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Portland-based Aesthetics Records
has signed on Sao Paulo Underground
to release the upcoming album Sauna,
Um, Dois, Tres in the U.S. in
May. Brazil-based Submarine Records
will handle the Brazil release,
and Japanese label Headz will be
the Asian counterpart.
Sao Paulo Underground is
a combination of Rob Mazurek (Chicago
Underground, Isotope 217) and Mauricio
Takara. Maricio set up Chicago Undergound's
tour of Brazil last year, where
the two of them became friends.
Eventually they started working
together, combining ideas of mass
of frequency with rythym programming.
"Mauricio's computer rythmic
sense played well against my more
ambient computer constructions and
our playing together with these
elements along with his powerful
and subtle drum work made me play
my horn in a different way than
usual, which brought out some interesting
results,"
Rob said.
He also added that they're working
on video pieces with Sellina Trepp
and Shea Ako.
Rob's currently living in Brazil,
where he spends his time recording
electric eels and storm systems
of the Amazon. When he's not busy
doing that, he puts on multimedia
spectacles like his recent work
for the Abbeye Royale de Fontevraud
in France, or his August 2005 Concert
in Chicago's Millenium Park with
his Exploding Star Orchestra.
Mauricio Takara is more known for
his percussion and programming forays
in Brazil, but together the two
will form a dynamic duo of improv
and electronics.
Sao Paulo Underground are
planning to tour Europe in April,
Brazil in June, and the U.S. in
September. Rob's other project,
Mandarin Movie, will be taking
part in DanauFestival in Austria
(April), and the Festival Musique
Actuelle in Canada (May).
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