"Bajo el suelo" is a sort of fantasy on dark, deep sonorities. One of the images which the piece alludes to is the solitary figure of a strange creature which inhabits the sewer system of a third-world megalopolis, oblivious to the calamities of the surface, except for the continuous rumble of a few bass frequencies...

Performed by Vertixe Sonora Ensemble:
Pablo Coello, baritone saxophone
Joaquín Meijide, bass clarinet
Iago Ríos, trombone
Carlos Méndez, contrabass

Edited from rehearsal recordings in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain, Sep. 2013.

Bajo el suelo, for b sax, bcl, tbn, cb (2013) [Vertixe Sonora Ensemble]

About as commercial as I can get without using a pseudonym.

Makes a great ringtone.

Feel The Funk, Smell The Funk [unused vignette]

Performed by Claudio Cruz, violin. Commissioned by and realized at Studio PANaroma.

Track from the Boulez+ DVD: http://www.sescsp.org.br/livraria/3662_BOULEZ

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Relato de insônia (insomnia report - 2013) [Claudio Cruz, violin]

Waste variations (variations on a theme from 2008), performed by ABSTRAI ensemble in the dress rehearsal for the premiere in Rio de Janeiro, May 15, 2018.

Performers: Andrea Ernest Dias, flute, piccolo, alto flute; Mariana Salles, violin; Pedro Bittencourt, tenor sax; Fabio Adour, electric guitar.

Waste variations, for fl, vn, sax, e-gtr (2018) [ABSTRAI ensemble - dress rehearsal]

Catalogue of solitary obsessions, volume 1 - premiered by Sarah Hornsby at my portrait concert in SP, June 18, 2018.

Catálogo de obsessões solitárias, vol. 1, for amplified bass flute (2016) [Sarah Hornsby, b fl - WP]

warner duos
three miniatures for guitarist and percussionist, commissioned by Peter Warner.

I. clouds
II. motet
III. bubbles

Daniel Mendes, electric guitar/bass guitar
Joachim Emidio, percussion

Recorded in rehearsal on Nov. 15, 2018.

Warner duos, for guitarist and percussionist (2016) [Daniel Mendes, g; Joachim Emidio, p]

Performers: Rodrigo Vila, soprano sax; Paulo Vinicius Félix, alto sax; Pedro Bittencourt, baritone sax

Recorded on Dec. 1st, 2018, at Cidade das Artes, Rio de Janeiro.

Two elegies for democracy - second elegie, for sax trio (2017)

Performed by Ensemble Reconsil Vienna at Reaktor, Vienna, Austria, on Oct. 23, 2018.

Performers: Josefine Göhmann, soprano/melodica/slide whistle/cowbell/gong; Eric Lamb, flute/bass flute/piccolo; Petra Stump-Linshalm, bass clarinet; Ivan Buffa, piano; Peter Mosorjak, violin; Tamara Štajner, viola; Maria Frodl, cello. Conductor: Roland Freisitzer.

Commissioned through KulturKontakt Austria's 2018 Artist-In-Residence program.

Video: https://youtu.be/RMEH1SsDFfw

Verfall der Vernunft, for septet (2018) [Ensemble Reconsil Vienna]

Performed by Claudio Cruz, violin. 

Commissioned by and realized at Studio PANaroma, São Paulo, 2013; originally released on the Boulez+ DVD: http://www.sescsp.org.br/livraria/3662_BOULEZ

This version revised and realized at Amann Studios, Vienna, September 2018, with support from KulturKontakt Austria.

Cover image created with Midjourney.

Relato de insônia, for violin+elec (2013, NEW VERSION 2018) [Claudio Cruz, violin]

My arrangement of Frank Zappa's "Keep It Greasey", recorded at the Vincent Meyer hall of the CNSMDP, Paris, France, on April 19, 2016.

Drum set arrangement by Rubens Lopes.

Produced by Rubens Lopes.

Recorded and mixed by Paul Boulier.

Rehearsal direction by Leo Margue.

Performers: 
Samuel Bricault, flute and piccolo
Pierre-Marie Lapprand, alto sax
Paco Andreo, trombone
Hugo Van Rechem, electric violin and lead vocals
Rémy Reber, electric guitar and backing vocals
Léo Jassef, keyboards
Philippe Burneau, bass
Rubens Lopes, drums and voice effects
Adrien Pineau, drums.

Frank Zappa arr. Martin Herraiz - Keep It Greasey

My arrangement of Frank Zappa's "Pound for a Brown" and "Cucamonga", recorded at the Vincent Meyer hall of the CNSMDP, Paris, France, on April 19, 2016.

Produced by Rubens Lopes.

Recorded and mixed by Paul Boulier.

Rehearsal direction by Leo Margue.

Performers: 
Samuel Bricault, piccolo, flute and alto flute
Bogdan Sydorenko, bass clarinet
Pierre-Marie Lapprand, soprano sax
Paco Andreo, trombone
Hugo Van Rechem, electric violin
Rémy Reber, electric guitar
Léo Jassef, keyboards
Philippe Burneau, bass
Rubens Lopes, drums
Adrien Pineau, percussion.

Frank Zappa arr. Martin Herraiz - Pound For A Brown & Cucamonga

My arrangement of Frank Zappa's "Peaches En Regalia", recorded at the Vincent Meyer hall of the CNSMDP, Paris, France, on April 19, 2016.

Produced by Rubens Lopes.

Recorded and mixed by Paul Boulier.

Rehearsal direction by Leo Margue.

Performers: 
Samuel Bricault, flute
Bogdan Sydorenko, clarinet and bass clarinet
Pierre-Marie Lapprand, alto sax
Paco Andreo, trombone
Hugo Van Rechem, electric violin
Rémy Reber, electric guitar
Léo Jassef, keyboards
Philippe Burneau, bass
Rubens Lopes, drums
Adrien Pineau, percussion.

Frank Zappa arr. Martin Herraiz - Peaches En Regalia

My arrangement of Frank Zappa's "Time Is Money", performed by ABSTRAI ensemble at the Cecília Meireles Hall in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on April 26th, 2019.

Performers:
Doriana Mendes, soprano
Pauxy-Gentil Nunes, piccolo
Andrea Ernest Dias, flute
Rodrigo Vila, alto sax
Pedro Bittencourt, baritone sax
Jeferson Souza, bassoon
Mariana Salles, violin
Pablo de Sá, cello
Marina Spoladore, piano
Fabio Adour, electric bass
Zeca Lacerda, drums and percussion
Leonardo Labrada, conductor

Frank Zappa arr. Martin Herraiz - Time Is Money [ABSTRAI]

WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING of Frank Zappa's previously-unheard "Number 9", performed by ABSTRAI ensemble at the Cecília Meireles Hall in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on April 26th, 2019.

Performers:
Andrea Ernest Dias, alto flute
Cesar Bonan, clarinet
Pedro Bittencourt, alto sax
Jeferson Souza, bassoon
Mariana Salles, viola
Pablo de Sá, cello
Fabio Adour, electric bass
Zeca Lacerda, vibraphone
Leonardo Labrada, conductor

Frank Zappa arr. Martin Herraiz - Number 9 [ABSTRAI]

My arrangement of Frank Zappa's "Number 7", performed by ABSTRAI ensemble at the Cecília Meireles Hall in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on April 26th, 2019.

Performers:
Andrea Ernest Dias, flute
Cesar Bonan, clarinet
Pedro Bittencourt, baritone sax
Jeferson Souza, bassoon
Mariana Salles, violin
Pablo de Sá, cello
Fabio Adour, electric bass
Zeca Lacerda, vibraphone
Leonardo Labrada, conductor

Frank Zappa arr. Martin Herraiz - Number 7 [ABSTRAI]

Performed by Joachim Emidio.

World premiere (recorded live in São Paulo, May 28, 2019).

Video: https://youtu.be/-DxmtzI_PBw

Oppression (2017)[Joachim Emidio, drums - WP]

"Talking about music is like fishing about architecture."
(Frank Zappa)

Martin Herraiz

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