The release of this CD comes as a great surprise even to me because both live concerts presented here were recorded without any objective of becoming a CD in the future. More than that, both tapes have been gathering dust in my desk, for they were completely forgotten. These two projects, “Movement Sounds” flute solos with electronics and the trio IK*Zs(3), were recorded at the I and II Oriental Stage Theatre Improvising Music Meeting in 1993 and 1995 respectively. They are presented here, on my first CD, as a natural result of my traveling through many different academic and theoretical studies, through experiencing many music languages: a course in classical music, seminars on contemporary classical composition and interpretation, jazz and improvised music workshops, twenty years of playing live concerts in different genres: jazz-rock, Portuguese popular music, big-band swing orchestra, dance music, etc. At the time of this release I am going through a difficult period. I am trying to avoid easy ways of creating music. I do not want to use so-called “patch-work”, to assemble all sorts of clichés and present them as my music. I am trying to follow Evan Parker’s advice and find my little personal things, original details, and develop my ability to concentrate, so that I could find and develop my own voice. As far as my trio IK*Zs(3) is concerned, we do not play freely improvised music. Our method might be called “structured improvisation”, and the trio’s music is in a way an extension of my flute and electronic solo concerts. We usually find ideas for our structures during the rehearsals when we allow ourselves to improvise spontaneously. We record our improvisations and later on we analyse them to take from them the most interesting parts. Carlos Bechegas |
