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"After the siamese initiatic ritual of 'Jengi' and the triptych invocations of 'Demons' the trio of Ba Alvares, Mestre André and Raphael Soares returns in full idiosyncratic force with 'QorusQoros' on the ever expanding Sucata Tapes (Discrepant). Using varied percussion, bass, voices and electronics, Alforjs dive deep in an uncharted history of communal music practices, from the Sun Ra Arkestra to the Haitian drum circles, from the No Neck Blues Band freak outs to the more tellurian ‘’krautrockian’’ repetive beats there’s a very genuine conjuring of forms at play In 'QorusQoros' these spiritual coordinates are continually reorganized: 'Nossa Senhora' is a lament, Ayler via Badalamenti wearing his heart on his sleeve with ‘Pharophah’ exploring a more narcotic side, entangled with delusions of percussion and spiritual appearances of glossolalia. Mantras from the shanty towns, in the purest and beautiful sense this can mean.'' (Bruno Silva)

"Outernational free jazz madness from Lisbon trio Alförjs. It could as well be an ethnographic soundtrack from another planet as the trio of Mestre André (saxophone, electronics), Bernardo Álvares (contrabass) and Raphael Soares (drums) delve deep into the outer realms of what jazz/electronics music can sound like.
Urban shamanism, magical practices and ancient/future world views collide in unsuspecting ways on this out there tape.
A unique sound from an unique trio, ‘Alförjs has a very special place among what is out there of more intriguing and radical in this final stretch of the 21st century’s second decade." (Discrepant)

Bernardo Álvares - Contrabass, Voice, Percussion
Raphael Soares - Drums, Percussion
Mestre André - Tenor Saxophone, Voice, Nose Whistle, Tin Whistle, Electronics, Field Recordings
Post-prod, mixing and mastering by Mestre André
All songs recorded by Alforjs at Damas Bar, Lisboa, 2017/18 except Nossa Senhora, recorded in Igreja de São Vicente, Évora, 2018
Cover Art by Júlio Dionísio
Cover Art Photography by Ricardo Martins at desisto.pt

Acknowledgements: José Alberto Ferreira / Colecção B, Damas, Margarida Guerreiro, João Miguel Moço

released March 2019 by Sucata Tapes (Discrepant)