Saxcretino
is a 1.2m-long hose with a saxophone mouthpiece at one end and the
upper portion of a PET bottle in the other. Saxcretino is also my
nickname, my way of playing the saxophone and the title of the EP.
The
tracks are inspired by the human being of the present time – the
way I feel, see and hear the world. More specifically, they are
fragments of what I feel as a living being on tracks 2, 3 and 5
(1Ziriguid1, Comin 'Back in 5 and Samba de Vento) and what I see and
hear on tracks 1 and 4 (Da Loja pro Lixo and sofa e TV).
Without
commitment to technical perfection, aesthetic purity or specific
sound, the 5 tracks express the combination of unconventional
instruments and traditional instruments of Western music in a popular
language with unusual rhythmic cells. The microtonal instruments used
in the recording were made by me with material found in the trash and
are inspired by the non-noble instruments de-composer Anton Walter
Smetak.
With
unorthodox production, the project had the saxophones (tenor, alto
and soprano), voices, berimbau with paper mache gourd, microtonal
wind instruments and percussion (cylindrol, saxcretinos, Caboclo
flutes, boréu, spring drum), my heart and my breath recorded at
home. I simultaneously assumed the functions of recording technician
and musician, which was only possible with the support of recent
technological advances in the music production field. Also, I
prepared the loops of traditional Brazilian percussion, electronic
drum beats and base instruments with samples and MIDI. I had the
local participation of Fernando Machado playing guitar in "Samba
de Vento" and intercontinental participation of Nancy Viegas on
vocals in "1Ziriguid1. I used a Yamaha 25 alto sax and a Dukoff
M6 mouthpiece changed with dental cement, a tenor sax Yamaha 275 with
Otto Link Supertone Master n.8 mouthpiece and a soprano sax Pierret
with a Bari n.6 mouthpiece. The sound of the heart was captured by a
hybrid between stethoscope and condenser microphone designed for me
to use in live performances with the internal sounds of the human
body.
Saxcretino
was created and conducted between April and May 2016, except "Coming
back in 5" and "1Ziriguid1", which were initiated in
May 2015. The songs were composed, arranged and produced by me. The
mixing and mastering were done at the Hidden-Cam studios (Brighton &
Hove - United Kingdom) with the help of Cameron Devlin (technical)
during the first week of June and finalized on August 2, 2016.
Technical:
Track
1 – Da Loja pro Lixo (from shop to trash)
Andre Borges -
vocal, alto saxophones, Caboclo flutes, saxcretino, boréu,
cylindrol, loops
Track
2 - 1Ziriguid1
Andre Borges -
vocal, alto and soprano saxophones, Caboclo flutes, saxcretino, boréu
Nancy Vieages -
vocals
Track
3 - Comin 'Back in 5
Andre Borges -
alto saxophones, flautas caboclo, cylindrol, loops and MIDIs
Track
4 - Sofa and TV
Andre Borges -
vocals, tenor and alto saxophones, berimbau, saxcretino, boréu,
loops and MIDIs
Track
5 – Samba de Vento (wind's samba)
Andre
Borges - tenor and soprano saxophones, flutes Caboclo, saxcretino,
boréu, cylindrol, loops and MIDIs
Fernando
Machado – acoustic guitar
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