Telectu
Encyclopedia
Telectu is a Portuguese experimental
, avant-garde music
duo formed in 1982 by Vítor Rua (former member of GNR
) and Jorge Lima Barreto, a jazz musician and musical essayist. Their music incorporates a variety of elements from free jazz
, rock
, electronica
, minimalism
and concrete music. They are arguably the most important project of its genre in Portugal. Their career spanning 30 years, includes a voluminous discography, many national and international performances and collaborations, both live and recorded, with important experimental and improvisation musicians such as Elliot Sharp, Carlos Zíngaro
, Jac Berrocal
, Sunny Murray
, Chris Cutler
amongst others. They have also composed music for theater, video art and multimedia performance.
Experimental music
Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...
, avant-garde music
Avant-garde music
Avant-garde music is a term used to characterize music which is thought to be ahead of its time, i.e. containing innovative elements or fusing different genres....
duo formed in 1982 by Vítor Rua (former member of GNR
GNR (band)
GNR is a Portuguese band founded in 1981. This band shares its acronym with the Guarda Nacional Republicana and is inseparable from the concept of Portuguese rock. Many years after its creation, numerous recordings show the band's popularity...
) and Jorge Lima Barreto, a jazz musician and musical essayist. Their music incorporates a variety of elements from free jazz
Free jazz
Free jazz is an approach to jazz music that was first developed in the 1950s and 1960s. Though the music produced by free jazz pioneers varied widely, the common feature was a dissatisfaction with the limitations of bebop, hard bop, and modal jazz, which had developed in the 1940s and 1950s...
, rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
, electronica
Electronica
Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...
, minimalism
Minimalist music
Minimal music is a style of music associated with the work of American composers La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, and Philip Glass. It originated in the New York Downtown scene of the 1960s and was initially viewed as a form of experimental music called the New York Hypnotic School....
and concrete music. They are arguably the most important project of its genre in Portugal. Their career spanning 30 years, includes a voluminous discography, many national and international performances and collaborations, both live and recorded, with important experimental and improvisation musicians such as Elliot Sharp, Carlos Zíngaro
Carlos Zingaro
Carlos Zíngaro is a Portuguese violinist and electronic musician active in free improvisation....
, Jac Berrocal
Jac Berrocal
Jacques "Jac" Berrocal is a French trumpeter, singer and composer. He has been active since the 1970s in the independent and avant-garde music scene, and has released many albums. He also founded and performed in the group Catalogue, and has collaborated with Ron Anderson...
, Sunny Murray
Sunny Murray
James Marcellus Arthur "Sunny" Murray is one of the pioneers of the free jazz style of drumming.-Biography:...
, Chris Cutler
Chris Cutler
Chris Cutler is an English percussionist, composer, lyricist and music theorist. Best known for his work with English avant-rock group Henry Cow, Cutler was also a member and drummer of a number of other bands, including Art Bears, News from Babel, Pere Ubu and Gong/Mothergong...
amongst others. They have also composed music for theater, video art and multimedia performance.
Selected Discography
- 1982 Ctu Telectu, LP, Valentim De Carvalho, EMI
- 1983 Belzebu, LP, Ediçao Cliché
- 1984 Off Off, 2xLP, 3 Macacos
- 1984 Performance IV Bienal De Cerveira, LP, 3 Macacos
- 1985 Telefone – Live Moscow, LP, Telectu, 1985
- 1985 Fundaçao, LP, 3 Macacos
- 1986 Halley, LP, CNC/Altamira
- 1987 Rosa-Cruz, LP, not on label (possibly: 3 Macacos)
- 1988 Camerata Elettronica, 2xLP, Ama Romanta
- 1988 Mimesis, LP, Schiu!/Transmédia
- 1990 Digital Buiça, LP, Tragic Figures
- 1990 Encounters II / Labirintho 7.8, LP, Mundo Da Cancão
- 1990 Live At The Knitting Factory New York City, LP, Mundo Da Cancão
- 1992 Evil MetalEvil MetalEvil Metal is an album released on Area Total in 1992 by Telectu featuring Elliot Sharp.-Track listing:#Untitled -4:15 #Untitled -5:15 #Untitled -2:20 #Untitled -6:00 #Untitled -3:09 #Untitled -8:09 #Untitled -5:43 #Untitled -3:52...
(with Elliot Sharp), CD, Área Total - 1993 Belzebu/Off Off, CD, AnAnAnA
- 1993 Theremin Tao, CD, SPH
- 1994 BiombosBiombosBiombos is an album released on China Record Corporation, the Chinese state-owned record company, in 1994 by Telectu.-Track listing:#Beijing Suite -20:58 # Slow Fox -7:40 # Waltz -8:13 # Cherry Fox -8:18 # Slow Fox -9:01 # Trane Fox -5:53...
, CD, China Record Corporation - 1995 Jazz Off Multimedia, CD, AnAnAnA
- 1995 Telectu-Cutler-Berrocal, CD, Fábrica De Sons
- 1997 À Lagardère w/ Jac Berrocal, CD, Numérica
- 1998 Prélude, Rhapsodie & Coda, CD, Nova Musica
- 2002 QuartetosQuartetosQuartetos is a three-disc album released on Clean Feed Records in 2002 by Telectu. It was recorded live between May and December 2001 featuring different collaborators at different jazz festivals.-Track listing:#Untitled -60:41...
, 3xCD, Clean Feed
External links
- http://www.last.fm/music/Telectu
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei4fFZp4eK0
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMRGYkYuAew