Cine Privé

Back in May I posted a track called Jaca from an EP by Fériasdasférias, a DJ and producer from Sao Paulo, Brazil, thirteen minutes of ambient/ home listening/ dance music that worked its magic slowly then quickly then slowly again. Fériasdasférias aka Bruno Protti is back now with a second album, this one a full length album composed around studying a run down cinema in downtown Sao Paulo, a cinema that judging by the song titles specialises in a particular type of adult movies. 

Growing up in Manchester there were several adult cinemas in town, at least two on Oxford Road near the railway station and the Cornerhouse. They were the subject of much speculation among teenage boys. The men who used to be seen coming in or going out looked ancient but were probably no older, and maybe younger, than I am today. Everything (and more) that these men paid to watch in a public place can now be viewed at home, only a couple of clicks away on a laptop or phone. 

Back to the music- Fériasdasférias has just released Cine Privé, an ambient album made up of twelve tracks of atmospherics, hisses, buzzes, static, drones, washes and waves of sound, synths, ghostly melodies and 

The title track, Cine Privé, is three minutes twenty two seconds of synthesiser topline and ringing sounds, an interpretation of Sao Paulo after dark. The album unfolds around this track in a similar vein, not too far from more local artists (to me) such as Craven Faults and Pye Corner Audio, building up to the fourteen minute finale Unurai Sticks, where broken rhythms, the occasional burst of finger picked guitar and some sampled voices make their way through the fog and haze. Well worth some of your time this week. Buy/ listen at Bandcamp.