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About Me

:papercutz is about left-field and adventurous pop music.
Started as Bruno Miguel's music project they're now a live band with female vocalist Marcela Freitas and multi-instrumentalist Francisco Bernardo. Pursuing a balance between acoustic and electronic sounds on instrumental and vocal tracks, Bruno's young project has resulted from love of live instrumentation, glitchorganic electronics, dream like melodies, pop vocals and cinematic piano ambiences.
After appearances on various international compilations :papercutz is now signed toMontreal's Apegeninerecordings who has released music by artists like David Kristian, Emanuele Errante,Khonnor, Klaus Lunde (Xerxes), Julien Neto, among others, and their debut album"Lylac" shows :papercutz stretching their song pop format further.
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Su handles all of :papercutz design. You can find her [ here ].
Paulo is the multimedia guy. Here he [ is ].
They both work @ [ GoGo Pixel ].
Band photos by photographer Graça Loureiro.
See some of her work [ here ].
"Lylac" drawings by artist Julio Dolbeth. Check out his work [ here].
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:PAPERCUTZ DEBUT ALBUM 'Lylac' ON SALE WORLWIDE
DIGITAL RELEASE available on all major retailers:

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/17/2006
Band Website: www.papercutzed.com
Band Members:
Bruno Miguel


_Live_:
Bruno Miguel - Piano, vocals, melodica, sampling/fx

Marcela Freitas - Lead and ambient vocals
Francisco Bernardo - Acoustic guitar, xylo, synth

Past collaboration: :

Melissa Veras, Rodrigo Dias, Marisa Pinto

Booking: :
[email protected]
+351 914995894

Press(INT):
Olivia Hamza:
[email protected]
or
Bruno Miguel:
[email protected]

Press(PT):
Paulo Dantas:
[email protected]
+351 229475533

Need Press Kit: Get it here .

Publishing/Licensing:
Yannick Jame
(LX Editora Music Publishing):
[email protected]
+351 217 100 552

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Influences:

:papercutz
Articulated Forms
2004 Promo Edition

:papercutz
Nighttime at the playground E.P.
tube'|005
2005 test tube

:papercutz
Ultravioleta rmx's
2008 Apegenine Recordings



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Lylac
2008 Apegenine Recordings


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Lylac (Extended Version)
Digital edition only
2008 Apegenine Recordings

Base One: Paradox City V.A.
2005
Co-released by Base Recordings
& Fonoteca
Municipal de Lisboa


test tube collected works V.A.
tube'|dvd001
2007 test tube

Pantoufle Tagada V.A.
2007 petite&jolie


Cycles V.A.
[CAM100]
2007 camomille


Fnac - Novos Talentos 2008 V.A.
2008 Fnac


peixe:avião - Camaleão E.P.
2008 Rastilho records


Mogwai hört Melodic V.A.
2009 Mogwai records


The Peoples Music Awards V.A.


Sounds Like:
"On his debut full-length release Lylac, Bruno Miguel (aka :papercutz) creates an arrestingly original experimental pop style by marrying glitch-laden electronics and funky beat programming to soaring vocal melodies evocative of the producer's native Portugal and acoustic instrumentation (piano, strings, xylophone, melodica). The resultant songs are densely packed with micro-sound detail and texture but not so excessively that they collapse under their collective weight....augmented by acoustic guitar shadings, lush female vocals float dreamily over intricate arrangements of tight beat patterns throughout Lylac's forty-seven minutes."
Textura
"Bruno Miguel has created a work which doesn't show off with its diversity but instead presents a whole new vision of what antiquated terms like „Pop“, „Electronica“ and „Contemporary Composition“ might mean in the 21st century. It might be a good idea to ask for other people' s advice at times. But in this case, the best recommendations for Miguel about the future direction of :papercutz is probably to follow his own instincts."
Tokafi (Album of the month)
"A bewitching album that invites you on a fascinating trip into the world folk experimental pop music. One of the best releases in 2008! 10***"
Cuemix-magazine
 "It’s an LP specialising in a vibrant and emotional blend of electronica, glitch and synth-pop, one that provides the kind of understated intensity perfect for late night introspection."
Experimusic
 "Lylac is quite an accomplished form, it’s balance between acoustic and electronic approaches is seamless and invisible, vocal presence is foregrounded and yet not dominant, clarity of intonation of the piano, xylophone and melodicia display the technical achievements. Lovers of glitch electronicia, acoustic jazz fusion and classical ambience will be amply rewarded by the sophisticated simplicity of this album."
Cyclicdefrost
"From digitally manipulated recordings of organic instruments, to organic interpretations of abstract digitalism…I’ve always thought of our five senses as just receptors of various communication protocols through which we all attempt to send or receive a message. On Lylac, Miguel does just that. He fans out the confetti of his shredded thoughts into our ears where they circle, float, and finally settle to cover the empty spaces occupied by silence."
Headphone Comute
"...elegantly crafted in a pop sense where glitch based idm meets acoustic rhythms and vocals."
Emerging Sounds
 "Um disco como este não merece ser exclusivo de meia-dúzia de privilegiados. Está aqui um tesouro a descobrir urgentemente."
David Pinheiro 4/5 (Diário de Notícias/Disco Digital)
"O que é isto? Nova pop ambiental? Pop electrônica de câmara? A estética indie lo-fi dos anos 90 redefinida via maquinaria digital e ciência sampladélica? A resposta é previsível mas verdadeira: é tudo isso e nada disso ao mesmo tempo. É também algo mais raro do que se pensa, no que à Arte diz respeito: um acidente feliz. Porquê? Simples: por uma vez esse cliché mal contado da "falta de pretensões" constitui-se como efectiva força motriz de recomendáveis resultados finais."
RR 4/5 (Blitz)
"...será elementar confirmar aqui a ascensão da pop lusa a um estádio de maturidade decorrente do sábio cruzamento de referências da produção exterior e dos impulsos criativos de um mundo interior."
Expresso
"Apesar da alebrtura de horizontes (e geografias) propostos pelas remisturas assinadas por nomes como Neotropic, Spandex, Signer e The Sight Below, é na canção original que mora o instante mais interessante deste single. Uma canção feita de pormenores, de acontecimentos breves, de pequenos silêncios entre notas tocadas. Um reencontro interessante das electrónicas made in Portugal com vozes cantadas em português, num diálogo que garante um bom efeito de cartão de visita."
Nuno Galopim
"While I may not have heard of Papercutz before, there is going to be a concerted effort on my part to go on a hunt for more. "Ultravioleta" is a wonderfully cut-up trip of spangly synth lines and chords with broken beats, with a massive nod towards Apex Twin, Deep Forest, Peter Gabriel and a whole host more - all in one track. It's uplifting, energising and refreshing."
Connexion Bizarre (8/10)
"Schöner intensiver Pop fernab der Massenware!"
Feindesland Music Mag
"Now this is really interesting and making an original sound, which is what I am always listening for. There's quite a beautfiul melody, which is somewhat hidden by layers of texture, but that makes it all the more interesting."
Annie Nightingale (DJ/Presenter BBC)
"...inventive, original and odd. Though it reminded me attimes of Plaid/black dog. It is difficult to comment on the lyrics as they are not in English but I loved the harmonies and the interesting vocal effects."
Ian Sanderson (music producer/composer)
 "Great potential for sure."
Eddytemple-morris(DJ/Presenter/Producer Xfm)
Record Label: Apegenine
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Entrevista rádio Portugal Rebelde

Entrevista hoje no Portugal Rebelde na Douro FM 91.4 às 23H, com António Almeida.
Posted by on Wed, 13 May 2009 10:52:00 GMT

Blitz mag review / crítica revista Blitz

[translated](4/5)"What's this? New ambient Pop? Electronic Pop chamber music? 90s lo-fi indie aesthetic redefined via digital hardware and sampler science? New IDM (Jesus!)? The answer is predic...
Posted by on Tue, 05 May 2009 12:26:00 GMT

Lylac_album of the month @ Tokafi

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Posted by on Sun, 12 Apr 2009 15:22:00 GMT

:papercutz wins at The People Music Awards

:papercutz won the TPMA for best "Off the beaten track".  Thanks everyone who voted on us including the guest judges and cheers to the organization and all the bands we shared the stage with and the p...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:54:00 GMT

Review Beat Magazine Germany

There's a small review of "Lylac" on Germany's known Beat magazine on it's March edition. "Gentle polyrhythms, deep grooves, acoustic and futuristic Fado textures well as those dream voices of Melissa...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:45:00 GMT

Entrevista no programa "Santos da Casa"

Entrevista em directo esta quinta (dia 19) na Rádio Universidade de Coimbra no "Santos da Casa" com Fausto da Silva em 107.9FM ou pela emissão online.
Posted by on Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:51:00 GMT

Headphone Commute interview

I was interviewed on Headphone Commute's Two and a Half Questions.Also a review:
Posted by on Fri, 13 Mar 2009 05:45:00 GMT

Entrevista R.U.M.

Para quem não apanhou a nossa entrevista com José Reis sobre o lançamento do álbum em Portugal e dos nossos próximos concertos, ela estará disponível esta semana on-line.
Posted by on Sun, 08 Mar 2009 11:26:00 GMT

Performing at the TPMA, London

:papercutz will be performing live 2nd April Mass (Brixton, London) at The Peoples Music Awards as one of the finalists!You can buy tickets here.See you there!----------------------------------------...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Mar 2009 09:59:00 GMT

...more reviews...

Textura reviewCue-mix mag review
Posted by on Mon, 02 Mar 2009 08:42:00 GMT