Explorations in sound and soundscapes for the twisted world.

..veils of Illusion have been reported to sometimes crack in the outer limits of the inner-core psyche, almost as an empty egg that disperses from one’s forehead into neutrinos. the pineal activation button, located inside the pastoral nerve centre, does direct the main features of the voyager’s mainframe into appearances..
(headphones is adviced... 8-24)

Dream Metaphor was born in 2004 and has been suffering many mutations during its path. It begun as a futuristic and dark ambient, influenced by Sci-fi, where the machines operated by Leonel Ranção (aka [Replycant]), started transforming dreams into musical notes and atmospheric sounds. Soon a female voice was added to enhance those same dreams. Feeling that that way of materializing dreams was still incomplete, since the interpretations of the oniric world are so unlimited, Dream Metaphor transformed itself into an artistic multimedia collective, where Joana Ranção joined to give those dreams a corporeal form, with her dancing and artistic movements. Music, voice, dance and images combined, and the initial concepts gone now giving place to a new world of metaphors, linking the past and present, to traditions and cultural roots of the Nordeste transmontano ( Northeast of Portugal). But as dreams will always be the fountain of life, a time may come where everything may change, a new path may be found... and paths always have crossroads...

"O lado escuro do sonho exprime-se numa sinfonia de reminiscências, quiçá de um passado-futuro nunca nosso, aquele que na distância excita a imaginação. Construindo paisagens de som eléctrico, e eclético, procurando a liberdade nas emoções difusas, pintando o espaco com estranhas vozes que perpetuam desejos de vida - e morte - tu nasceste Thermidor. Em ti mil palavras se fundiram numa única voz de intenção, de mil caminhos interrompidos e novos começos és feito, de fins para sempre esquecidos, tu és contínua renovação. Em ti o calor das eras se acumula, como erosão da memória do que nunca foi. Em ti, Thermidor, renasce a Fénix uma vez mais..."

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