A Thousand Strings (LP)
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Discrepant

Continuing his fruitful relationship with Discrepant after 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 title in itself, ‘A Thousand Strings’ drifts fluidly into a celestial
realm of cascading melodies and cycling patterns that never feel forced or
strict throughout its two hypnotic tracks. Pulsating with life and ecstatic
abandon.
Taking cues from the tradition of American minimalists like Steve Reich and,
particularly, 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 drift apart only to converge back again into its internal
process before setting on sustained tones infused with a sense of longing. For
all things passed. For what is yet to come.

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

Tiago Sousa: Composition, electric organ, clavinet, celesta and loops
Recorded by Tiago Sousa
Mastered by Rashad Becker