untitled #284

Original environmental source materials recorded in Lisbon during the spring of 1992. Edited, mutated, composed, mixed and mastered at ‘mobile messor’ (Amsterdam), summer 2011. Commissioned by Maria Matos Teatro Municipal for the event ‘Dia da Abundância’. Premiered at the Teatro Maria Matos, Lisbon, on July 16th 2011. Many thanks to Pedro Santos, Joaquim René, Ana Gomes, Zé Rui, Mafalda Santos and all the crew of Teatro Maria Matos. [Note: occasional distortion in this piece is an aesthetic decision and is explicitly intentional; its extent and characteristics will vary according to the speakers/headphones used] Photograph by Francisco López.