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João Martins

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  • Genre: Experimental / Jazz / Other

    Location Aveiro, Aveiro, PT

    Profile Views: 18418

    Last Login: 1/25/2012

    Member Since 1/27/2007

    Website http://joaomartins.entropiadesign.org

    Record Label Let's Go To War, Rock'n'Cave

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    ...... .. .. .. .. ...................... ...... .. .. .. .. .................. ...... .. .. .. .. ........................ .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .......... .......... .... .. .. .. ......I was born in 1977 and studied saxophone in my teenage years... At a mid-point of my formal musical studies I started experimenting with non-classical music: some jazz, rock and popular music, and some contemporary and avant-garde academic stuff... I started playing freely improvised music in 1998 in a project called Ohmalone. Since then, I’ve played in many ensembles and also in solo performances, using my saxophones, some live electronics and instruments that I build myself, studying the work of several instrument builders... I’m also a sort of a composer, mainly doing music for theatre, music and other media. It’s not strict composition, because there’s a lot of improvisation and experimentation going on all the time, but it requires some structural work and some compositional techniques... .. .. ....Blog.. | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | .......... .. ........ .. .. .. .. ..Thanks to ..Mike Industries.. for the layout improvements...
  • Members

    I play saxophones, computers and keyboards and custom-built self-made electro-acoustic instruments... You can see information about the recordings available and a list of people that I've played with in the Blog section.
  • Influences

    .. ............ .. .. .. .. .. .. .................... ..Read more at the blog section...
  • Sounds Like

    .. .................... .. .. .. .. .. .. ................................................ Soundtracks for theatre, film and other media... Free Jazz with punk-hardcore influences or minimalistic ambience approaches... Contemporary electro-acoustic experiments with unconventional twists... Nice melodies or noisy atmospheres... All or nothing. ....Discography:.... ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ....Compilations:.... ........ ........

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I was born in 1977 and studied saxophone in my teenage years.
At a mid-point of my formal musical studies I started experimenting with non-classical music: some jazz, rock and popular music, and some contemporary and avant-garde academic stuff.
I started playing freely improvised music in 1998 in a project called Ohmalone. Since then, I’ve played in many ensembles and also in solo performances, using my saxophones, some live electronics and instruments that I build myself, studying the work of several instrument builders.
I’m also a sort of a composer, mainly doing music for theatre, music and other media. It’s not strict composition, because there’s a lot of improvisation and experimentation going on all the time, but it requires some structural work and some compositional techniques.


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Thanks to Mike Industries for the layout improvements.

Member Since:

January 27, 2007

Members:

I play saxophones, computers and keyboards and custom-built self-made electro-acoustic instruments.
You can see information about the recordings available and a list of people that I've played with in the Blog section.

Influences:

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Read more at the blog section.

Sounds Like:

..
Soundtracks for theatre, film and other media.
Free Jazz with punk-hardcore influences or minimalistic ambience approaches.
Contemporary electro-acoustic experiments with unconventional twists.
Nice melodies or noisy atmospheres.
All or nothing.

Discography:

We Resist Casa dos Afectos

Lost Gorbachevs F.R.I.C.S. ABRAÇO VIVO

Klank Ensemble Red Albinos

Ohmalone at Festival X Ohmalone Somatório

Compilations:

No Noise in Porto Vol. 1 No Noise in Porto Vol. 2

Record Label:

Let's Go To War, Rock'n'Cave

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