Hugo Carvalhais - Ascetica [2022]

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Considered one of the most talented and sui generis portuguese bassists of his generation, after a seven-year hiatus without presenting any record under his own name, Hugo Carvalhais, one of the best kept secrets of Portugal's jazz scene, is back with an album and he never stops surprising us.

After three internationally acclaimed albums with the participation of musicians such as Tim Berne, Emile Parisien Dominique Pifarély, Mário Costa and Gabriel Pinto, there is something new coming up. "Nebulosa" (2010, Clean Feed Records) introduced us to the infinitely great. "Particula" (2012, Clean Feed Records) was about the infinitely small. Between these two immeasurable extremes "Grand Valis" (2015, Clean Feed Records) questioned the nature of the outer reality we perceive and where we move in everyday life. And here we come across the new "Ascetica" (2022, Clean Feed Records), a plunge into our inner selves and the depths of consciousness that has always been there since the beginning of human experience. It is in this unfathomable place that since the dawn of time we have been confronted with enigmas, beauty, fear, wonder, light and darkness.

Shrouded in strangeness and mystery, "Ascetica" is based on a search for those fleeting moments, when something magical occurs. The term “magical” is a simplification - because these moments are actually inexplicable. They only occur from time to time. We don't know why or how. As lovers of jazz music, we sometimes recognise them. That is the quest. That is what Carvalhais is attempting to achieve. We encounter them in “Ascetica”. 

lançado em 18 de março de 2022

Hugo Carvalhais doublebass, electronics

with

Emile Parisien soprano saxophone

Liudas Mockunas tenor saxophone, clarinet

Fábio Almeida alto saxophone, flute

Gabriel Pinto piano, organ, synthesizer

Mário Costa drums

All compositions by Hugo Carvalhais except 3, 7, 12 by Hugo Carvalhais and Gabriel Pinto

Recorded October 2021 by João Bessa at Miramar Session Studios, Serafim Borges at Groovewood studios and Mareike Sindermann at Tundra Estúdio | Mixed and mastered by João Bessa

Produced by Hugo Carvalhais | Executive production by Pedro Costa for Trem Azul | Artwork by Machado Leão | Design by Travassos | Liner notes by Gonçalo Falcão

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Hugo Carvalhais - Grand Valis [2015]

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Hugo Carvalhais - Partícula [2012]

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After the success obtained by his debut CD, “Nebulosa”, a couple of years ago, expectations were high regarding the next step to be walked by Portuguese bassist and composer Hugo Carvalhais with his fixed trio, including pianist and synthesizer player Gabriel Pinto and drummer Mário Costa. Here it is, and fulfilling entirely our most ambitious desires. Now, in “Particula”, instead of the American saxophonist Tim Berne as special guest, we have two French musicians of similar importance: the soprano revelation Émile Parisien, member of Daniel Humair’s New Reunion Quartet and a frequent Carvalhais collaborator on stage, and violinist Dominique Pifarély, a regular Louis Sclavis companion. Together, they very rarely form a quintet – more often, we find in this recording a series of quartets, trios, duos and solos, always presenting fresh and defying associations between pre-established structures and improvisation. With this second opus, Carvalhais confirms all the assumptions we made about his future. Remember this name, because certainly more will come.

lançado em 1 de janeiro de 2012

Artwork, Design – Travassos

Double Bass, Electronics, Composed By, Producer – Hugo Carvalhais

Drums – Mário Costa

Liner Notes – Stuart Broomer

Organ, Piano, Synthesizer – Gabriel Pinto

Recorded By, Mastered By, Mixed By – João Ferraz (2)

Soprano Saxophone – Emile Parisien

Violin – Dominique Pifarély

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Fátima Serro & Paulo Gomes - Quinto Elemento [2005]

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released January 1, 2005

Fátima Serro - Vocals

Paulo Gomes - Piano

Hugo Carvalhais - Acoustic Bass

Paulo Coelho - Drums and Percussion

Jorge Reis - Saxophones

Paulo Pinto - Guitar

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