QUIMERA conveys a story about a group of animals which, after suffering at the hands of mankind, come together to form a superhuman entity called that will execute a reckoning over the human species.
Recorded from December 2021 and January 2024 in Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe, Évora.
Composition by Mário Lopes
Production, recording and mixing by Miguel Faria Monteiro
Arranging by Iban Beck
Mastering by Miguel Pinheiro Marques @ Arda Recorders
Artwork by André Pereira
Layout by Miguel Jaques
Mário Lopes - drums, percussion, piano, bass (4 & 5)
Miguel Faria Monteiro - guitars, keyboards
Ivan Beck - bass (1, 3, 6, 7 & 8)
Jéssica Pina - trumpet (3, 4, 7 & 8), flugel horn (2 & 7)
Ricardo Nascimento - tenor saxofone (1, 3, 7 & 8), flute (2, 7 & 8), tin whistle (1)
Felippe Figueiredo - tenor saxofone, soprano saxofone (4)
Edu Miranda - mandolin, cavaquinho (4)
Andreia Vaz - violin, viola (1, 6 & 8)
Samuel Santos - cello (1, 6 & 8)
Carlos Menezes - doublebass (1, 2, 6 & 8)
Victor Zamora - piano (7)
Rodrigo Lino - baritone saxofone (8)
Joăo Rasteiro - tuba (4 & 8)
Flávio Bolieiro - accordion (5)
Grupo Cantares de Évora (5)
Duarte Farias - voice (5)
Duarte Gato - voice (5)
José Saruga - voice (6)
Mariana Caeiro - voice (1)
Beatriz Lopes - voice (4)
RELEASE:
CD distributed by Astronomy Recording Music (December 1st 2024, Spain)
LINKS:
CD/Digital preorder 12/06/2024: http://astronomyrecordingmusic.bandcamp.com/album/quimera" rel="nofollow - https://astronomyrecordingmusic.bandcamp.com/album/quimera
Digital 04/13/2024: http://mariolopes.bandcamp.com/album/quimera-2" rel="nofollow - https://mariolopes.bandcamp.com/album/quimera-2
http://open.spotify.com/intl-es/album/5t9mOvJxIEKNaE8Ga0xS43" rel="nofollow - https://open.spotify.com/intl-es/album/5t9mOvJxIEKNaE8Ga0xS43
Greetings from Spain,
Javier