"Music is an art form in which the medium is sound organized in time. Common elements of music are pitch (which governs melody and harmony), rhythm (and its associated concepts tempo, meter, and articulation), dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture. The word derives from Greek µ??s??? (mousike), "(art) of the Muses".
The creation, performance, significance, and even the definition of music vary according to culture and social context. Music ranges from strictly organized compositions (and their recreation in performance), through improvisational music to aleatoric forms. Music can be divided into genres and subgenres, although the dividing lines and relationships between music genres are often subtle, sometimes open to individual interpretation, and occasionally controversial. Within "the arts", music may be classified as a performing art, a fine art, and auditory art.
To people in many cultures, music is inextricably intertwined into their way of life. Greek philosophers and ancient Indians defined music as tones ordered horizontally as melodies and vertically as harmonies. Common sayings such as "the harmony of the spheres" and "it is music to my ears" point to the notion that music is often ordered and pleasant to listen to. However, 20th-century composer John Cage thought that any sound can be music, saying, for example, "There is no noise, only sound." According to musicologist Jean-Jacques Nattiez, "the border between music and noise is always culturally defined—which implies that, even within a single society, this border does not always pass through the same place; in short, there is rarely a consensus.… By all accounts there is no single and intercultural universal concept defining what music might be, except that it is 'sound through time'." (in Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
"CIMA" [Searching Records SEA015]
"Cima" is the 3rd release by guitarist and visual artist Manuel Gião, and the first one available to a wider audience. Manuel sweeps through a whole lot of very diverse approaches to guitar expression, from the early 80's NYC minimalism to the good vibes and freedom of pure free-form playing. "Cima" is intensely personal music, and therefore unclassifiable. Just listen to it.
"GRANDONDA" [Larraskito LARR014]
Manuel Giao es un guitarrista y modificador de instrumentos que opera desde Barreiro, en Portugal. Su trabajo, según sus palabras influenciado por la primera música industrial, el free-jazz, el "drone" y el rock mas abstracto, busca su inspiración mas extrasonora en la relación entre el hombre la naturaleza. Las 2 piezas que componen su disco "Grandonda" no son una excepción: atmosferas majestuosas y levemente psicodélicas, realizadas en base a su guitarra y efectos, que parecen clamar a las montañas que rodean su tierra.
RELEASED:
CABEÇO / BUÇO / CANIÇO (2007, CDR, self-released)
CÚ (2007, CDR, self-released)
CIMA (2007, CDR, Searching Records (PT) SEA015)
MACADAME [Manuel Gião, Tiago Sousa and VÃtor Lopes über trio] (2008, online , Merzbau (PT) MERZ0031)
Home on the Range Compilation [features "Penedo" and music by Slasher Risk, Sky Limousine, Mike Shiflet, Cursillistas, Sean McCann, Frango, Tusco Terror, Gorman, and many others] (2008, CDR, Open Range Records (US) ORR-010)
GRANDONDA (2008, online , Larraskito (ES) LARR014)
UPCOMING:
• BALEARES (CDR) Searching Récordes (PT)
• CAÇA (3" CDR) on Tragic Creature Recordings (US)
TO BE RELEASED:
• a C30 on Open Range Records (US)
• a record with PCF Moya
• a 3'' CDR on Quase (PT)
More things to come forward. xixis
