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Airing on May 24th 13:30 CEST
Fica comovido
Genre: Electroacoustic music
Duration: 45 min
Mr Laurentino is a street musician who used to play his harmonica on the pavement of Avenida Paulista in the city of São Paulo. One evening in 2018, I conducted a short interview with him. When asked how passers-by reacted to his work, he simply said that everyone is moved when they hear music. I hadn't seen Mr Laurentino for a long time. In this piece (2021), the phrase 'Fica comovido' (be moved by) is subjected to basic electroacoustic processing: slowdown, EQ, granular delay and exhaustive repetition. The irregularity of the loops, the fruit of sudden gestures of improvisation, results in an approximation to the technical precariousness of sillon fermé, the closed groove inscribed on old acetate discs. Repetitions, cuts and overlaps animate 'resulting patterns'. At the end, I thank the musician, a little awkwardly, for the conversation before I leave. The 45 minutes are derived from a simple phrase said by Mr Laurentino as if he were apologising for something. This piece is neither a report nor a documentary, but a modest audio testimony and a poetic meditation on the human condition.

Featuring:

Roberto D’Ugo Junior

Roberto D’Ugo Junior is a brazilian artist-researcher dedicated to radio art. His work explores interfaces between magic, technique and art. Based on a poetic-documentary listening to everyday life, he develops an aesthetic investigation that dialogues with surrealism and musical minimalism. One of the main features of his work is the ritualistic repetition of speech residues and fragments of field recordings. He holds a PhD in Visual Arts from the Institute of Arts at São Paulo State University. He was programme and production coordinator at Rádio Cultura FM in São Paulo. He teaches radio and sound media at the Faculdade Cásper Líbero.

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