Like driftwood shaped by the tide, Carlos Ferreira carves a gentle path forward. The Brazilian guitarist and composer deconstructs expectations of his chosen instrument, using methods of patient erosion to expose a new, secret oxide.
Exploring themes of memory, perception, and the ephemeral nature of sound, the artist describes the work as “a reflection on the relationship between chaos and order”.
We weave through spools of wire, navigating a landscape of organic patina. Using ppooll, a digital tool transforming his guitar into entirely new shapes, Ferreira blurs the boundary between human, instrument, and machine, finding beauty in the broken places.
Within this slow-burning methodology, a soft melody is revealed. Through these modes of collapse, we move slowly through unstable soil, each step holding a new hidden memory. The temperature is warm, pulse held in careful balance.
With releases spanning acclaimed labels like Past Inside the Present, Umé Records, Beacon Sound, and AKP Records, we’re happy to help present the artist’s latest work, an elegant offering of elemental entropy.
For those who find comfort in decay.
Out now on Lighten Up Sounds.
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