Mediterrânic Ensemble
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José Carlos Severino (Mandolin), Mário Bacelar (Nylon String Guitar) and Pedro Glória (Drums and Percussions) are join in the Spring of 2004 and with them the Mediterrânic Ensemble, original World/Folk Fusion Music is born.
The search of the balance between nostalgic and cheerful melodies, soft and pleasant harmonies with sensible and dancing-like rhythms in an intimist fusion between several music from the world, is one of the characteristics of this project.
Musically, Mediterrânic Ensemble is looking for a modern blending of different musical styles with different music of the world in a musically cool project, making musical paintings with the melody and improvisation of the mandolin, the harmonic constructions of a nylon string guitar, using effects in both instruments to create spaces in the music, and drums & percussions that create a dynamical rhythmic structure that impregnates and give form, together with the other instruments, to the music.
[edit] Libéracion – The CD
Libéracion is a word formed with the French word libération and the Spanish word liberación which is comprehensible in English (liberation) and Portuguese (libertação).
The 10 songs of this CD where chosen to give a wide perspective of the musical atmosphere of this project. This list gives their Portuguese title and a (self chosen) label about what might be considered the musical style of the song.
| song | style |
|---|---|
| Canção mediterrânica | Mediterranean world/folk |
| As lendas de um mar | Mediterranean world/folk |
| Sob um céu imaginário | Semi-acoustic fusion |
| Em torno de centro nenhum | Semi-acoustic progressive rock |
| Corporal | Progressive MPB |
| Elegia a um tucano morto | Portuguese-Brazilian world/folk |
| Bando mando | Progressive afro |
| Yô ê má | Semi-acoustic reggae |
| Em forma de arabesco | Semi-acoustic chill out |
| Canção pela libertação | Semi-acoustic progressive pop/rock |
Libéracion was recorded during 2006 in Algarve at the rehearsal room of the project in Lagos and in Faro at the home of one musician, with personal equipment from the musicians, the sole intervenient in the production of the CD. The recording equipment traveled around in the preparation of the CD.
The photos of the CD where taken during several journeys in the coast of Algarve, from one end (the city of Vila Real de Santo António) to another (Cape St Vincent). The cover photo (the right side photo) was taken in the lighthouse at the cape. The back photo was taken in Ria Formosa, near the small village of Cacela Velha. The two inside photos where taken at fisherman’s beach in Albufeira.
The design of the web page and the CD where made together, using the white of the southern houses, and the blue of the ocean as the main colors.
