André Matos

Nome De Guerra

by André Matos

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Philip Graham Solo jazz guitar that glides into the mind, leaving gentle rhythmic footprints. Favorite track: Let Go.

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1.	Plasma Emocional 03:47	buy track
2.	Íntimo Pessoal 04:08	buy track
3.	O Meu Mundo 02:53	buy track
4.	O Céu Das Nuvens 01:25	buy track
5.	A Correr Na Praia 01:48	buy track
6.	Let Go 03:24	buy track
7.	Gabriela 02:49	buy track
8.	O Regresso 01:23	buy track
9.	A Dizer Adeus 02:05	buy track
10.	Sapo 02:23	buy track
11.	É Amor 05:15	buy track
12.	Linha De Sintra 03:23	buy track

about

The second volume of my solo guitar series, Nome De Guerra (war name or combat name), is in part an homage to Almada Negreiros´ novel with the same title.

The idea of a personal innermost ("íntimo pessoal"), that Almada talks about: something of our very own, sacred, unattainable by others, and that blossoms into our own individuality and personality, resonated with me for a long time. "Com o seu íntimo pessoal cada um poderá estar em toda a parte (...)" - (with a strong personal innermost one can be everywhere), he says in a fascinating paragraph.

This recording is the second installment of a personal journey that started with Múquina last year. In fact, I may have been contemplating such path for a good number of years, but, for an amount of reasons, while I could clearly see it, I was always drawn away from it.

Playing solo guitar and working some of these songs brought me to a primitive state that I experienced on my early days of playing and listening to music. A very familiar place, an abstraction, which I, somehow, have been partly neglecting in my adulthood.

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released December 20, 2017

Recorded by Nelson Carvalho on August 7th, 2017 at Estúdios Valentim de Carvalho, Oeiras, Portugal.

Mixed and mastered by Pete Rende in Brooklyn, NY, November 2017.

Photo by José Sarmento Matos (josesmatos.com)
Design by Maria Bouza (mariabouzap.tumblr.com)

All compositions by André Matos (Serra De Sintra Music, Sesac/ André Sarmento Matos, SPA-Portugal)

2017 Robalo Music #007. All Rights Reserved.

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