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Below The Radar Special Edition: SHAPE 2022–23

Track 11

Luis Pestana

"Sangra"

From Rosa Pano

Luis Pestana composes mystic minimalist pieces infused with pointillist epic-MIDI-collage. Like Arvo Pärt meeting Lorenzo Senni. Arcane Portugal and Tokyo neon lights come together in a digital alchemy that achieves full-on emotional supernova. Working within the aura of experimental electronic music, but filling it with organic textures and humanlike surrealist feeling, the computer music composer proposes a new contextualisation of traditional folklore music and instruments, while exploring a deep human need for music that has nothing to do with fashion.

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