Suspensão – Rayon Blanc
1. Suspensão XII – 32:14
Ernesto Rodrigues – viola
Guilherme Rodrigues – cello
Bruno Parrinha – bass clarinet
Nuno Torres – alto saxophone
Abdul Moimême – electric guitar
Rodrigo Pinheiro – piano
Hernâni Faustino – double bass
Carlos Santos – electronics
Nuno Morão – percussion
Recorded by Miguel Azguime
Mixed and mastered by Carlos Santos
Photography by Nuno Martins
Graphic Design by Carlos Santos
Produced by Ernesto Rodrigues
Recorded live on November 8th 2018 at O’Culto da Ajuda, Lisbon, during the CreativeFest#12.
Creative Sources 2019
Reviews
The fourth release from the Portuguese lowercase electroacoustic ensemble Suspensão, merging viola, cello, bass clarinet, alto sax, electric guitar, piano, double bass, percussion and electronics in intensely detailed, slow moving improvisation, revealing impressive tension and suspension of time in impeccably concentrative collective conversation. Squidco
Suspensão is a nonet, sometimes expanded to a Suspensão Ensemble. Here are two recent examples of their amazing art. Indeed, Suspensão is an unquestionable super-ensemble with Ernesto and Guilherme, with Bruno Parrinha and Rodrigo Pinheiro, Hernâni Fastino and others. “Rayon Blanc” is a live recording from November 2017 during the CreativeFest XI at O’Culto da Ajuda, Lisbon. The disc contains one 32 minutes long track, which illustrates perfectly the ingenious nature of this enterprise. It starts slowly and quietly with effects and “fake” sounds, but after some time one can distinguish different instruments. Piano plays a particularly moderating role here. It is a collective free improvisation, but clearly the viola, cello and double bass are in the lead. In the middle of the track the winds become more exposed:. alto saxophone and bass clarinet. Maciej Lewenstein