The second release of m=minimal Agua is the rediscovery of a musical jewel. The first limited edition of this extraordinary album was released in 1984 in Brasil. ,, In the 80s in the field of minimal music nothing similar to it was released and it was long overdue to make this record accessible again.
The second release of m=minimal "Água" is the rediscovery of a musical jewel. The first limited edition of this extraordinary album was released in 1984 in Brasil. In the 80s in the field of minimal music nothing similar to it was released and it was long overdue to make this record accessible again. Imagine the scene: Caetano Veloso and Jim O'Rourke would join to record brasil-colored minimal pieces. The result might sound like this recordings.
Chico Mello - Brazilian composer who studied with Dieter Schnebel and Witold Szalonek lives and works in Berlin for 20 years. His works have been played at the most important festivals of contemporary/new music (Donaueschingen Music Festival, Musica Viva München, Inventionen Berlin, Maerz Musik, International de Musique Electroacoustique de Bourges, France, Festival Música Nova São Paulo, Bienal de Música Contemporânea Rio de Janeiro, etc.).
Chico Mello worked among others with colleagues such as Arnold Dreyblatt (Animal Magnetism on Tzadik (one of the favorite albums of Jim O'Rourke)), Daniel Ott, and Burkhard Schlotthauer's Wandelweiser ensemble. Currently he is working with Nicholas Bussmann (Kapital Band I / Ich schwitze nie) on a Brazilian song cycle. This album has been mastered at scape mastering studio Berlin.