By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as described in our cookie policy. This record was a strong influence on the sound of many postmodern electronic musicians, including mouse on mars and jim orourke. Plux quba, an album by nuno canavarro on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Nuno canavarro born 15 november 1962 is a portuguese composer. Music for nine post cards wave notation 1 1982, full album duration. Spaceopens diary free download bpmn 2 pandoraestore. Dec 16, 2016 listening instructions from nuno canavarro as stated on back sleeve of plux quba no one had heard of the how, or the why, nuno created plux quba. Listen free to nuno canavarro plux quba untitled, alsee and more. The vanguard of electronics in late80s europe was being pushed by organizations like nurse with wound, the hafler trio, hnas and yet, when christoph heemann came across this recording, it struck his ears and. Plux quba definitely has its own thing going, though. Victoria o hanlon wguests creme and angelo monthly. Moikai, 1998 portuguese composer nuno canavarro crafted this singular sonic vision some time in the mid80s, though it wouldnt be too far a stretch to note its imprint in the varied electronic output from the late 90s on.
Nuno canavarro plux quba vinyl lp shop music direct. Nuno canavarro did plux quba, a very influencial record in the posttechno scene in. Nuno canavarro excerpts from plux quba plux quba drag city. Jul 01, 2007 thank you for all the portugueses gems youre posting. Reissued in a replica of the original enticing sleeve on drag city. Nuno canavarro s plux quba hails from three decades in the past, yet the simple profile of its abstractambientcutup collage makes it a record that sits quite comfortably in our idminformed future. From plux quba ama romanta, 1988 moikai, 1998 slipping out of portugal in 1987 and into the hands of young german musicians shortly thereafter, canavarros strange and beautiful, limited. Find the song lyrics for nuno canavarro top tracks. Aug 30, 2010 plux quba definitely has its own thing going, though. English english uk espanol francais italiano nederlands polski portugues turkce. Originally released in 1988 on the ama romanta label, the album became something of a cult item after it was discovered by christoph heemann. Sep 10, 2018 plux quba plays like some longlost memory, conjuring evocative emotions before fragmenting and falling back out of reach again. Music profile for nuno canavarro, born 15 november 1962. Plux quba, a mysterious recording by the even more mysterious portuguese musician nuno canavarro, was originally issued in 1988 only to disappear without a trace before being rescued from oblivion by jim orourke in 1998 for release on his moikai label.
Thank you for all the portugueses gems youre posting. The actor behind moff gideon shares how he found his voice with a little help from james earl jones. This episode features a special live set from creme and a dj mix from angelo of colossal tapes. Spaceopens diary free download bpmn 2 posted on 20200504 20200504 by dorothy add rave culture map to their music history poster series. Nuno canavarro born 1962 is a portuguese composer who is known for his influential experimental recording. Its a work of subtle, discrete electronic ambience made of concrete events and dreamy whispers. Orourke reissued it again in 2005, but it has since been out of print. New reissue of nuno canavarros cult, anomalous classic, plux quba 1988 which was previously reissued as the first release on jim orourkes moikai label.
Blu terra, untitled, ultra marina 1988, wask, bruma, monthly listeners. However, in 1988, very quietly and in a criminally low limited quantity, nuno canavarro released just one record of his playful abstract electronics. But over the years following a reissue courtesy of jim orourke in 1998, people have recognised the value of portugals nuno cananvarro and this, his masterpiece of sampletastic abstracted electronics. Making a virtue of squirrelly electronic skips and clustered tones as integral to the composition, plux quba. Upload download has been moved to the sssl protocol. New reissue of nuno canavarros cult, anomalous classic, plux quba 1988 which was previously reissued as the first release on jim orourkes moikai label in 1999 and again in 2004 prompting a new generation to fall for its surreal and sublime charms. This music was created with digital synthesizers and a sampler in the four months immediately following the birth of his first child, a hazy period marked by a lack of regular sleep and a diet of inagrm, nuno canavarros plux quba, and microstorias init ding records that appeared to produce both stimulating and soothing. Before glitch was even a thing, nuno, in his own way, was discovering that some of the best musical ideas could be created by looking for those bits of accidental imperfection.
Drag city reissue nuno canavarros plux quba the wire. Nuno canavarros plux quba hails from three decades in the past, yet the simple profile of its abstractambientcutup collage makes it a record that sits quite comfortably in our idminformed future. The cd would also have a fourth part, with new songs that nuno canavarro has shown to ananana a portuguese record label. Nuno canavarros avant classic plux quba gets reissue via drag city portuguese avantgarde composer nuno canavarros bizarre, idmpreceding masterpiece plux quba is being repressed once again. All concerned parties could only piece together was that he used to be a keyboard player for a few portuguese postpunk and new wave bands. Urpa i musell, the new barcelonabased record label, feels very fortunate to announce its second release, the first ever vinyl reissue of mr. Download nuno canavarro plux quba 1988 1998 edition. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Download plux quba by nuno canavarro at juno download.
Stream plux quba by nuno canavarro and tens of millions of other songs on all your devices with amazon music unlimited. Plux quba was first issued in 1988, to little attention. Find nuno canavarro discography, albums and singles on allmusic allmusic. A history of experimental music spotify playlist rate. Idea fire company excerpts from lost at sea lost at sea recital records. This november drag city will reissue nuno canavarros plux quba on vinyl drag city has announced the reissue of portuguese composer nuno canavarros plux quba. Nuno canavarros plux quba will be released on lp and mp3 by drag city.
Find nuno canavarro discography, albums and singles on allmusic. The dreamlike shape of the halfheard word, abstracts with faint impressions of bucolic landscape, or handfuls of translucent and brightlycolored gemstones that hold odd, elusive. Discover top playlists and videos from your favorite artists on shazam. In 1988, plux quba was a primal dark horse in the world of pantsforward electronic musican obscurity issued with little explanation from the. Everything together, compiled on a cd where in seventy minutes, id be able to show an amusing process. Fennesz, jefre cantuledesma, laurie spiegel, vladislav delay, oval, loren connors, basic channel, oren ambarchi, tujiko noriko, pauline oliveros, disco inferno, carl stone. Nurse with wound soliloquy for lilith 1988 soliloquy for lilith 5. Its easy to hear why the music herein would appeal to orourke and also why it has come to be recognized as a seminal. The song nuno features choppedup vocals with only the phrase fuck words of wisdom intelligible. Tape music, electroacoustic cd nuno canavarro plux quba. Portuguese avantgarde composer nuno canavarros bizarre, idmpreceding masterpiece plux quba is being repressed once again for the masses. In contrast to caboladies extensive jamheavy explorations dayglo port favors a more introspective and rural atmosphere recalling the mood of seminal home electronica classics such as nuno canavarros plux quba, sunroof. It was the first released in the jim orourke mokai label.
Tape music, electroacoustic cd nuno canavarro plux. Later on in the early 1990s, many of the artists in the german electronic scene such as mouse on. Reviews of plux quba by nuno canavarro album, tape music. Pinheiro and bruno niel 1990 portugal produced by popofflatina europa, weekly contemporary portuguese music tv show aired 199093 on public tvrtp2. Later on in the early 1990s, many of the artists in the german electronic scene such as mouse on mars and microstoria, were highly influenced by plux quba. Nuno canavarros avant classic plux quba gets reissue. Here is the second episode of her new program that you can stream and download now. Orourke rereleased plux quba on his own moikai label in 1999.