A Thousand Strings

Con=nuing his fruiwul rela=onship with Discrepant aher the third volume of his ongoing Organic Music Tape Series on Sucata Tapes, Tiago Sousa returns with two long-form pieces for organ with 'A Thousand Strings'. A self-explanatory =tle in itself, 'A Thousand Strings' drihs fluidly into a celes=al realm of cascading melodies and cycling palerns that never feel forced or strict throughout its two hypno=c tracks. Pulsa=ng with life and ecsta=c abandon.

Taking cues from the tradi=on of American minimalists like Steve Reich and, par=cularly, Terry Riley, the Portuguese composer's work flows with a life of his own, that, while acknowledging those influences, transcends them into his own signature. On the A side, 'A Thousand Strings' goes seamlessly from intertwining crepuscular harmonies to ascending keyboard runs in the manner of 'Persian Surgery Dervishes' finishing with a coda of rhythmic marimba-like pulses. On the flipside, 'The Things Passed' creates this maze-like tapestry of melodies that seem to drih apart only to converge back again into its internal process before seHng on sustained tones infused with a sense of longing. For all things passed. For what is yet to come. 

Side A: A Thousand Strings Side B: The Things Passed