It flows as it should and in OOOO it’s no different. Inspired by the philosophy of Phythagoras and his concept Musica Universalis, that speaks about an interspatial harmony created by the movement of the planets and the sound frequency it creates. It’s a poetic theory that imagines the sound produced by the movement of the planets and what we can listen to when we listen to the universe. The first three tracks are a reference to those frequencies and the last one, Topos, references an idea of accomplishment, of arrival and the sum of the experience.
So, yes, OOOO it’s a bit of a trip. A voyage of imagined sounds produced by three musicians in a constant dialogue and with a different focus in each track. Each of the first three tracks (Diapason, Diapente and Diatessaron) are developed with the focused on the instruments of one of the musicians, while the other two expand and enriches the range of the initial movement. First track focusses on Óscar’s instruments, the second one on Ricardo’s and the third on André’s. On the fourth and last one they explore the flux of ideas each one delivered to OOOO.
Topos doesn’t sum up the experience. It’s not intended to be a conclusion or an end to OOOO, it’s an open circuit of ideas that reinforces the free-minded rock that the three musicians explore, creating a new place where their music finds new routines. It just makes you want to go back to the beginning, again and again, reinforcing the feeling that Jibóia’s belongs to this world without sounding like anything from this world.
Óscar Silva, Ricardo Martins, Mestre André
Recorded and mixed by Bernardo Barata
Mastered & Cut by Rashad Becker
Artwork by Margarida Borges