Sei Miguel / Pedro Gomes
Turbina Anthem
2011
NoBusiness Records: NBCD29 
http://www.nobusinessrecords.com/NBCD29.php
NoBusiness Records: NBLP34 
http://www.nobusinessrecords.com/NBLP34.php

* Sei Miguel: pocket trumpet
* Pedro Gomes: guitars
 
http://rt2.planetaclix.pt/seimiguel/ 
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/sei-miguel-mn0001408526 
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/pedro-gomes-mn0002392203

Recorded 1-3 August, 2008 in Lisboa.
Recorded and mixed by Eduardo Vinhas at Golden Pony Studio.


Reviews
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By Stef 
http://www.freejazzblog.org/2011/04/sei-miguel-pedro-gomes-turbina-anthem.html

There aren't that many trumpet-guitar albums, and I must admit that I like the
line-up. This duet between trumpeter Sei Miguel and Pedro Gomes on guitar is
something unique. Both are minimalists, but while Miguel using his trumpet
mainly in a traditional and voiced mode, Gomes extracts sweet acoustic sounds
or extremely harsh electric sounds from his guitar.

Yet it is far from noise : the volume of the guitar is low, the distortion
maximal, the notes minimal. Both musicians play plaintive, sad phrases, full of
longing and crying and pain and restrained anger, quietly, almost resigned yet
extremely expressive. The album is so powerful that the listening experience is
of an immediacy that is uncommon. The feelings they have seem to be transmitted
directly to the listener, without the distance of appreciation or
interpretation or any other form of rationalisation.

You feel the sounds, the sounds are what you feel in a real phyisical sense :
setting your nerves on edge, sending shivers down your spine, giving you
goosebumps, making you want to flee or cry. The few, more bluesy, pieces with
acoustic guitar come as a relief, a welcome pause for the nervous system
... only to be dragged back into a universe of extreme tension : an uneasy
beauty, harsh warmth, raw embraces, hard truths ... as if every release of
tension creates its own new tension again ... And it requires incredible skill
to maintain this for the entire album, without straying, without relinquishing
the concept.

This is music without compromise, yet its vision is clear, its voice is unique,
a listening experience that is not always pleasant, but extremely rewarding.

Great art.

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By John Sharpe 
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/turbina-anthem-sei-miguel-pedro-gomes-nobusiness-records-review-by-john-sharpe.php

By Grego Applegate Edwards

Par Héctor Cabrero (fr)

Por Regina Morais (pt) 
http://pontoalternativo.com/album/sei-miguel-e-pedro-gomes/turbina-anthem