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SERPENTE INFINITA

by José Valente

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1.
Serpente Infinita 04:11
2.
Relações entre Indivíduos 11:01
3.
Por mais 50 cêntimos 05:22
4.
Mastigando 01:33
5.
Todos os Dias 05:44
6.
Pesadelo Sonhado 07:13
7.
Laranja Mecânica 06:01
8.
A Espera 03:07
9.
Respiração Interrompida 07:28
10.
Esparguete em Sangue 04:03

about

WINNER PRÉMIO CARLOS PAREDES 2019 Award.
5/5 stars on jazz.pt magazine
2018 album of the year list in jazz.pt magazine
2018 album of the year list for Rui Eduardo Paes and João Esteves da Silva.

"Serpente Infinita, do violetista (eléctrico e eclético) José Valente: soberba obra de vanguarda, que revisita a grande modernista portuguesa Ana Hatherly, poetisa, calígrafa e artista plástica."​
Nuno Rogeiro, revista Sábado

“(…) Certain is that if the words give flair and conduct the music, the viola assumes behaviourally the roll of the mentioned serpent that moves towards the infinity, zigzagging through the three movements of the piece almost as, although the separation between parts/tracks of the CD (10 in total), there isn’t a beginning or an ending, neither a tail or a head.
José Valente either resolutely enters into the realm of contemporary music, in its more classical or sophisticated substance (yes, there are occasions that we think of Paganinni and Shostakovich, depending the performance or composition’s accent), either interiorizes characteristics from other musical styles. (…) The musician from Porto is back, with a work that only doesn’t surprise you, because one could guess, already in “Os Pássaros estão estragados”, that this would be his destination. ”
Rui Eduardo Paes, jazz.pt magazine.

“Three years after the excellent “Os Pássaros estão estragados”, the composer and violist José Valente returns with “Serpente Infinita” to the essential themes that he then launched to better understand our contemporary times: freedom or the lack of it, the apathy, the banality of the daily life. (…) the Oporto’s musician offers us a dense and unrest full work. (…) Valente’s approach, once delicate, once dramatically rough, conciliates the rigorousness of classical music, the challenge of free improvisation and the primordial energy of rock music, with Marta Bernardes declamations, being the explorative key for the intimacy between music and words.”
António Branco, Diário do Alentejo

"(...) Serpente Infinita, ou como, após audição, lhe poderíamos chamar de “o ar que respiramos no dia-a-dia”. É um disco composto por dez faixas, contando com poemas de Ana Hatherly, declamados por Marta Bernardes, ajudando a dar mais magnificência ao disco do compositor. (...) Ressoam aqui as sonoridades do que poderá ser considerado também free jazz, puro improviso com muita da sabedoria que José Valente transmite ao longo deste Serpente Infinita, (...) É isto que faz com que este seja um disco de essencial audição apesar de lançado tardiamente em 2018. (...) A música como meio de expressão dos dias, a música mais clássica que passa por contemporânea, algo que José Valente faz da melhor maneira tentando chegar às pessoas e tendo uma mensagem de que a música considerada clássica sabe reinventar-se, sabe ocupar o seu espaço na actualidade, (...)"
Duarte Fortuna, Threshold Magazine.

credits

released November 9, 2018

Concept, idea, musical direction: José Valente
Musical composition, viola, electronics, "Constel", percussion: José Valente
Drums and percussion: João Rocha
Special appearence by Marta Bernardes
Recording, mixing and mastering: André Espada
Photo: Carlos Valente
Design: Alexandra Matos
Lyrics: Ana Hatherly and José Valente
Production: Musibéria and José Valente
Label: Respirar d’Ouvido (nome da editora)
Support: Município de Serpa

“Serpente Infinita” was created between September and December 2017 within RAM (Residências Artísticas Musibéria) program.This work was recorded, mixed and master between September 2017 and July 2018 at Music Studios Musibéria, in Serpa. The instrument "Constel" was invented by Leandro César.

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