Labirinto

From S?o Paulo city, the group was formed in 2003 by the desire and experience of friends whom aimed to work out their musical influences through the composition of instrumental music. Inspired by feature movie scores, experimental music bands & sounds and references that go beyond music itself - like arts, photography and literature -, the compositions look in to create textures and images based vibes: as in a sound track, but casting the listener to come up with the picture and scenario on his own mind.

Labirinto develops sounds, timbres and dynamics that are all equally blended, avoiding the predominance of a unique sound source. Their harmonics constructions - done by guitars, bass and drums, followed by analogic and digital synths, cello, violin, piano e other instruments - prioritize the emotions aroused by running through the whole aesthetic labyrinth.

Labirinto is acknowledged as a pioneer in developing its musical style in Brazil. Their references are based on post-rock, progressive rock, experimentalism, minimalism, classical and Brazilian popular music. After some years of career consolidation, the band is one of the most respected and renowned in the indie scene, getting good reviews from the public and the press.

After 4 EPs, Labirinto releases its first full length album, ?Anatema? at Dissenso Records, on CD and 3xLP version. The album was produced by the band and mixed by Greg Norman (Pelican, Russian Circles) in Chicago, at Steve Albini's (who produced classics from Nirvana and Pixies) Electrical Audio Studios and mastered by Bob Weston at Chicago Mastering. The cover llustrations were created by Jo?o Ruas, a cover artist from the american comic book magazine ?Fables?.

?Anatema? presents six tracks, each having more than ten minutes length, that should launch Labirinto as a major name in the post-rock-scene worldwide. Instructed in studio work, the group made the production in a real watchmaker work, using over 150 channels in order to register more than six guitar parts included in the final mix. The result are tempos with unexpected climaxes and anticlimaxes in an music full of images, a multiple and sensorial experience that gets colored while the instrumental evolution suggests unexpected trips.

For 2010 and 2011 the band plans a tour to promote the album, both in Brazil and abroad.

Instrumental plurality, sounding landscapes and conceptual unity: be welcome to Labirinto.

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O grupo Labirinto, formado no ano de 2003 na cidade de S?o Paulo, desenvolve um trabalho de cria??o autoral. Em suas composi??es, a banda trabalha com a constru??o musical instrumental, priorizando as exalta??es emotivas variadas que a m?sica percorre ao longo do labirinto est?tico, ideal e interpretativo. Tem como refer?ncias principais, desde nomes da m?sica contempor?nea post-rock, m?sica erudita, trilhas sonoras de filmes, at? o rock denso com guitarras distorcidas.

Com sete anos de estrada e depois de dois EPs e participa??es em colet?neas, o Labirinto lan?a o primeiro ?lbum completo, ?Anatema?, pelo selo Dissenso Records, em CD e vinil triplo. O disco foi produzido pela pr?pria banda e mixado por Greg Norman (Pelican, Russian Circles) em Chicago, no Electrical Audio Studios, de propriedade de Steve Albini (produtor de cl?ssicos do Nirvana e Pixies). As ilustra??es das capas foram criadas por Jo?o Ruas, capista da ?Fables?, revista de quadrinhos americana.

?Anatema? traz seis faixas de mais de dez minutos de dura??o que devem projetar o Labirinto como um dos grandes destaques do post-rock mundial. Escolados por trabalhos em est?dio, o grupo fez da produ??o em um verdadeiro trabalho de relojoeiro, chegando a usar mais de 150 canais a fim de registrar mais de seis passagens de guitarra inclu?das para a mixagem final. O resultado s?o andamentos com cl?max e anticl?max inesperados, numa m?sica imag?tica, uma experimenta??o m?ltipla e sensorial que ganha cores na medida em que as evolu??es dos
instrumentos sugerem inesperadas viagens.