DYSTOPIA Miguel Ângelo trio
“Art was, is, and always will be both weapon and refuge.
In these dark times we inhabit, it is urgent to resist —
to reclaim the purity of simply being,
us and art, face to face, without noise or disguise.”
(Miguel Ângelo)
DYSTOPIA is the new album by the trio led by double bassist and composer Miguel Ângelo, released under the brand-new label
+RECORDS.
Following the acclaimed
UTOPIA, released in 2019, the trio — now featuring
Luís Ribeiro on guitar and
Mário Costa on drums — returns with a surprising and immersive work.
DYSTOPIA is more than just an album — it’s an intense, provocative, and deeply current sonic narrative.
Listen :
The album will be released on June 13, and the presentation concert will take place on
June 17, at 9:30 PM at the FEUP auditorium. Free admission.
More info on the link:
www.miguelangeloctb.com/ma3
KiMiKus
MODOS NOVOS
My new project with my friend is singing Kiko Pereira:
KiMiKus
KiMiKus is the new jazz project that combines the resonant sounds of Prof. Mikelius (double bass player Miguel Ângelo) with vocals by the enigmatic Dr. K (singer Kiko Pereira).
The duo presents their debut album “Modus Novos”, which promises to be a sublime collection of poetic compositions, illustrated with a mini story in the form of a comic strip created with photos by Anabela Trindade and drawings by Yasmin Machado.
Find out more here:
KiMiKus
DANÇA DOS DESASTRADOS
After released “BRANCO", the group´s debut album, in 2013, and the album “A VIDA DE X”, in 2016, Quarteto, led by bassist and composer Miguel Ângelo, now promotes the third work of the quartet - “DANÇA DOS DESASTRADOS”.
Based on possible Traditional Dances, real or imagined, this is the proposal of the music group to listen, feel and dance, even for the most “clumsy”.
About the digital project
The arts complement each other, intersect, run over each other and in conjunction allow for new achievements and realities. For this reason, the double bassist and composer, who is also a computer programmer, allied himself with the graphic artist Maria Mónica, author of the album´s cover and, from the music and cover of the album, created a new digital “autonomous” world, game, landscape and / or virtual reality so that music, design and technology enhance the sensory experience of the listener / interlocutor (a).
Create your world
HERE.
More info!.
Buy:
Bandcamp |
Spotify |
ITunes
With the support of Fundação GDA.
MAU
MAU (Miguel Ângelo Utopia) is the new project led by double bass player Miguel Ângelo. MAU is composed by:
Miguel Ângelo - Doublebass,
Miguel Moreira - Guitar and
Mário Costa - Drums.
UTOPIA is the title of this MAU trio´s debut album. You can listen and buy it here!
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LAND
MAZAM (2020)
In his most recent original project, Mortágua explores the characteristics of the quartet with piano, joining an emblematic rhythmic section, in favor of a fresh and refined product. Without filters, you cry the sorrow of the seaside and laugh in the face of joy on the mountain. This space is made of everything and nothing. It is not, MAZAM.
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«SEM MUROS NEM AMEIAS»
Interview by António Branco @ Jazz.pt
The bassist and composer Miguel Ângelo returned to the albums in his own name with a new project, MAU - Miguel Ângelo Utopia. In this work, and starting from the great work of Englishman Thomas More, the musician assumes an attitude of intervention and counterpoint in the face of the current political panorama. In a long conversation, jazz.pt wanted to know what is on your mind. (by António Branco).
Read it here!
MAP + CHRIS CHEEK
PEDRO NEVES TRIO
In December 2018, MAP did a small tour with the great sax player Chris Cheek. From the live concerts we have compliled the best moments and did a great album. Beside playing the double bass, i have mix and masterized the album.
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Murmuration it is the Pedro Neves trio new album. It is one of the most beatifull albuns i have participated. Beside my function as bass player i did the recording, mix and master of the album!
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I THINK I´M GOING TO EAT DESSERT
Miguel Ângelo Solo (out 2017)
Creative Sources Records
I think I´m going to eat dessert refers to that moment after the main course, in which we have to decide whether to eat that additional dish which, although it is dispensable in nutritional terms, it is justified only by the pleasure of satisfying our need for sugar or additional taste sensations. This album is a bit of this, they are mostly moments of pure improvisation, unrepeatable, which, for me, make musical and emotional sense.
A VIDA DE X
Miguel Ângelo Quartet
"A VIDA DE X" consists of ten compositions inspired by fictional characters or imaginary or real stories that the quartet gave life and hopes that each listener create his own vision and this way, X gets a new life.
Besides music, the CD contains a book with an illustration by theme. The illustrations are by Maria Mónica (5:10), José Rui Coelho (2, 3, 6 and 9) and Inês Coelho (1, 4, 7 and 8).
"A VIDA DE X" is not a simple life is a tangle of them! ...
4o Festival Porta-Jazz
A great party, great quality music, public and a great atmosphere. I attended the concert with my quartet music from the album BRANCO and the world premiere of Super Modern Ensemble and beautiful debut was. See the report of jazz.pt.
Nice December!
December is generally pretty, for those who enjoy the spirit of Christmas, or just party, hugs and kisses. This year will be even better to me.
December will be released a record that I am very proud. A beautiful trio like someone I know says "the best trio of street moreira" ... a trio with the pianist and friend Pedro Neves and Leandro Leonet on drums... it's gonna be beautiful. The 7 release from Carimbo porta-Jazz
Release concert at
Museu Vivo da Fogaça and Contrabaixo Bar
Two beautiful nights in two beautiful spaces (Museu vivo da Fogaça - Contrabaixo Bar - Mira), where the songs won another dimension.
At
Museu vivo da Fogaça a composed house, in a very beautiful (upright piano ) and a beautiful concept, provided the perfect conditions for a beautiful concert, thank you to those who were there, and in particular Moisés!
At
Contrabaixo Bar strong> in Mira, the night was "unhinging" energies to 100%, with an attentive and connoisseur audience, was just fantastic. Thank you Chico!!
Here is the video of the theme TEMPO on Contrabaixo:
Algumas fotos, cortesia do Jorge Vidal!
Release concert at FEUP
October 3, 2013 is another day saved in my bank of beautiful memories. Full House, a beautiful public, good environment, everything that is needed for a good concert.
And, at least for us group, it was a fun and judging by the reactions to the public too ...
So to all those who were present at the commission's cultural FEUP, Dr. Luis Melo and Paul Vasques, thank you ...
VOLTAS? | JÁ NÃO VOLTAS @ FEUP
Podem ver as fotos aqui, cortesia do fantástico Amaral Moreira
Miguel Ângelo Trio
The Miguel Ângelo Trio is a project that explores the possibilities of improvised music as an extension of the composition process, blending elements from various musical aesthetics to create new sounds and textures. Led by double bassist and composer Miguel Ângelo, the trio features Luís Ribeiro on guitar and Mário Costa on drums.
The repertoire consists of original compositions by Miguel Ângelo, serving as a foundation for improvisation. Combining creativity, spontaneity, and a deep musical connection, the trio crafts a sound with its own unique identity – strong, free, and uninhibited.
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KiMiKus
Get ready to embark on a captivating musical journey with KiMiKus, a dynamic jazz duo that blends the resonant sounds of Prof. Mikelius (Miguel Ângelo) mesmerizing double bass with the vocals of the enigmatic Dr. K (Kiko Pereira).
With their musical interactions and innovative approach, KiMiKus is pushing the boundaries of contemporary jazz, drawing inspiration from various musical influences. Their compositions are an intriguing fusion of classic jazz elements infused with contemporary textures, experimental indie, pop, and spoken word.
Miguel Ângelo´s mastery of the double bass is inspiring. With intricate melodies, deep bass lines, and extraordinary improvisational skills, he weaves a musical matrix that forms the backbone of every KiMiKus performance. His art adds depth and complexity to the duo´s sound, captivating the audience with each nuanced note.
Complementing Miguel´s instrumental prowess is Kiko Pereira´s velvety voice. Possessing a remarkable vocal range and a commanding stage presence, Kiko effortlessly conveys the deep emotions embedded in his lyrics that explore the complexities of life, the passage of time, and everyday stories, offering a unique perspective that invites introspection.
Carlos Azevedo Quartet
Carlos Azevedo is one of the most fantastic Portuguese composers, with compositions in the fields of jazz and classical music.
Carlos Azevedo, piano and compositions
Miguel Moreira, guitar
Michelangelo, double bass
Mario Costa, drums
Pedro Neves Trio
Pedro Neves, Miguel Ângelo and Leandro Leonet, three musicians with a musical identity uninhibited and enthusiastic, looking for fun and challenge that leads them to play together.
Pedro Neves – Piano
Miguel Ângelo – DoubleBass
Leandro Leonet – Drums
Pedro Neves trio debut album "Ausente", listen here:
http://pedroneves.bandcamp.com/album/ausente
Luis Ribeiro 6tet
In a moment nothing. In the other everything. All possibilities, all journeys, all versions of reality.
In a moment of silence. In the other song.
The initial premise of this work was the moment of the first step.
Is the first note correct? Is the first story true? Is the first improvisation fair?
Doubts that disappear immediately because the songs emancipate themselves. They grow quickly and escape our control. A control that never exists.
This work was written in two weeks at the beginning of the pandemic, at a time when the world stopped and I walked. It is the result of my partnership with five majestic musicians who
who shared my vision and who shone it with their light. It is the result of late nights, stages, conversations, a life steeped in music.
One moment a blank page. In the other a drop of paint fell.",
Luís Ribeiro, March 2023
Luís Ribeiro - guitar
Hugo Ciriaco - tenor saxophone
Rui Teixeira - baritone saxophone
Joaquim Rodrigues - piano
Miguel Ângelo- double bass
Marcos Cavaleiro - drums
Joaquim Rodrigues 7teto
P L E X U S is the musical expression (or interpretation) of a geographically delimited time and space, markedly bucolic and full of countless complexities based on truly simple problems. It reflects the harshness, the harsh climate, the desertification and the solitude. But also the many points added to the story, its ramifications and nature in its fullness and in its extremes. P L E X U S is this inclusive multidimensional search, devoid of prejudice, genuine, and at times contemplative.
Music by Joaquim Rodrigues
Xose Miguélez (tenor saxophone)
Joaquim Rodrigues (piano)
Luís Ribeiro (electric guitar)
Pedro Santos (electric bass)
Miguel Ângelo (double bass)
Marcos Cavaleiro (drums)
Mário Costa (drums)
Rui Fernandes Quartet
The “Rui Fernandes Quartet” project is unique in the world because its main instrument is the viola amarantina.
The quartet performed for the first time in October 2021, at the Teatro de Vila Real, to promote the songs that resulted in the release of the first work called “A Viola Amarantina”.
The surprise and interest that this sound aroused led to the organization of a tour to spread the sound of this Portuguese guitar.
In 2024, the quartet will present new songs and, consequently, a new work called Para Dois Corações, which delves deeper into the timbral richness of the viola amarantina.
In 2018, Rui Fernandes began exploring the viola amarantina and with his original compositions he aims to contribute to the creation of a new repertoire for this musical instrument and open doors to a new approach to this very Portuguese instrument.
The quartet is made up of: Rui Fernandes, viola amarantina; Pedro Neves, piano; Miguel Ângelo, double bass; Miguel Sampaio, percussion.
MAZAM
In his most recent original project, saxophonist João Mortágua explores the sound of the piano quartet, joining an emblematic rhythmic section for a fresh and refined product.
Without filters, one weeps at the hurt at the seaside and laughs at the joy on the mountain. Everything and nothing is made this patrol space.
With a disc in their pocket, to be released later this year, this group gravitates between improvisations and some of the saxophonist´s latest compositions.
Joao Mortágua, saxophone
Carlos Azevedo, piano
Miguel Ângelo, double bass
Mário Costa, drums
Miguel Ângelo Solo
A new adventure begins. If in the two previous projects we had Miguel Ângelo as leader in a Quartet that gave life and expression to his original works in a frank, well defined and intense way, in this project we see him venturing solo, accompanied by the faithful doublebass.
Making music is an act of daring, it even becomes an act of madness, to do it solo is even more so. I´ve always been involved in solo creative processes, especially in a multi-instrumentalist way, I like what gets me out of the usual axes and paths. Today, I feel mature and easy enough to do it with the Double Bass solo.
It is music, mostly improvised, experimental, where I explore the sounds and voices of the double bass, tunings, timbres and some effects and loops, all created in real time.
In short, a risk!
Jogo de Damas
4 “queens” met each other for a game in the nice old Port Wine City, PORTO - coming from different spots of life, but with a common wish - making vocal harmony and drinking some Port. So, here we are!
Barbara Francke, Fátima Serro, Gabriela Braga Simões, Sameiro Sequeira.
Quatro vozes a cappella cruzadas num repertório internacional, por dentro e por fora, acompanhadas ao piano, contrabaixo e bateria nalgumas paragens deste universo novo.
Paulo Gomes - piano ; Miguel Ângelo - contrabaixo ; Acácio Salero - bateria
TUDO COMEÇA AGORA
Carlos Peninha (2023)
This song was created during the Covid-19 pandemic period. Its composition aims to reflect on humanity´s determination to overcome the aggression of the pandemic, as well as to reflect on the continuous aggression that nature has suffered and which is bringing us to a point of no return.
"Everything begins now" aims to convey a desire for a fresh start, a rebirth from the ashes, a search for a renewed consciousness.
Composition - Carlos Peninha
String arrangements (1,3,6,9) - Manuel Maio
Carlos Peninha – Electric guitar
Luísa Vieira – Transverse flute (Flute)
Rodrigo Neves – Alto and soprano saxophone (Alto and Soprano Sax)
Miguel Ângelo – Double Bass
Leandro Leonet - Drums (Drums)
Manuel Maio – Acoustic and electric violin (Violin) (1,3,6,7,9)
Vincent Brunel – Viola (Viola) (6.9)
Miguel Ángel González – Cello (Cello) (1,3,6,9)
Produced by Carlos Peninha
Artistic co-production - Miguel Ângelo and Manuel Maio
Recorded at CDM studios, by Miguel Ângelo, in January 2023
String recording, by Manuel Maio, in April and May 2023
Technical support and capture of additional recordings - Miro Carvalho
Mixing and mastering - Miguel Ângelo
Graphic editing and illustration - Mariana Marques
DE PORTA ABERTA
Coletivo de Solos (2020)
Difícil seria prever que o nosso 61º lançamento discográfico viria a ser um álbum com solos de 39 músicos fechados em casa numa quarentena “pandémica”.
Mais fácil foi prever que a adesão ao convite, lançado aos músicos ligados ao Carimbo Porta-Jazz, iria ser massiva e que o resultado poderia vir a ser tão eclético quanto único nesta poética dicotomia que traduz os tempos de hoje, separados mas ainda assim juntos.
O convite foi lançado e o desafio consistia em gravar em casa pelos próprios meios e com um mínimo de qualidade sonora obrigatória, um solo com a duração máxima de 3 minutos mais a premissa de fazer algo que fosse possível reproduzir ao vivo e a solo.
Juntar ao nosso catálogo um disco, para já em formato digital e em que o valor das vendas reverta para todos os músicos e restantes profissionais envolvidos.
Certamente que á partida o retorno monetário não será muito para cada um mas isso só quer dizer que felizmente somos muitos e que se vocês também forem muitos a apoiar faremos crescer, desta vez para variar, uma bonita curva.
“De Porta Aberta”, uma intensa e intima viagem por 39 universos musicais em tempos de pandemia.
MÚSICA de:
Acácio Salero, Alexandre Coelho, António Augusto Aguiar, AP, Bruno Macedo, Carlos Azevedo, Daniel Dias, Demian Cabaud, Diogo Dinis, Eurico Costa, Filipe Teixeira, Gonçalo Marques, Hugo Ciríaco, Hugo Raro, João Grilo, João Guimarães, João Mortágua, João Paulo Rosado, João Pedro Brandão, José Carlos Barbosa, José Pedro Coelho, José Soares, Luís Lapa, Mané Fernandes, Marcos Cavaleiro, Mariana Vergueiro, Miguel Ângelo, Miguel Sampaio, Nuno Campos, Nuno Trocado, Paulo Costa, Pedro Melo Alves, Pedro Neves, Pedro Vasconcelos, Renato Dias, Rui Teixeira, Sérgio Tavares, Susana Santos Silva, Torbjorn Zetterberg
Masterização: Sérgio Valmont
Grafismo: Maria Mónica
MAP + CHRIS CHEEK
MAP (2019)
New album of the MAP Colective, this time with the great pleasure of sharing it wirh the great sax player, Chris Cheek.
This album recorded live in 7 de dezembro at Festival Porta Jazz 2018 no Teatro Rivoli e 8 de dezembro no auditório do Conservatório de Música de Coimbra.
Paulo Gomes Piano
Miguel Moreira Guitarra
Miguel Ângelo Contrabaixo
Acácio Salero Bateria
PONTO DE VISTA
Carlos Peninha (2019)
Guitarist and composer, Carlos Peninha was born in Viseu in 1962. After three decades of artistic work in several areas, Peninha made his debut as a leader with the album Tocar o Chão, published in 2017, where he explored the song format in connection with Portuguese poetry. Now, on the second album, Ponto de Vista, Peninha invests in an admittedly jazzy project.
This new album Peninha (guitars and Rhodes) is accompanied by three of the most notable musicians of the current national jazz scene: João Mortágua on alto and soprano saxophones, Miguel Ângelo on contrabass and Marcos Cavaleiro on drums. There is also a guest, Luísa Vieira, who contributes with transversal flute and voice on two themes.
The music recorded here was composed by Peninha at different times, between 1987 and 2018, and the author states that "it intends to take a free approach, so that this record captures the spontaneity of a new reading". The disc reveals a set of compositions well served by collective involvement, producing solid work. Point of View can be heard on Bandcamp.
Nuno Catarino
April 11, 2020
Carlos Peninha - Guitars and Rhodes (Guitars and Rhodes)
João Mortágua - Alto and Soprano Saxophones (Alto and Soprano Sax)
Miguel Ângelo - Double Bass (Double Bass)
Marcos Cavaleiro - Drums (Drums)
Special guest:
Luísa Vieira - Transverse Flute (5) and Voice (10) (Flute and Voice)
Recorded on July 15, 16 and 17, 2019 at the CDM studio.
Produced by Carlos Peninha
Capture, mixing and mastering - Miguel Ângelo
Technical support and recording in additional recordings - Miro Carvalho.
Photography- Rafael Farias and Carlos Peninha
Graphic Edition - Mariana Marques
Edited on Physical CD on 12/08/2019 in Viseu Portugal