The Selva • The Selva
Ricardo Jacinto: cello
Gonçalo Almeida: doublebass
Nuno Morão: drums
Ricardo Jacinto, Gonçalo Almeida and Nuno Morão are The Selva, the Portuguese trio whose self-titled album marks their debut. The group presents a work rich in musical references, traversing multiple spatial and temporal symbolisms. From allusions to traditional music practices of the Far East to virtual journeys through the Renaissance and its aesthetic values, the music also rests lightly on the obsessive repetitions and signifying patterns characteristic of African musical cultures.
Through these musical references, symbolic layers and ambiguous proposals of meaning, the trio constructs a sonic semiotics shaped by a raw, unadorned essence often associated with jazz, while also embracing more concrete acoustic and performative approaches.
Format: CD
Label: Clean Feed Records
Year: 2017
Edition: 1000 copies
Duration: 41:27
Recording and mastering: Nuno Morão at Scratch Built Studios, Lisbon / October 2016 / February 2017
Mixing: Nuno Fernandes, London / January 2017
Production: The Selva
Executive production: Pedro Costa via Trem Azul
Graphic design: Madalena Matoso
Design: Travassos
Price: 12€
