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<\/a><\/p>\n“<\/i><\/span>Where other modern noise artists rely on computers and circuitry, Lopes applies his craft like Hendrix. He coaxes sound from a strangled guitar neck, plies feedback from furniture and his own body, making his performance as much about movement and gesticulation, as it is about sound” \u00a0Mark Corroto<\/em>\u00a0\/\u00a0ALL ABOUT JAZZ \u00a0New York<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n“<\/i><\/span>on this albums he completely lets loose his inner voices and demons, a therapeutic eruption of suppressed emotions, a fuck-you of radical sound, a release of pure and unadultered noise, a liberating experience if you manage to participate in it, as the listener” \u00a0Stef Gitssels\u00a0\/\u00a0freeJazz Blog<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n“<\/i><\/span>The art of noise and the art of solo guitar don’t always converge. With Luis Lopes’ LP Noise Solo at ZDB Portugal<\/em> (001LPZ) it certainly does. . . in ways that make noise an art […] It’s lovely, beautiful, extreme guitar, in a very electrically charged way. Kudos! If you like the margins of total skronk this is a great example. If you don’t then get out a Segovia record instead–or play them both at once!!” \u00a0Grego Applegate Edwards \/ Gapplegate guitar and bass blog<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n“<\/i><\/span>Het resultaat is, meer nog dan bij Comte, een puur klankverhaal dat kiest voor de abstractie (eigenlijk een contradictio in terminis<\/em>, want Lopes gaat net zo goed naar de essentie) op een even halsstarrige als ge\u00efnspireerde manier” \u00a0Guy Peters \/ enola zoekt u magazine<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n“<\/i><\/span>Lopes sculpts the sounds he produces like a visual artist, bending and shaping it to fit his needs. At times he resembles a conjurer, barely in control of the powerful beast he is summoning. Whether this involves strong attacks of punishing noise or wailing feedback, this is an impressive album where the music comes out of the speakers in powerful shimmering waves. It is not just a blast of unbridled power, Lopes uses a great deal of dynamics that keep the music continually interesting. This cacophonous improvisation is not for the faint of heart, but open-eared music fans should track it down” \u00a0Tim Niland<\/em>\u00a0\/\u00a0Jazz and Blues Blogspot<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n“Noise Solo” is an experiment in the directions and deconstructions of sound, genre and perception. The vinyl only release is intriguing at its heart. And reflective upon conclusion. While based on the idea of noise, the album keeps a serene calm throughout the evening. The opening movement is like a broken smoke detector being thrown down a well. There’s static. There’s chord changes. There’s passages that are portraits in rock extreme and finally there’s the element of adventure. In a similar notation that you have no idea what will come next, Luis Lopes delivers the unconventional solo album filled with found sounds and passage in progress. But in the end–Noise Solo<\/em> is something for the listener to determine on their own. It’s an idea but also a free expression which will have a different effect on each listener. Not for the faint and heart. But rewarding for those who take the ride” \u00a0Stephan Moore<\/em>\u00a0\/\u00a0JazzWrap blog<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n“Hendrix redescendu sur terre trouverait sans doute quelque vif int\u00e9r\u00eat \u00e0 ce vinyle de guitare saturante. Il constaterait avec amusement que les vieux vinyles noirs r\u00e9sistent corps et sillons au ridicule CD. Et m\u00eame qu\u2019il embaucherait sur le champ Luis Lopes, ce guitariste riche en sustain et en distorsion. L\u2019exercice a \u00e9t\u00e9 profitable, penserait-il alors : \u00ab Django et moi avons ouvert la voie. On m\u2019a aussi parl\u00e9 d\u2019un certain Derek B.\u00a0Il va falloir que je me mette \u00e0 la page. Cet \u00e9tonnant Lopes<\/strong> me renseignera sans nul doute \u00bb. Voil\u00e0 ce que penserait Hendrix<\/strong> aujourd\u2019hui. Il se d\u00e9lecterait de ces sons sales, contrari\u00e9s, contrariants. Il \u00e9couterait ce sustain se fracasser contre des grillages rouill\u00e9s. Il comprendrait ce sch\u00e9ma \u00e9volutif partant d\u2019un drone (un mot nouveau pour lui) pour s\u2019en aller ench\u00e2sser des chaos extr\u00eames. Il mettrait quelques minutes \u00e0 interpr\u00e9ter les silences et les impacts soniques (encore un vocable \u00e0 d\u00e9couvrir) du d\u00e9but de la face B. Puis, ravi des frappes fatales qui ne cesseront de s\u2019affronter par la suite, il t\u00e9l\u00e9phonerait \u00e0 son manager pour lui proposer un duo avec cet allum\u00e9 lusitanien. Mais se demanderait aussi le pourquoi de toute cette hargne-violence, de toute cette col\u00e8re. D\u2019autres Vietnam sans doute\u2026” \u00a0Luc Bouquet \/ Le son du grisli<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n“Lopes diz que cada um destes concertos \u00e9 \u201cuma viagem\u201d. O resultado \u00e9 um feedback cont\u00ednuo, continuamente trabalhado, direccionado, conduzido. Sempre no vermelho, \u00e9 uma experi\u00eancia limite, despida na sua ess\u00eancia el\u00e9ctrica, sem a maquinaria t\u00edpica do noise japon\u00eas. \u00c9 uma verdadeira aventura, mas apenas aconselh\u00e1vel para quem n\u00e3o tenha medo de mergulhar no vazio. Esta m\u00fasica \u00e9 uma imers\u00e3o para fora da realidade, para l\u00e1 do previs\u00edvel” \u00a0Nuno Catarino \/ Bodyspace<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n“It\u2019s a century-long tradition of sonic experimentation that Lopes invokes, distinguishing himself from the majority of feedback guitarists by the constructivist patience of his work, his fondness for the infinitesimal microtonal shift in a wailing sustained tone, for the development of rhythmic patterns as one sound is played against another, and for the sense of sustained design. It\u2019s fundamentally meditative noise that Lopes practices, exploring perhaps feed-forward as well as feedback in the ecstatic creation of a timeless trance” \u00a0Stuart Broomer<\/em>\u00a0\/\u00a0Point of Departure<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n“The two performances on this LP, each recorded at the ZDB Gallery in Lisbon, have a bit of Andy Gill\u2019s trebly savagery about them, and that\u2019s always a good thing. On side one, however, one wishes for a bit more of Gill\u2019s pith; the noise is bracing, but on account of the bloody-minded persistence with which it pursues a rather narrow band of noise, it could afford to be a little briefer. On the other side he throws in a bit of Ron Asheton wah-wah grit, and also a bit more restlessness; that\u2019s the one that keeps me coming back. This self-released document of Lopes\u2019 dark side comes on 180 gram black vinyl, encased in a full-color sleeve adorned by a painting that looks more like my notions of rural Norway than anything in Portugal” \u00a0Bill Mayer<\/em>\u00a0\/\u00a0STIL SINGLE<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
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