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Amao Quartet: Improcreations
by Tyran Grillo
The Amao Quartet, hailing from southern Brazil, consists (at the time of recording) of guitarists Glauber Kiss de Souza, Daniel de Souza Mendes, Pedro Guerreschi Paiva, and Igor Dornelles Mendes (since replaced by Dino Beghetto). Consists" is key, as the quartet follows the archaic definition of the word--meaning to exist together"--to determine the flow of information passing through its instruments. Such unity of purpose is what distinguishes Improcreations in practice from what it might seem in theory. In concept alone, ...
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