SEMIBREVE 2023 – 28 outubro

Main Room 9:30 PM 

 
Whether solo or in collaborations, Tujiko Noriko’s long discography throughout past two decades has given us a set of very special pop works, made of fractal songs plunged in a sea of digital mistakes and pacifying atmospheres, staking in the territory of indie electronica a unique and recognisable style. In 2019, with the film “Kuro”, her début as director realises a long love and relationship with cinema, but especially reformulates and expands her music towards hyper fluid worlds. This year, her fabulous double album “Crépuscule I & II” seems to solidify this path, thought for pictures, suggesting narratives and psychological spaces, made of whispers and peaceful atmospheres. It’s at this summit point in her career that she accepts the challenge issued by the Semibreve festival to build an audio-visual object, inviting Joji Koyama, the co-director of “Kuro”, to join her on stage.

Main Room 10:50 PM

The ship took off in 2006, with three crew members on board: John Elliott, Mark McGuire and Steve Hauschildt. They left behind, on their trail, a generous estate that recounts their quests through the cracks of the Cosmos, among hallucinating accelerations and journeys taken in a contemplative mode. Like all challenging expeditions, Emeralds’ career was short but intense: in 6 years, there are countless spontaneous releases that worked as an illustrative ship’s log of their production. But for those who seek the key moments inscribed in the celestial map there are five albums that document perfectly the importance of Emeralds in recent electronic music. That is why the re-entry in the atmosphere — unexpectedly, by the way — in 2023 with its three elements, is worthy of celebration. And fortunately for us, one of the few observation points for it will be at the Semibreve festival. Or, if we want to be exuberant, here is one of the high points of this year’s programme.

Full program at www.festivalsemibreve.com