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Released: Nov 27, 2010
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NEW RELEASE

.. "ELECTRICITY" (Ayler Records 113)

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LUIS LOPES - electric guitar; RODRIGO AMADO - tenor sax; AARON GONZALEZ - doublebass; STEFAN GONZALEZ - drums

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  • Genre: Experimental / Jazz / Other

    Location Dallas/Lisbon, Portugal, Texas, Un

    Profile Views: 15748

    Last Login: 10/26/2011

    Member Since 4/8/2009

    Record Label Clean Feed, Ayler

    Type of Label Indie

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BIOGRAPHY

Humanization 4tet is the brainchild of Luis Lopes, an innovative guitarist from Lisbon, Portugal. Influenced equally by avant jazz, classic blues, heavy rock, and modern composition, Luis transcends the mere stylistic implications of his influences in order to engage and showcase a more deep, individualistic musical personality. Joining him is the strong, searching, and soulful tenor sax of Rodrigo Amado. Rodrigo is the leader of the celebrated Lisbon Improvisation Players, and is also known for his records with the likes of Ken Filiano, Kent Kessler, Paal Nilssen-Love, and Carlos Zingaro. He is also an avid and talented photographer. Completing the group are the imported family rhythm section of Aaron and Stefan Gonzalez of Dallas, Texas. They are known for their work in Yells At Eels, with their father, jazz trumpeter Dennis Gonzalez, as well as for Akkolyte, a two-piece hardcore onslaught that has earned them a reputation for uncompromising heaviness, energy, and innovation. Having already toured several times in Portugal and once in U.S.(11 cities), the 4tet is now gearing up for their second stateside tour, winding through the deep south and up the east coast next June and July, and one more in Portugal/Europe in August. After the so acclaimed first record (Luis Lopes-Humanization 4tet by Clean Feed Records) is out now on Ayler Records the second album "Electricity". Check it out! ..

ABOUT "Humanization 4tet" (debut) record

Stuart Broomer - Signal to Noise: “an arresting interesting debut”;;;;;;;;; Vincenzo Roggero – All About Jazz Italy: “Si presenta così l’Umanization 4tet, senza clamori, senza effetti pirotecnici, ma con un suono ben definito, un approccio compositivo originale, un fare un poco ruspante, le idee chiarissime, da formazione navigata […] Gruppo da seguire con grande attenzione”;;;;;;;;; Clifford Allan – Bagatellen: “It’s ambitious for a leader debut to be a program entirely original tunes, even in a seemingly post-everything milieu such as we have today, but the guitarist’s written lines acquit themselves well […] this is an intriguing and meaty debut”;;;;;;;;; Jason Bivins – Cadence Magazine: “It’s a fine record, and a nice introduction to a quirky, winning guitarist”;;;;;;;;; Steff gissels - Free Jazz Review: “The compositions are nice, with great themes and especially nice improvisations […]This is a great and stylistically balanced CD”;;;;;;;;; Greg Taylor – Amazon: “muscular and inventive”;;;;;;;;; José Carlos Fernanes – Time Out LIsboa: “Até 31 de Dezembro ainda pode acontecer muita coisa, mas nada impedirá a estreia do Humanization 4tet de ser um dos discos do ano, no que ao jazz português diz respeito […] Da confluência destas quatro mentes nasceu uma música tensa. Angustiada e de cores sombrias, que evoca, nos trechos de groove regular, o mundo sonoro dessa obra-prima negligenciada que é pariah’s Pariah, de Gary Thomas”;;;;;;;;; Ken Shimamotto – The Stash Dauber: “Humanization 4tet is the kind of record that rewards repeated listenings, like a good book or a fine painting, you can always find something there that escaped your notice before. And if that ain't hip, I don't know what is”;;;;;;;;; Yahvé M. de la Cavada – Tomajzz: “ Luis Lopes debuta con un disco muy interesante y lo hace de la mano de un grupo que le hace quitarse a uno el sombrero […] muy a tener en cuenta […] seis excelentes composiciones que se revelan como la finalidad última de este disco”

ABOUT "Electricity" record

Bruce Lee, Downtown Music Gallery: “The Humanization 4Tet is/are a particularly impressive quartet that are no doubt be a force to be reckoned with”;;;;;;;;; António Branco – Jazz.pt: “estamos perante um quarteto que destila uma música orgânica e vibrante, feita da criteriosa aglutinação de múltiplos elementos e onde composição e improvisação se conjugam de forma particularmente eficaz”;;;;;;;;; Frampi, Sun Ship blog: “Humanization 4tet est l'œuvre d'une formation moderne qui a su faire le lien entre diverses influences disparates et vigoureuses pour les mettre dans le pot commun d'une improvisation sans limite autre que le plaisir. L'auditeur aura le même sentiment de plaisir et de cohésion”;;;;;;;;;; Grego Applegate Eduards, Gapplegate Guitar and Bass blog: “There are some CDs that are so charged with life, so immediate, so vibrant, that the music literally jumps out of your speakers from the first note. That's what I am feeling with the album Electricity (Ayler 113) by the Humanization 4tet […] This is up there as a high point of the many new releases I've heard in the past year”;;;;;;;;; Steff, Freejazz blog: “The merging of styles is not a new thing, but the quality and the fun the musicians have with it transpires with every note and beat. But unlike many other endeavours, this one is very likeable for its straightforward approach and lack of pretence. It is art made human. Like a rock album, it should be listened to as a collection of songs rather than as a single unity. Nice stuff”;;;;;;;;; Sudouest blog : "Electricity" figurera donc ici comme le CD de la révélation qu'il existe un axe Lisbone-Dallas (Texas) apte à produire une musique intense, tonitruante, sèche, radicale, un blues free ne concédant rien aux beautés de ses cousins free-style de Chicago ou de New York dont la proximité dans la longueur d'onde jaillit immédiatement aux oreilles";;;;;;;;; José Carlos Fernandes, Time Out Lisboa: “A escuta de Electricity ocupar-lhe-á cerca de uma hora, mas depois fica com carga para uma semana de actividade”;;;;;;;;; Tom Hull: “very solid – A”

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