O MORTO - The Forest, The People And The Spirits (Sealed) (LP)

Originally released as a limited tape in 2015, this re-issue of his immersive electronic tryptic piece dedicated to the Ba'Aka people and its spirits is now on remastered (green) vinyl .Albeit his music is now closer to a soundscape composition approach, O Morto (aka Mestre Andre') actually started as a free improv / noise project in 2012. However, after releasing his debut "Memento Mori", O Morto slowly began to drift away from the harshest soundscapes to seek for a new direction. He found it under the form of the polyphonic music played by Ba'Aka (a pygmy tribe that still lives in the Republic of Congo), and in a conceptualized image of Jengi - a forest spirit that feeds from the flesh of a sacrifice. Having this exotic array of influences in mind, O Morto collected samples, field-recordings and electronic sounds that would eventually appear in this triptych piece. The record explores the possibilities of sound manipulation as a way to create vivid and cinematic soundscapes. A noise maker by nature, Andre' also plays in the excellent A"lforjs and produces some of the most addictive beats as Notwan