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ORUA - Passe LPRio de Janeiro, where the mountains dramatically merge with the sea, is riddled with contradictions. Its a cliche to say that a city is full of contradictions, but Rio de Janeiro is not just any city. Many elements are often in opposition: the beauty of the coastline contrasting the decay of the center city; the wealth of the valleys and coastline at odds with the poverty of the hillside favelas and the periferia (periphery); the idyllic sand and surf

In this pitchblack place

The shorter instrumentals are especially satisfying: we open with the droning

Arrangement-wise

and emotionally exacting vocal melodies

Josh Quillen of So Percussion

the founder of experimental label Penultimate Press

As much as the musical piece and the recording is a labour of love the packaging is as well: Each record is hand-lettered and manually ennobled by the artist himself containing liner notes

Chuck Johnson

political without preaching

and all the sorts of magical silly and bookish jingle bells that an old-school liberal arts education handed you

this was the album Michael Gira referred to in order to push the group forwards

He revels in the minutiae of the music— not simply incorporating new instruments but emphasizing how they interact with his guitar and voice

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