Andorinha by Filip Bagewitz

Music and poetry for solo oud. Andorinha is a collection of interconnected tunes and poems. The poems only exist in written form and the physical album comes with the poems printed on a poster. On this page you can read the poems by clicking the "lyrics" button next to each tune.

In the synthesis of music, poetry, imagery and silence Andorinha weaves an intricate web of stories and sounds. The music is rooted in the classical oriental traditions and performed on the oud, the fretless lute of the Middle East. Moving between strict compositions and free improvisations, the eight tunes connect both to each other and to the poetry and artwork which develops and comments the abstract themes of the music. The warm acoustics of a 19th century church give the naked and unadorned oudplaying space both for painting vast soundscapes and for focusing the details. Andorinha combines ideas of poetic dignity and political realism to a thought-provoking totality; suggestive, enigmatic and melancholy.

Tracklist

1.	Pappersflygplan	4:03

2.	En kopplad hund	5:34

3.	Mina bekymmer är större än havet	4:19

4.	Förvaret	8:39

5.	Polska efter Kings Selma	2:11

6.	Baktankar	7:19

7.	Meninos do Sol	5:59

8.	Pappersflygplan (repris)	3:47

Credits

released February 22, 2012

Music: Filip Bagewitz (except the fifth track which is a swedish traditional)
Poetry: Olivia Bergdahl (expect the seventh poem by Edson Oliveira)
Recording/mixing/mastering: Mårten Bergkvist
Artwork: Ronja Svenning Berge

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