VARIABLE GEOMETRY ORCHESTRA

The VGO played in Porto’s most prestigious hall - Casa da Música – with a truly intercontinental lineup, including musicians literally from the four corners of the world: New Zealand, Japan, Brazil, USA, Germany Holland and Italy. The Portuguese section joined artists from the two major cities, Lisbon and Porto.

Ernesto Rodrigues – conduction, violin
Chiara Picotto - voice
Ricardo Pinto - trumpet
Johannes Krieger - trumpet, french horn
Eduardo Chagas - trombone
Gil Gonçalves - tuba, euphonium
Bruno Parrinha - clarinet, alto clarinet
Jorge Lampreia - flute, soprano saxophone
Alípio C Neto - soprano & tenor saxophones
João Martins - soprano & alto saxophones, gadgets
John Gruntfest - alto saxophone
Nuno Torres - alto saxophone
Peter Bastiaan - alto saxophone, melodica, poetry
Megan Bierman - tenor saxophone
Abdul Moimême - tenor saxophone
Rodrigo Pinheiro - piano
Armando Pereira - accordion
Nuno Rebelo - electric guitar
António Chaparreiro - electric guitar
Albrecht Loops - strings, electronics
Carlos Santos - electronics
André Gonçalves - electronics
Adriana Sá - electronics
O. Blaat - electronics
Damian Stewart - electronics
João Pinto - electronics
Travassos - electronics
Guilherme Rodrigues - cello
Hernâni Faustino - double bass
Henrique Fernandes - double bass
Pedro Lopes - percussion
José Oliveira - drums
Gustavo Costa - drums

Recorded live at Casa da Música, Porto, 12 Oct 2007
Composition by VGO

POTLATCH

The Lisbon based collective played a live concert at the Universidade Nova (New University, Lisbon) under the title ‘Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?’, extracted from Philip K. Dick’s science fiction novel (1968).

Jorge Lampreia – soprano saxophone, flute
João Pedro Viegas – alto saxophone, bass clarinet
Marcello Maggi – keyboards, trombone
Abdul Moimême – electric guitar
Filipe – keyboards
Miguel Mira – fado bass guitar
Monsieur Trinité – selected objects
Luís Desirat – drums

Recorded Live at FCT/UNL, 15 October 2007
Composition: Potlatch

(sculpture: Miguel Branco, 2007; fimo paste, wire and wood, 24x9x6 cm.)