muzycy:
1st track:
Sei Miguel trumpet
Fala Mariam trombone
Pedro Gomes guitar
César Burago percussion

2nd track:
Sei Miguel trumpet
André Gonçalves hammond manipulation
Margarida Garcia twin
César Burago percussion, radio

3rd track:
Sei Miguel trumpet, direction
Kimi Djabaté singer
Rafael Toral modulated feedback
Ernesto Rodrigues viola
Nuno Torres alto saxophone
Fala Mariam alto trombone
Pedro Gomes guitar
Pedro Lourenço bass guitar
Luís Desirat drums
Monsieur Trinité “bandoneon de Osaka, ganzá, afoché”
César Burago “bandoneon de Osaka, claves, agogô”

Editor's info:
Sei Miguel looked dead serious when he told me that in the future he doesn’t plan to write any new music. Instead, he wants to bring to daylight dozens of scores that he has stored for over 30 years on a drawer. Some of this music had been performed a few times live. Some have been performed just once. And most have never seen a stage at all. From this large collection, only a handful have been recorded professionally and these old recordings were not released.
“Salvation Modes” is the first chapter of this long story. Featuring just one recent piece, the record you hold in your hands is Sei’s first push at presenting his well-kept secrets and it is an amazing sample, a well-balanced choice of contrasting material with great sound work.
“Prelúdio,” as fits its title, opens for the explosive “Cruz de Sala”, in a kind of a mantra way. Sei’s Unit Core features Pedro Gomes’ exquisite guitar, as he burns while respecting the pace and space of these tunes. Fala and César have very precise and beautiful lines over the six (ascendant) parts of Cruz de Sala. It starts and closes with much fire.
Listening to “Fermata” is like coming back home to Sei’s more introspective world. It is, in fact, a great introduction to what his work is about, and a sort of deep breath to prepare our ears for what comes later. A cleaning tune so to speak. Don’t mistake this for some kind of tepid music. That’s not at all the case. Common to all his work is the superb use of timbres, picking up the right ingredients to cook the vision he has in mind. This is a great example of the Sei Miguel sound of music. Cool.
“Cantata Mussurana” is based on a creole purification ritual. You can almost see that, as you listen to the varying tensions and intensities in the music. Through the three movements of the Cantata you sense the snake -Mussurana- that is b.......
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"Jak wspomina wydawca tej płyty - Sei Miguel, portugalski trębacz i improwizator, powiedział mu kiedyś, że "nie zamierza już nigdy życiu niczego komponować". Chciałby natomiast "dokończyć, nagrać i wydać kilka ze swoich partytur, które powstały w ciągu niemal trzydziestu lat jego kompozytorskiej aktywności". Niektóre z nich były wykonywane na żywo, niektóre nawet zarejestrowano, ale nigdy nie doczekały się wydania. Pedro Costa z portugalskiego Clean Feedu postanowił wspomóc marzenie muzyka i oto dostajemy do rąk płytę z trzema kompozycjami Sei Miguela.

Wszystkie trzy zawarte na płycie kompozycje, mimo iż powstałe na zróżnicowane instrumentalne składy i prezentują nieco odmienne stylistyki, coś jednak łączy. We wszystkich trzech Sei Miguel prezentuje się jako bardzo wybitny kolorysta, potrafiący znakomicie operować barwą i przestrzenią w muzyce, a co za tym idzie i nastrojem. A jak wspominali mi świetnie znający jego dorobek Portugalczycy - jako instrumentalista jest w znakomitej formie i gra lepiej niż kiedykolwiek wcześniej. Czy można sobie wyobrazić lepszą rekomendację?"

utwory:
1. Prelúdio e Cruz de Sala (2002, 2012) 28´39
SM trumpet / Fala Mariam trombone / Pedro Gomes guitar / César Burago percussion Recorded, edited and mixed at Teatro Maria Matos by Rafael Toral (Noise Precision Mobile, Noise Precision)

2. Fermata (2005) 09´41
SM trumpet/André Gonçalves hammond manipulation/Margarida Garcia twin/César Burago percussion, radio
Recorded January 2005 at Musicorde Studios by Paulo Feijao and mixed (summer 2013) by Rafael Toral and Joaquim Monte

3. Cantata Mussurana (1996 – 2012) 18´17
SM trumpet, direction / Kimi Djabaté singer / Rafael Toral modulated feedback / Ernesto Rodrigues viola / Nuno Torres alto saxophone / Fala Mariam alto trombone / Pedro Gomes guitar / Pedro Lourenço bass guitar / Luís Desirat drums / Monsieur Trinité “bandoneon de Osaka, ganzá,.......
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