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After Silence Vol​.​1

by Jose Dias

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nunocorreia Great balance between creating evocative atmospheres and a sense of tension. Neither is overwhelming. Also, great balance between exploratory guitar approaches and coming up with a unique sound. Favorite track: She Had a Light of Her Own.
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1.
Now He's The Hunter, Now He's The One Being Hunted 02:57
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The Flickering Image Will Not Go Away 04:01
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She Had a Light of Her Own 06:27
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4.
The Dark Place Within 03:38
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Your Toes, Your Feet, Your Legs 06:44
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Whilst Deciding Wether He Should Kiss Her or Not 03:53
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Scattering Her Torn Pictures on the Floor 11:09
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The Men in Dark Suits are Coming 03:03
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The Light Could Almost Blind Him 03:02
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Here’s a solo guitar album that matters and makes a point. And here’s a good surprise, marking a turn in the musical career of Portuguese guitarist José Dias (also a researcher of the Contemporary Arts Department at Manchester Metropolitan University), who has been until recently committed to inoculate a sense of modernity in the tradition of jazz. The focus now goes way beyond the post-bop format of his previous records, either because the vocabulary is related to rock (the use of delays and electronic effects reminding us of Bill Frisell) or because the process and the purposes are experimental. Of course, Dias’ personal guitar style is touched by the great historical jazz guitar players, but in “After Silence” he’s more concerned with different elements, such as structure, shape, narrative and soundscaping, than with form, style or genre – the rock element coming only because José Dias adopts the kind of distorted and sustained sounds developed by rock guitarists. But that’s it: he’s not interested in the powerful capacities of the electric guitar, rather in exploring specific resources, an approach that reveals a rare poetic sense of economy. Each piece is the exploration and development of an idea, and Dias does so by contrasting conventional solutions with the unexpected, sometimes reserving to the little details the most important arguments of a composition or improvisation. Rarely such organic kind of music is also so elegant, showing us that the sound of electricity can express a classical feeling of Beauty.

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released April 1, 2019

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Jose Dias Manchester, UK

Jose Dias is part of the emerging new generation in Portuguese contemporary jazz.
His music is strongly inspired by the visual arts and literature. His projects deviate from the traditional language of jazz, and explore the dialogue between various contemporary sound universes, where experimentation is assumed as a central element. ... more

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