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Rodrigo Amado: Wire Quartet
ByRodrigo Amado
saxophone, tenorb.1964

The titles of the three extended pieces frame the spirit of the music's total commitment to the improvised art. But it is the interaction between the warm sounding, charismatic and often soulful blows of Amado and the exploratory, feedback and distortion-laden guitar lines of Mota, sometimes spiced with rough, bluesy feeling, that defines the explosive sonic terrains of these improvisations. The unique finger-picking approach of Mota and his impressive and focused command of textural, noisy sounds inject subversive elements of post-rock to the improvisations, bringing this quartet close to the sonic territories of Sonic Youth, its guitarist

Thurston Moore
guitarAmidst the energetic interplay of "Abandon Yourself" there are few moments when the quartet slows down to explore introspective, spare textures without giving up the intensity and the inherent tension that characterizes its performances. The shorter "Surrender" adopts a slower pace that feature the colliding strategies of Amado and Mota and the versatile, propulsive power of the rhythm section with all its nuances. "To The Music" lifts off patiently, allowing Amado to emphasize his lyrical tone that contrasts Mota fragmented lines, but it soon gains power and volition and aims with full force towards its climactic eruption.
Explosive and genre-defying, arresting improvisations. ">
Track Listing
Abandon Yourself; Surrender; To The Music.
Personnel
Rodrigo Amado
saxophone, tenorRodrigo Amado: tenor saxophone; Manuel Mota: electric guitar; Hernani Faustino: double bass; Gabriel Ferandini: drums.
Album information
Title: Wire Quartet | Year Released: 2014 | Record Label: Clean Feed Records
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