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What Is This All About?

by João Lencastre

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Kubrick 08:31
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The Game 07:20
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Lucky River 03:55
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Picture 04:22
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Alma 02:13

about

João Lencastre's Communion was formed in 2005 and recorded two albums for Fresh Sound and one for TOAP Records. “What is this all about?”, released by AUAND is their fourth album and the title refers to the endless unanswered questions we all have. Just start looking around and try to understand life and this world where we live. From the human behavior to the power of nature, how the world has been evolving over hundreds and hundreds of years and everything else we can imagine. When we think about it we always end asking “What is this all about?”.
Comm is basically a sextet with Phil Grenadier on trumpet, David Binney on alto sax, Andre Matos on guitar, Jacob Sacks on piano and Thomas Morgan on double bass. Lencastre adds: “This record is actually the one that I have written more music for and the one more produced as I added the voices of Sara Serpa and Tiago Bettencourt (famous Portuguese singer songwriter that I play with), Ary (from great alternative Portuguese band Blasted Mechanism) on modular synth on couple tracks, and Benny Lackner on Wurlitzer in one tune where I also play a prophet synth keyboard. I was hearing "things big" and I wanted some of the melodies to be epic or more dramatic. The process of writing for this record was a slow and natural process. Usually I don't have anything in mind when I'm writing a tune, I just start playing and see what comes out. At times I would sit at the piano or keyboards and my fingers would just move automatically, by instinct and some idea for a tune would come out. It was like having my subconscious talking through my fingers, I didn't know what was coming out, I had nothing planned, and just let my fingers tell me what I had to say. That's how I write most of the tunes. Anyway I always leave space for interpretation, for the musicians input, specially on the solo sections. Every time we play the same tune we can go on any direction in order to keep the freshness. I like the feeling of not knowing what's gonna happen on the improvisation part, just playing the moment and let it flow, and that happens naturally with this guys.”

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released November 17, 2014

All compositions by João Lencastre except #5 by J. Brahms and #9 by Andrè Matos


David Binney alto sax
Phil Grenadier trumpet
Jacob Sacks piano
André Matos guitar
Thomas Morgan double bass
João Lencastre drums, prophet synth on #4

Guests:
Sara Serpa voice on tracks #2,3
Tiago Bettencourt voice on tracks #1,2,3
Ary modular synth efx on tracks #1,2
Benny Lackner wurlitzer on track #4

Produced by João Lencastre
Executive Producer: Marco Valente
Recording: Systems Two, Brooklyn, NY – USA
Engineer: Joaquim Monte
Cover Photo: Rodrigo Amado

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Auand Bisceglie, Italy

Auand Records is an Italian independent label dedicated to genre-defying music, providing a home for artists who push the boundaries of improvised music.

Founded in 2001 by Marco Valente, it has quickly become a seal of warranty for the next big artists who shape the sound of the future, often introducing their music to an international audience.
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