Abraço Vivo (CD-R)
by Fanfarra Recreativa e Improvisada Colher de Sopa (F.R.I.C.S.)
Live CD-R recorded on February 3, 2007, includes 50 minutes of swing, funk, grind, blasts and bleeps. Has been described as "a gypsy band partying with Swans"! Classic psychedelic-folklore-sci-fi artwork.
Tracklisting:
- 1- A Vida Não É Fácil
- 2- Suburbano Para Andrómeda
- 3- Tudo À Volta São Viadutos
- 4- I: Explica-me O Que É Que Eu Fiz
- 5- II: Caixas De Transporte De Coisas
- 6- Jubilai-lai-lai
- 7- Visto Por Outro Prisma É Espelho
- 8- Fuga Em Ursa Menor
- 9- O Terceiro Olho Brilhou
- 10- Até Chover Estática!
Live improvisation recorded at Casa Viva, Porto, Portugal
Artwork by Jonathan Saldanha
Video
Press articles
F.R.I.C.S. - "Abraço Vivo"
"For over 50 minutes on February 3, 2007, the 9 musicians of F.R.I.C.S. and their televised conductor, Dr. Hostilino, turned the concert room of Casa Viva into a bandstand where an almost familiar fanfare invoked childhood dreams and nightmares, creating innocent and beautiful melodies in one moment, while exploding into dissonant sections right in the next. This hybrid of noise, funk, jazz, humour and brass music is highly commendable, and one can only hope that this musical tree will bear further fruit. In the meantime, you might just stumble upon F.R.I.C.S. in some forgotten bandstand, in some forgotten park."
André Gomes (2007) www.bodyspace.net
F.R.I.C.S. - "Abraço Vivo"
"F.R.I.C.S. are undoubtedly the most psychedelic musical/social enterprise I've been involved in. Men with a mission which is constantly and progressively revealed, trailing the highways and cheap bars of Portugal in mystical routes - sometimes in a zig-zag - and crossing paths with nymphs, cyclops and other creatures of mental myth. It really is a form of hardworking celebration, with wine and camaraderie mixing with long drives and gas station junk food. Once I heard F.R.I.C.S. being described as a form of social madness; this outer layer of madness encloses a package of invented meta-pagan superstitions, popular ritualism and wine worshipping that makes F.R.I.C.S. continue the ancient and venerable tradition of armies of holy madmen. With "Abraço Vivo", you have a sonic and visual (a lot of our cosmology is contained in the CD's artwork) door that will lead you into this paralel universe."
Sr. Silva (2007) - Member of F.R.I.C.S
