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Stefan Gonzalez

To sum it up in as little words as possible I have contributed heavily in the d.i.y. punk/hardcore and improvised music communities since the late 1990's. This has resulted in my playing with bands (past and present): Akkolyte, Target Rats, Waking Terror, Terminal Dysentery, Rat Salad, Just Another Consumer, and Cojoba(Puerto Rico by way of New York). I have also collaborated in the avantgarde/jazz/ improvisation world with musicians/bands such as Yells at Eels, Luis Lopes' Humanization 4tet, Douglas Ewart, Scott Looney, Damon Smith, Mark Taylor, Peggy Lee, Paul Plimley, German Bringas, Famoudou Don Moye, Ernest Dawkins, James Harvey, Remi Alvarez, Rodrigo Amado, Floros Floridis, Alvin Fielder, Leena Conquest, Sabir Mateen, Matt Lavelle, Dave Dove, Tim Green, Sara Ruth, Mike Maxwell, Mike Chamy, Ben Billington, Andrew Young, Mike Forbes, Chris Parker, Oliver Lake, Shelley Carroll, Scott Bucklin, Armando Martin, Alexander Bruck, Itzam Cano, Gabriel Lauber, Tatsuya Nakatani, Curtis Clark, John Irabagon, Elliott Levin, Daniel Carter, Sonia Flores, Jason Jackson, Carl Smith, Derek Phelps, Faruq Z. Bey and the Northwoods Improvisers, Micro East Collective, MFM, SubKommander Big Band and the list goes on.........This music has taken me from Dallas to the East Coast, West Coast, Mid West, and Southern United States as well as to Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Portugal, Spain, and Poland. Within everything I play there is a necessity to assert myself intensely although I try to follow no musical dogmas. This is the music I love to play yet hate to conceal internally. Don't be a slave to musical/idealogical factionism or posing! Follow your own path, there is no truth elsewhere. - Source: Stefan Gonzalez

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Luís Lopes: Believe, Believe

Read "Believe, Believe" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


Dopo aver debuttato dodici anni fa con la Clean Feed (Humanization 4tet) e inciso due dischi con la francese Ayler Records (Electricity del 2010 e Live in Madison del 2013) il gruppo texano-portoghese torna a pubblicare con l'etichetta di Pedro Costa, riproponendo la vibrante e infuocata miscela di free jazz storico con sonorità heavy metal, noise e appassionanti riferimenti al blues e al funk. L'ensemble è tra i protagonisti di quella nicchia che tiene alta la bandiera dell'improvvisazione ...

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Luis Lopes Humanization 4tet: Believe, Believe

Read "Believe, Believe" reviewed by John Sharpe


For a multinational unit to persist, it must offer sufficient justifications to outweigh the logistical challenges. For Portuguese guitarist Luís Lopes, his Humanization Quartet clearly earns its existence. Believe, Believe is the outfit's fourth album since the recording of its debut in 2007, even though it is some years since the third Live In Madison (Ayler, 2013). While fellow countryman tenor saxophonist Rodrigo Amado completes the front line, the rhythm section comprises two Texas-based brothers, bassist Aaron Gonzalez and drummer ...

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Believe, Believe

Clean Feed Records
2020

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Unknown label
2010

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