo Chagas - trombone
Pedro Frazão - euphonium
Tiago Varela - melodica
André Hencleeday - piano
Miguel Almeida - classical guitar
Abdul Moimême - electric guitar
Carlos Santos - electronics
Carla Santana - electronics
Ryoko Imai - bass marimba
João Valinho - percussion

Full album here: https://guilhermerodrigues.bandcamp.com/album/barium

Barium

Jardin Carré

Ernesto Rodrigues - viola
Guilherme Rodrigues - cello
Fred Marty - double bass
Carlos Santos - electronics

Full album here:
https://guilhermerodrigues.bandcamp.com/album/jardin-carr

Jardin Carré

Sul

Ernesto Rodrigues - viola
Maria Do Mar - violin
Guilherme Rodrigues - cello
Helena Espvall - cello
Miguel Mira - cello
Hernâni Faustino - double bass
Alvaro Rosso - double bass
Gianna de Toni - classical guitar
Miguel Almeida - classical guitar
Abdul Moimême - guitar & objects
Biagio Volandri Verdolini - zither
Andrew Drury - percussion

Full album here:
https://guilhermerodrigues.bandcamp.com/album/sul

The Distant Sound Within

Ernesto Rodrigues - viola
Guilherme Rodrigues - cello
Adam Pultz Melbye - double bass
Kriton Beyer - harmonium & objects

Full album here:
https://guilhermerodrigues.bandcamp.com/album/the-distant-sound-within

The Distant Sound Within

RRR

Olaf Rupp - electric guitar
Ernesto Rodrigues - viola
Guilherme Rodrigues - cello

Full album here:
https://guilhermerodrigues.bandcamp.com/album/rrr

We Still Have Bodies

Ernesto Rodrigues - viola
Guilherme Rodrigues - cello
Richard Scott - analogue synthesizer

Full album here:
https://guilhermerodrigues.bandcamp.com/album/we-still-have-bodies

We Still Have Bodies

Ignis Fatuus

Ernesto Rodrigues - Viola
Tristan Honsinger - Cello
Guilherme Rodrigues - Cello
Klaus Kürvers - Double Bass

Cover Art - Carlos Santos
Out now on Creative Sources Recordings

Full album here: https://guilhermerodrigues.bandcamp.com/album/ignis-fatuus

Ignis Fatuus

dis/con/sent

Dietrich Petzold - violin, viola, bowed metal
Ernesto Rodrigues - viola
Guilherme Rodrigues - cello
Matthias Bauer - double bass

Full album here: https://guilhermerodrigues.bandcamp.com/album/dis-con-sent

dis/con/sent

Penedo

Ernesto Rodrigues - Viola
Guilherme Rodrigues - Cello
Miguel Mira - Cello
Carlos Santos - Electronics

Full album here: https://guilhermerodrigues.bandcamp.com/album/penedo

Penedo

Ernesto Rodrigues - Viola
Guilherme Rodrigues - Cello
Miguel Mira - Cello
Anna Piosik - Trumpet
Carlos Santos - Electronics

Full album here: https://guilhermerodrigues.bandcamp.com/album/eris

Eris

Hymn

Paulo Galão - Clarinet and Bass Clarinet
Guilherme Rodrigues - Cello
Nuno Morão - Percussion 

Full album here: https://guilhermerodrigues.bandcamp.com/album/hymn

Hymn

Ljubljana

Dietrich Petzold - violin, viola, bowed metal, clavichord
Ernesto Rodrigues - viola
Guilherme Rodrigues - cello

Recorded on 17 May 2018 at Zavod Sploh’s Confine Aperto event, held at ŠKUC Gallery in Ljubljana

Full album here: https://guilhermerodrigues.bandcamp.com/album/ljubljana

Ljubljana

3 Phases 3 Black

Diceros

Ernesto Rodrigues - viola
Miguel Mira - cello
Guilherme Rodrigues - zither, metronome, objects
João Silva - trumpet
Eduardo Chagas - alto trombone
Paulo Curado - flute
Noel Taylor - clarinet & bass clarinet
Miguel Almeida - 10 string classical guitar
Andre Holzer - resonator guitar
Andre Hencleeday - piano & synthesizer
Carlos Santos - computer
João Valinho - percussion

Full album here: https://guilhermerodrigues.bandcamp.com/album/3-phases-3-black

3 Phases 3 Black

Le Havre

Ernesto Rodrigues - Viola
Carlos Santos - Electronics
Guilherme Rodrigues - Cello

Recorded by Emmanuel Lalande on March 22nd 2018 at PiedNu Festival, Le Havre, France.
Master and graphic design by Carlos Santos.
Production by Ernesto Rodrigues.
Thanks to François Lebègue & Guillaume Gargaud.

Full Album here: https://guilhermerodrigues.bandcamp.com/album/le-havre
Out now on Creative Sources Recordings

Le Havre

The Haecceity of Things

Eva-Maria Houben - Organ
Ernesto Rodrigues - Viola (BACH.Bogen)
Guilherme Rodrigues - Viola d'Amore (BACH.Bogen) & field recordings

Dragonflies Draw Flame
…myself it
speaks and spells,
Crying what I do is me-for that
I came.
Gerard Manley Hopkins, As Kingfishers Catch Fire, Dragonflies Draw Flame

This is music in which you’re cast into an open sea- orientation and hand-holds come gradually, and then only to the alert and intuitive. This is music that doesn’t contrive to mystify, but presents the secret, singular nature of its sounds; in this way, the music is so transparent, so self-enacting, as to initially seem slight, even unsubstantial. Enter and re-enter the environment of the piece and you regain and retool your senses and begin to perceive what’s on offer. The basic ground of the work owns an affinity with the spirit of some of the Wandelweiser composers- Manfred Werder chiefly-and in fact was co-composed by one of the collective’s preeminent members, Eva-Maria Houben. The Rodrigues’, père et fils, in collaboration with Ms. Houben, create environments to be inhabited; we, the listeners, are the creatures who feel quickened or startled or seduced. We’re invited to grasp the sounds, their flavor, their affect, their micro-pulses and heartbeats, their small power.
Rodrigues and Houben’s sound world doesn’t simply invite the listener’s participation and loosed imagination, it necessitates it. Its intermittent gusts of airy organ tones, fragile, scraped strings, micro-harmonies and waxing and waning cricket songs come to us in billows and soft choirs of pure sentience.
The 13th century philosopher Duns Scotus posited the idea of the haecceity of all things, a word meaning, simply, thisness. Haecceity insists everything owns an essence of its own that makes it what it is. The poet Hopkins embraced Scotus’ principle in his lines of verse; his word was inscape. Inscapes are the true nature of a thing, always dynamic, never static, always moving in and out of relation to the thisness of others. Such as we hear in the music of Houben and Rodrigues.
The haecceity of the sounds exist for the listener to assemble, connect, puzzle over. The haecceity of things offers no meaning-rather, it speaks and spells, cries and dissipates. Thisness in sound, the startlingly clear this, not-that quality, was expressed beautifully by composer Jürg Frey in a recent interview: “I treat my pitches and music carefully, with respect, and let them have their say. I have the idea they talk to me.”
Face it, we are dulled and deadened by the world’s relentless, intrusive noise. In psychic self-defense we filter and blinker our senses, making the approach to this music a gradual, layered one.
Dragonflies, wings in the sun, draw flame. Ernesto, Guilherme and Eva-Maria play. A music that restores the listener’s attunement to the haecceity of things is an act of generosity.

Jesse Goin, November 2018  

Full album here: https://guilhermerodrigues.bandcamp.com/album/the-haecceity-of-things

Out now on Creative Sources Recordings.

The Haecceity of Things

Guilherme Rodrigues 

Guilherme Rodrigues is a cellist, improviser, sound explorer and composer from Lisboa, Portugal.

He was born in 1988 in Lisboa and started to learn cello and trumpet when he was seven at Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa and later in Conservatório Nacional de Música de Lisboa to study classical and music theory until his twenty-three. 

With an intuitive approach to improvisation and exploration of the timbres, 
using both classical and extensive techniques, his music is exciting, polyrhythmic and full of contrasts. Apart from work in music ensembles ranging for contemporary classical to free improvisation, has created music for dance, theater, radio, television, silent film. 

Has been following a professional career in music since 1997 and performs in concerts and workshops around Europe and Asia. Currently living in Berlin.

Currently member of Reanimation Orchestra and active as composer and improviser in the scene sharing the stage with musicians like Ernesto Rodrigues, Jean-luc Guionnet, Tristan Honsinger, Axel Doerner, Sei Miguel,, Harri Sjostrom, Michel Doneda, Tim Goldie, Jeffrey Morgan, Mia Dyberg, Klaus Kurvers, Gabriel Paiuk, Blaise Siwula, Gino Robair, Michael Thieke, Wade Matthews, Leonel Kaplan, Gabriel Paiuk, Tom Djll, Jassem Hindi, Tisha Mukarji, Masahiko Okura, Toshihiro Koike, Sharif Sehnaoui, Christine Abdelnour, Alexandre Bellenger, Carlos Zingaro, Nuno Rebelo, Nuno Torres, Naoto Yamagashi, Heddy Boubaker, Gerhard Uebele, Guillermo Torres, Tomas Gris, Carlos Santos, Bruno Parrinha, Miguel Ivo Cruz, Alberto Cirera, Nuno Morão, Mark Sanders, Raymond Macdonald, Neil Davidson, David Stachenas, Lisa Ullén, D'incise, Cyril Bondy, Miguel Mira, Rodrigo Amado, Abdul Moimême, Monsieur Trinité, Rodrigo Pinheiro, Matthias Bauer, Christian Wolfarth, Thanos Chrysakis, Kurt Liedwart, Miguel A. Garcia, Ilia Belorukov, Andrew Lafkas, Gao Jiafeng, Eric Wong, Johan Moir, Casey Moir, Magda Mayas, Matthias Muller, Alexander Frangenheim, Vasco Trilla, among others.

Released more than 40 albums of his own projects.

Discography: ...  from 2017 until now:
golden towers and electric frictions - CS 386 Lisbon 2017 Porto Covo - CS 418 Lisbon 2017 Ornithorhynchus anatinus - CS 416 Lisbon 2017 Urze - CS 426 Lisbon 2017 Temperature Difference - CS 420 Lisbon 2017 Sacred Noise - CS 422 Lisbon 2017 Plane, line segments, rays and some dissipations - CS 425 Lisbon 2017 Llop - CS 423 Lisbon 2017 Xenon - CS 430 Lisbon 2017 Blattwerk - CS 436 Lisbon 2017 L'Ennui - CS 446 Lisbon 2017 Infinite Series - CS 440 Lisbon 2017 Heptaphonies - CS 455 Lisbon 2017 Underwater Music - CS 450 Lisbon 2017 Micrographía - CS 477 Lisbon 2017 The Afterlife of Trees - CS 471 Lisbon 2017
As We Read Along... - CS 484 Lisbon 2017
Apteryx mantelli - CS 492 Lisbon 2017
Laura - CS 502 Lisbon 2018
Zweige - CS 497 Lisbon 2018
Spiric Sections - CS 498 Lisbon 2018
Synchronous Rotation- CS 499 Lisbon 2018
Crane Cries - CS 503 Lisbon 2018
Tellurium - CS 500 Lisbon 2018
Ma'adim Vallis - CS 494 Lisbon 2018
Hollow Wood - CS 487 Lisbon 2018
Meandros e Vertentes - CS 510 Lisbon 2018
0 minutes 0 seconds - CS 524 Lisbon 2018
Lithos - CS 526 Lisbon 2018
Barium - CS 519 Lisbon 2018
Jardin Carré - CS 533 Lisbon 2018
Sul - CS 534 Lisbon 2018
The distant sound within - CS 535 Lisbon 2018
RRR - CS 544 Lisbon 2018
We Still Have Bodies - CS 541 Lisbon 2018
Ignis Fatuus - CS 552 Lisbon 2018
dis/con/sent - CS 563 Lisbon 2018
Penedo - CS 516 Lisbon 2018
Eris - CS 558 Lisbon 2018
3 Phases (III) BLACK - CS 516 Lisbon 2018
Ljubljana - CS 558 Lisbon 2018
Hymn - CS 562 Lisbon 2018

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