My friend in Sao Paulo Eduardo sent me an EP by Oe called Elogio da Segunda Natureza (which translates I think as In Praise Of Second Nature). Oe is one of the many aliases used by Professor Marcus and on the four tracks of the EP he heads deep into the ambient/ drone/ experimental zone.
The first- Forst 1975- is a tremendous piece of ambient music, one that never rests or sits still but buzzes and hums constantly, a lovely drone of synths and keys, wobbling and oscillating. What sounds like a guitar through a wah wah pedal interrupts at two and a half minutes before the drums return and everything builds back in.
Sismografia sets out from a similar place, more fractured and ambient with pulses like the sound of something coming from distant stars.
There are voices at the start of Visagem, coming from a radio that's not properly tuned in. Bursts of static and distortion. Deep synth chords. Rips in the fabric of space and time. Found sounds from somewhere else.
The final emission is The Wake, opening with rapid skippity drums and a piano chord clanging, then layers of sounds- who knows what, keys, guitars, synths- and a long distorted keening guitar line. The Wake breaks down into piano notes and some calm- then the drums come back, doubling the tempo and pushing on again. Really impressive stuff, rich with detail and very absorbing. Elogio de Segunda Natureza is at Bandcamp.
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