Nascer

Artists

Album Info

Release Date: 2001

Label: MA Recordings

Nascer is a collection of free and personal performances of folk melodies, taken from both the Portuguese and Sefardic traditions. The absolute origin of music, as far as places and authors are concerned, will have to remain in question. References to Portuguese and Sefardic roots only name, "thank" and pay tribute to the people who have been perserving the melodies' memories through time. All melodies are born in certain places, within certain borders, but like human beings, melodies are also very apt to cross borders and travel through countries and centuries, in a non-ending voyage. With this in mind, once can perhaps grasp the poetical aimings of the title, Nascer (the Portuguese "to be born") as a sign pointing to both music and life:
An active passion and a personal variation of silence.
Berlin, April 24, 2001 João Paulo Esteves da Silva

All melodies harmonized by João Paulo, except Bilrou, Deolinda and Tirioni, harmonized by Ricardo Dias

96 kHz High Sampling
Digital Recording, October, 2000
Saint George British Anglican Church, Lisboa
Microphones: MA Recordings Original DC powered, line level with Bruel & Kjær mm 0042 capsules, designed by Junichi Yonetani
Microphone cables (10 meter pair) by Georges Cardas
Recorder: Pioneer D-07A High Sampling DAT, modified by Junichi Yonetani
Mastered using the Timelord "Chronus" Libidium Atomic Frequency Standard in conjuction with DCS 992 MK II Master Clock & 972 D to D Converter
Monitored on Stax Lambda Pro Earspeakers w/balanced driver unit

Acknowledgments: Fernando Rosado, Andrew Swinerton, Adelina, Adeline, João and Nazaré, and Timelord inc. Japan
Piano: Hamburg Steinway D. courtesy of Fernando Rosado
Location Coordination: João Paulo

3-Panel digipak.