…And it’s DONE!
My latest album – ARRE – is finished!
It will be out on all major streaming services by the 16th of October. It is also, available as a CD album, that I have designed myself.
Arre is a co-composed project, by the collective “arrefole”, that is published after more than 15 year of artistic partnership with Nuno Flores, Daniel Pereira and João Conceição.
Excerpt of “Rechargeable Battery”, composed by Gonçalo Cruz and Nuno Flores.
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arrefole stands out as Gonçalo’s longest artistic co-authoring relationship.
Its members, have diverse musical backgrounds and parallel professional and artistic careers, making arrefole an incredible laboratory for ideas.
This results in a constant redesign of repertoire, accordingly to every member’s latest influences. Such a body of work has only been fully enjoyed by the most die-hard fans, that have attended live performances over a span of a decade.
Despite time & geographical constraints, arrefole’s members have been translating this experimental practice into video and two recorded albums to be released later this year, followed by a short concert tour.
in the picture:
| João Conceição | Daniel Pereira | Gonçalo Cruz |
| Nuno Flores |
Founded by Gonçalo in 2000, “arrefole”, has only published three recorded albums, but counts with hundreds of live performances and many hours of unpublished material.
Although having played with several bands and hundreds of musicians, Gonçalo comes back frequently to his first-ever experimental progressive folk music project, as a never-ending source of inspiration.
Gonçalo Cruz
is a Researcher, Musician, Educator & Maker of Bagpipes & Woodwinds.
He holds a Masters in Architecture, and is currently a Doctoral candidate at the Sibelius Academy - “Forgotten Bagpipes - The redesign of the Säkkipilli in Finland”. His research interests are in the disciplines of Music, Ethnomusicology, Organology, as well as Art & Design, History & Archeology, with a special interest in the subjects of Instrument building, Tuning and Temperament.
As an artist, Gonçalo has been working as a music composer and guest musician on live and recorded performances, and is keen in developing the concept of “Music as Design”