mestre andré
is a sound and intermedia explorer
he also is o morto, alacrau and notwan

ma musical arts (new university of lisbon)
ba sound arts and design, first class graduate (university of the arts london)

keywords:
radical aesthetics, art politics, noise, soundscape, ecology, field recording, free improvisation, deep listening

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Mestre André is a sound artist, Master of Arts in Music from Universidade Nova de Lisboa with research in the World Soundscape Project (SFU, CA).

André works as a field-recordist, performer, composer and sound artist for film, dance, performance and theater. He has composed electro-acoustic sound work for multi-channel systems under the alias O Morto, improvised electronic music as Alacrau and produced beats as Notwan. Belongs to the bands Älforjs, Jibóia and Banha da Cobra.

Beekeeper involved in the ecological thinking of aesthetics in natural contexts, has explored aesthetics of rupture, with theoretical work on 'sociopolitical aesthetics of noise and art'. Now, this work reflects on an ecological thinking of creative practice and aesthetic relationships within natural human and nonhuman contexts. Within this subject, he recently had an article ("Towards a Rewilding of the Ear") published by Organized Sound journal.

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o morto - lila (discrepant 2024)


o morto - dans la gorge d'un monstre (discrepant 2023) / ifrits habitent (sucata tapes 2023)

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Nominated for Best Field Sound Recordist shortlist on the first Sound of the Year Awards prize (2020)

O Morto + Ayoub ElAyady - Lila (TBA,18&19.12.20)

O Morto live set @ Keroxen in Santa Cruz, Tenerife (6.12.20)

Banha da Cobra live set @ Keroxen in Santa Cruz, Tenerife (6.12.21)

audios
O Morto -— The Forest, the People and the Spirits featured at AUDIOSPHERE: Social Experiment Audio: Pre-and Post-InternetMuseo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid — curated by Francisco López
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POST-DRUMMING: O Morto - A Rainbow of Sand // Vítor Joaquim - Lines & Lines & Lines

Dwelling Poetics of Dystopia #1 solo exhibition @ Casa Independente, Lisboa(12-14.11.19)


Lisboa Soa 2020, photo by Vera Marmelo


Recording Lisboa Soa 2017, photo by Vera Marmelo


listening with two pairs of ears to my friend Sam Auinger, Lisboa Soa 2017, photo by Vera Marmelo


JIBÓIA live at Damas Bar by Vera Marmelo (11.05.17)

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portrait by Lais Pereira, Alförjs concert at Galeria Zé dos Bois (Lisboa, 30.11.2016)


portrait at Simon Fraser University's Sonic Research Studio (Burnaby, Canada 2015)

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with Barry Truax at Sonic Research Studio (Canada, 2015)


with Hildegard Westerkamp at her beautiful garden (Canada, 2015)