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Berlau III

by Berlau

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Praying Lies in San Lorenzo 06:09
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Uqbar Blues 08:02
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Midnight in Blefuscu 05:34
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"S" Is for Santa Teresa 07:54
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Rain Over Macondo 04:03
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Ghost Train to Arkham 06:34
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Water Flows Slow Through Flat Land (Yoknapatawpha C.) 05:07
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Desire to escape was always an important part of the utopian universe of the blues. The opening verses of the magnificent song “Down the Dirty Road Blues”, recorded by Charley Patton in 1929, are an eloquent example of that: “I’m goin’ away, to a world unknown / I’m worried now, but I won’t be worried long.” Hope in the unknown, whether it’s another city, another country, the Indian nation, or even death, is the other side of deserting from a too distressing everyday life. Also in many books that fill our memory, the choice of the authors for imagining non-existent places seems to follow that same logic: the real world is not enough for the words we want to say, for the scenarios where we want to move, for the characters we want to be. What we seek to sketch here is a possible soundtrack for a journey through some of those imaginary places.

Written, performed and produced by Fernando Ramalho in October and November 2016 in Barreiro.

Cover photo by Beatriz Monteiro.

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O desejo de fuga foi sempre uma parte importante do universo utópico dos blues. Um eloquente exemplo disso são os versos que abrem a magnífica canção «Down the Dirty Road Blues», gravada por Charley Patton em 1929: «I’m goin’ away, to a world unknown / I’m worried now, but I won’t be worried long.» A esperança no desconhecido, seja outra cidade, outro país, a nação índia, ou mesmo a morte, é a outra face da deserção de um quotidiano demasiado angustiante. Também em tantos livros que nos povoam a memória, a opção dos autores pela imaginação de lugares inexistentes parece seguir essa mesma lógica: o mundo real é insuficiente para as palavras que queremos dizer, para os cenários em que nos queremos mover, para as personagens que queremos ser. O que aqui se procura esboçar é uma possível banda sonora para uma viagem por alguns desses lugares imaginários.

Composto, tocado e produzido por Fernando Ramalho, em Outubro e Novembro de 2016, no Barreiro.

Fotografia da capa: Beatriz Monteiro.

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released November 9, 2016

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Berlau Lisbon, Portugal

Sound project by Fernando Ramalho.

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