Two abrasive experiments on fusing danceable rythm with heavy vocal sampling and drums. Suggestive atemporal moods fused by phantoms of pattern.

Debut EP by QIR ALIN
Cover Art : Oro Iris

MISTÉRIOS

LIVE SET IN FUNDO DA RUA

LIVE DESTERRO ZANCUDO - 001

Sound design for photography exhibition "Translocações da Memória" of Rui Apolinário. Experiments with a noise desktop instrument I made with a wooden box, springs, a kind of daxophone that you can play with a bow, strings, bolts, and a distortion pedal. Used a delay pedal to overdub original recordings, and also incorporated synths the are on the modular used in Zancudo Berraco and other projects. A minimal but sometimes harsh industrial ambient journey. Check out Rui's work on https://www.instagram.com/ruiapolinario61/

TRANSLOCAÇÕES DA MEMÓRIA - Sound design for Exhibition

Sistema de Luz is the monstrous debut album of Zancudo Berraco, a powerful live improvised techno act. Challenging "club ready track" conventions, these are two 20 minute tracks, a couple of progressive kick driven psychedelic trains. Drawing from industrial and acid techno, experimental rave scenes, high bpm trance, fusing darker energies with well established tropes of dance music. But mostly, the sound originates from the musical and physical interaction between Zancudo Berraco and his small eurorack system, designed for energic live improvisation.
These two tracks are careful destillation of the controlled chaos of Zancudo Berraco's performances. Seeking to keep justice to the freeform aspect of a live set, not overproducing it, whilst trying to embue and concentrate the energy of a big soundsystem and the dark euphory of a rave in an digital listening experience. These are meant to be loudly listened as a emotional and psychic narrative, flowing from pulsing state to the next.

SOLAR

LUAR

Juicy and groovy almost proper techno sometimes set I did in a small dark room in ADAO, cultural association in Barreiro. Was trying to hitchhike for 1.5hours after the show but no luck, finally was giving up and a fan bought me a uber trip, it was not cheap, thanks fan!!!

Zancudo Live at ADAO

LITANIA

Two abrasive experiments on fusing danceable rythm with heavy vocal sampling and drums. Suggestive atemporal moods fused by phantoms of pattern.

Produced Mixed and Mastered: Qir Alin
Artwork: Oro Iris

Buy: https://qiralin.bandcamp.com/album/mist-rios

ZANCUDO live at FERRO CARNAVAL 24

Demo of Sirte, a special ensemble comprised of 2 cellos, percussion and electronics. I fused some principles of composition, directed improvisation, and electronic music that I developed on several projects and tried it during a few days residency. Sirte premiered on Maia Contemporary arts Bienal in late 2023.

SIRTE - Medula *DEMO*

Live in the middle of the ocean. 

This set was sempre à abrir as they say in the local dialect. Incredible crowd, soundsystem and organizers. Tremor rocks.

ZANCUDO TREMOR 24

Finally a recorded Qir Alin DJ set, full of joy and will to experiment, totally unrehearsed, got those all over the place energies that will always try to take the sonic rug underneath your feet, so you can backflip on the dancefloor and land in style, (break)dancing. 

Got some Qir Alin and Zancudo unreleased gems along the way to spice up the mix hehe.

 Very excited about this new instrument of musical expression, hope you feel stuff.

Qir Alin Live at FuNdO dA RuA

Tudo Planeado

Zancudo Berraco is maestro Henrique Apolinário, improvising live and producing weird deconstructed techno, trance and other forms of percussive electronica. All around music exploration in several ensembles, instrumentations and forms. 

Buy my album : https://teslatapes.bandcamp.com/album/zancudo-berraco-sistema-de-luz
Booking: o.henrique.apolinario@gmail.com

Projects:
Zancudo Berraco - Massive techno modular experimentalism
Qir Alin - DJing, producing deconstructed club, and performing power ambient.
Ensemble Quiromático - String ensemble, live composition mediated by animic direction.
Sirte - Drums and 2 Cellos electronic bridging compound.
Em Chame - Colossal electro-acoustic ensemble, whole body conduction.

Zancudo Berraco

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