O ábaco é um instrumento ancestral de cálculo que há séculos vem formulando perguntas e dando respostas através de suas contas que sugerem números e seus significados. As faixas apresentadas neste cd são uma tradução sônica do livro de poesia ‘Ábaco’ que lancei em 2011 pela editora Asa de Papel em Belo Horizonte. Livro e disco se integram numa soma suportes e sentidos onde ler/escrever e ouvir/tocar se complementam na busca de uma composição integrada e expandida.

Joao Diniz, setembro 2012 

Pterodtata é um projeto coletivo coordenado por João Diniz que explora, através de ambientes sonoros digitais e intervenções acústicas, a ideia de uma transArquitetura polifônica.  

Faixas:

1.	ALÉM 4:41
2.	MOTE 4:08
3.	MILAGRE 4:59
4.	AZULAR 6:23
5.	LETAL 6:24
6.	MAÇÃ 7:11
7.	FLOR 6:49
8.	SINAL 6:27
9.	REMANSO 4:32
10.	LÍQUIDO 6:07

Ficha técnica

JOÃO DINIZ: composição, arranjo, sequenciamento digital, controller e textos (1 a 10), fala (2, 5)
RICK BOLINA: guitarras (1 a 10), baixo (1 e 2), arranjo (2)
ZAL SISSOKHO: kora (2, 4, 7, 9), letra em mandingue, melodia e canto (2) 
RICARDO CHEIB: bateria (3, 4, 10), percussões (5)
LERI FARIA: canto e melodia (1), voz (8, 10)
MARILENE CLARA: canto (6, 8), fala (6)
MARIA BRAGANÇA: saxofone (10)
DANIELLA ZUPO: fala (7)
DOROTA WISNIEWSKA: texto em polonês e fala (10)

direção artística, produção e mixagem: João Diniz
engenheiro de som, mixagem e masterização: Ricardo Cheib
Gravação: Estúdio Bemol e tranStudio, Belo Horizonte, Brasil de outubro de 2009 a julho de 2012 
Fotografia: Marcílio Gazzinelli
Arte Gráfica: Délio Campos, João Diniz e José Luis Baccarini

Produção e distribuição João Diniz Arquitetura Ltda CNPJ 26228379/0001-85 CD 005 @2012 Direitos Autorais Reservados

Obrigado a: Rick Bolina, Márcio Diniz, Leri Faria, Ricardo Cheib, Zal Sissokho, Marilene Clara, Maria Bragança, Daniella Zupo, Dorota Wisniewska, Álvaro Gentil, Roberta Blasco, Marcelo Xavier, Délio Campos, Marcílio Gazzinelli, Dirceu Cheib, Ibrahima Gaye, Maurício Silva, Paloma Pimenta, Daniel D’Olivier, Renata da Matta, Clara, Isabel, João Marcelo Ricardo, Lúcia e Angela Diniz, Café Book, Editora Asa de Papel, Estúdo Bemol, Café da Manhã, BID, Garage Band e www.

Contato: jodin@joaodiniz.com.br fone 00 55 31 32366108

weblinks:
http://soundcloud.com/pterodata 
www.joaodiniz.com.br
http://joaodiniz.wordpress.com



Á B A C O

This is opening track of the Ábaco cd with Joao Diniz on the digital programming, Rick Bolina on guitars and bass and vocals by Leri Faria. Além means forward...


Além

A spoken soundscape featuring João Diniz on the digital programmings and text, Rick Bolina on guitar, Zal Sissokho on kora and the voice of Daniella Zupo. This is the track 7 of the cd Ábaco released in 2012 by Pterodata (Joao Diniz).
..........
a flor colher já
antes que deixe de ser

se não a mais bela aquela
que chama à mão agora

a flor te espera breve
não demora

...

o preso em seu nome
se guarda e se consome

tão ocupado em se proteger
não pode mais se ver

e esta parede de esmeros
afasta seu ser verdadeiro

...

só pelo caminho
uma sombra me segue

fujo em meu silêncio
mas este gritar me persegue

e é minha voz de treva
que te ouvir me impede

...

reescrito por Joao Diniz a partir dos trechos 6, 29 e 30
do livro 'Gitanjali', de Rabindranath Tagore
texto do livro 'Äbaco' de João Diniz, publicado pela editora 'Asa de Papel' de Bealo Horizonte em 2011


Flor

A beating protest featuring João Diniz on digital programmings, voice and text, Rick Bolina on guitars and Ricardo Cheib on the several percussive layers of traditional drums.
This is the track 5 of the cd Ábaco released in 2012 by Pterodata (Joao Diniz).

Letal

A multicultural statement featuring João Diniz on digital programmings, voice and text, Rick Bolina on bass and guitars, and Zal Sissokho on vocals, kora and singing on mandingue senegalese dialect. This is the track 2 of the cd Ábaco released in 2012 by Pterodata (Joao Diniz).

Mote

An experimental blues featuring Joao Diniz on digital programmings, Rick Bolina on guitar, Zal Sissokho on kora and Ricardo Cheib on drums. This is the track 4 of the cd Ábaco released in 2012 by Pterodata (Joao Diniz).

Azular

A blowing adventure featuring Joao Diniz on digital programmings, Rick Bolina on guitar and Ricardo Cheib on drums. This is the track 3 of the cd Ábaco released in 2012 by Pterodata (Joao Diniz).

Milagre

A pilgrimage in 'F' featuring Joao Diniz on digital programmings and texts, Marilene Clara on vocals and Rick Bolina on guitar, this is the track 6 of the cd Ábaco released in 2012 by Pterodata (Joao Diniz).

Maçã

A sonic stream featuring Joao Diniz on programings and Rick Bolina on guitar, and Zal Sissoko on kora, this is the track 9 of the cd Ábaco released in 2012 by Pterodata (Joao Diniz).

Remanso

A hybrid proto symphonic adventure featuring João Diniz on digital programming and text, Rick Bolina on guitars and Marilene Clara on vocals and readings. This is the track 8 of the cd Ábaco released in 2012 by Pterodata (Joao Diniz).

Sinal

A diving into solar streams featuring João Diniz on digital programming and text, Rick Bolina on guitars, saxophone by Maria Bragança, actor Leri Faria on voice and also Dorota Wisniewska reading her poem in polish language. This is the track 10 closing the cd Ábaco released in 2012 by Pterodata (Joao Diniz).
..........
o rio nunca é o mesmo 
a esmo passa líquido 
e não chora devora

sua água mata a sede
na rede de lembranças 
recordações e canções

a seca entorna a mágoa 
a lágrima rega o sonho
do olho em corpo úmido 

por um sorriso breve 
jorram palavras 
a dizer a vida como história

emoção ficção sem dono
que por dedos escorre 
lavando a existência

impossível retê-la
náufraga no misterioso lago
no vento do campo chuvoso  
no reflexo em chão molhado

não existe cenário pronto 
para a lavada alegria que evapora 
e chora em ciclo 

que afirma e questiona
que duvida e inventa

a ficção da transparência 
o risco da liberdade 
a gravidade da curva fluida 
que desce com a matéria 
e sobe com a leveza


Líquido

Pterodtata is a collective project coordinated by brazilian architect João Diniz which explores, through digital sounds, acoustic interventions, poetry and images the idea of a polyphonic transArchitecture.

...

Within a reflection which aims to expand the architectural, urban and environmental boundaries of thinking and doing, the architect João Diniz - who works in Belo Horizonte and has built his work related to contemporary architecture and is also professor on universities of architecture – proposed, after the year of 2000, the transArquitetura (transArchitecture) (in?) discipline, which adds to the background of architecture, urbanism and design experiments in the fields of poetry / literature, photography, video art, drawing, painting, stage design, sculpture, critical consciousness / body / spiritual and the exploration of sonic environments and music.

In this context of multiple reflections Pterodata project is born, new word that combines the idea of ptero, or kite flying, and also the prehistoric bird, the pterosaur, the concept of data, files, nowadays information files, ie an extra time and space adventure, pan-historical, seeking to link to the past, present and future.

The Pterodata project takes advantage of current communication networks and virtual analog and digital resources to conduct and disseminate their research and findings, which mostly comes from the idea of the existence of spaces to be re-created into sonic environments, filmic or photographic.

The working method of the experimentation comes from evolutionary concepts and integrated ideas where sounds, textures, melodic and rhythmic cells and various sound samplers are combined with singing, spoken texts, voices and sounds collected in daily life and contributions of several musicians. 

In the project Pterodata, this sonic universe of instruments, voices and sounds of everyday's life is always related to the notion of space and structure. The time of the tracks is divided into modules, offering different discourses, narrative or abstract, linking those environments and using the graphics / visual programs for editing and compositing the results with suggestions of sound / music obtained. 

New features allow the participants to take chance and improvise often involved in the ongoing process. The input data can be done via mouse, keyboard / controller, spontaneous speech, open environmental recording or acoustic or electronic participation of the musicians and artists in charge.

With such independence of formal musical knowledge enabled by technology and access to various softwares, Pterodata uses procedures to create and produce random results, thus transforming mathematical sequences, such as the Fibonacci series, or architectural drawings and sketches in aural "interpreted" sounds, not only by musicians but also by digital generative audio programs.

In later or parallels stages of creation, the phonograms in progress can join several photographic cells, pictures or videos edited together to create the hybrid element where sound and image files are integrated resulting in languages that coexist with the video clip, video-art, documentary, photo essay and temporalized and animation. 

These pieces are usually released on www or participate in performances where into them are linked new layers connected to the presentation's moment. Some phonograms and videos can be considered as open works, the technical resources used allow new contributions, remote or not, and because they aren't closed files, they enable overlays and subsequent editions by many collaborators from audio and video expertise. These contributions are always welcome, even resulting in varying versions for the same root composed.

The knowledge for these achievements in a wide universe, discontinuous and intuitive, of observations. The modal music, serial and electro-acoustic, jazz, progressive rock and ethnic music; oral poetry, theater performances, prayers, mantras and speeches; urban environmental noises, sounds of machines, animals and nature, which combined with 3D digital animation, photography, incidental videos, evolution graphics or digital calligraphic form a spectrum of combinatorial possibilities.

Part of this universe of references is on the works of creators such as Brian Eno, Uakti, Robert Fripp, Tycho, Dahfer Youssef, Rob Rich, Edgar Froese, Juan Agreta, Cláudia Cimbleris, Steve Reich and others. Partnerships and dialogues with artists such as Marco Antonio Guimarães, Paulo Santos, Eder Santos, Fabio Carvalho, Isabel Lacerda, Alexandre Cavalcante, LamieLa, Gilfranco Alves, Rick Bolina, Arnaldo Dias Baptista, Marcio Diniz, Dirceu, Lincoln e Ricardo Cheib, Jorge dos Anjos, Lô Borges, Eliza Gazzinelli, Daniella Zupo, Maria Bragança, Graziela Mello Vianna and Daniel D’Olivier, all those names have greatly helped in many ways the evolution of Pterodata thought the production of new results.

The non-frontiers of the Internet is important for the development and dissemination of the project. It's on the www, through specialized web sites and digital radios, that come the listeners, reviews, critiques and partnerships from several parts of the planet. The main tags for the identification of these sounds and images: experimental, minimal, sound design, spoken word, psicodelia, jazz, progressive, soundscape, chillout, meditation, among othes.

Pterodata released in 2009, two works Foz and Welt, compositions and performances of Joao Diniz in the computer and with the participation of musicians like Daniel D’Olivier, Lincoln Cheib, Ricardo Cheib, Rick Bolina, Gilfranco Alves, João Marcelo Diniz, te German artist Thomas Schöenauer and the Franco-Moroccan singer LamieLa. 

Foz presents sounds more related to the concept of execution with the performers, while Welt deals with more experimental environments and climates. These discs have been mixed and mastered, and largely, recorded by Dirceu Cheib in the knowns Bemol Studio, in Belo Horizonte. 

These two CDs were introduced in the show in Belo Horizonte ‘Suítes Foz do Mundo’ where João Diniz has shared the stage with multi-instrumentalist Daniel D’Olivier. This event epitomizes the experience in previous presentations, where they developed the possibilities of live performances combining sounds, images and spoken text.

in 2012 Pterodata presented the 'Ábaco' cd a sonic translation of the poetry book of the same name released by Joao Diniz in 2011. Book and record are integrated in a sum of senses where reading / writing and listening / playing complement each other in search of an expanded and integrated composition. The record was presented in the so called 'Ábaco: multimidia suite' where music, poetry and video where presented by Joao Diniz, Leri Faria, Rick Bolina, Joao Marcelo, Marilene Clara, Renata da Matta e Bel Diniz.

Based on the insertions of the project Pterodata in different productions, such as in the movie Ed. JK of 2008 directed by Eliza Gazzinelli about utopian mega-residential condominium JK, Oscar Niemeyer's 1954 project in Belo Horizonte, and the soundtrack of the short film ‘Olhocinefoto’ of 2009 directed by director Fábio Carvalho and edited by Isabel Lacerda, proposes an interdisciplinary link connecting architecture, photography, cinema, music and poetry.

The experience of this interdisciplinary project – more then productively investigate the possibilities of an architectural and environmental thinking beyond the tradicional reflexions of the academies and/or a complementary know-how of space production – seeks to link discourse and ideology on concepts related to a new environmental and social consciousness, and aspects of sustainability, or should be said durability, of the planet.

Thus, the project Pterodata - through the so-called new media , communication networks and access to various computerized means of production and dissemination - joins groups and paths that seem to indicate the possibility of a new digital cultural renaissance at the moment where it is up to individuals and communities to actively position themselves facing the challenges of this new era and languages.

(text partially taken from 'V!rus 4' eletronic magazine from USP São Carlos)

Some of the Pterodata's tracks from the cds 'Octopus' and 'Pterodata' released in 2001 can be heard at:
http://soundcloud.com/pterodata-proto

Á B A C O

PTERODATA