Thelmo Cristovam & Fernando S. Torres [Review] 4 Aug 08 - CDr, ReviewI suppose I could have gone to the Dim website or one of the other three cyberplaces listed on the oversized sleeve of this self-titled collaboration to find out, for my records, just who exactly are Thelmo Cristovam & Fernando S. Torres, but then that would resemble work and Im on summer vacation. Vacation. Instead, I will tell you about the marvelous excursions of Cristovam & Torres, a mysterious duo no doubt about it. The compact disc split into two suggestively titled tracks A:2350 and B: 2636 (suggesting, or rather screaming from this single-sided, extended-play format that a vinyl rerelease would be oh-so apropos), with an additional albums worth of material embedded in the discs enhanced genetics an additional pair of tracks similar in duration and content to the purely-audio portions (which will not be covered here). And how might I describe this content? A Real-time composition (i.e. improvised?), both tracks were set live to tape, made with primary elements of trumpet, saxophone, and flute, and transmogrified through piezo crystal, processing, and an air-duster. Hardly minimal, these compositions come richly illustrated in depth and gesture, yet for their duration, appear at first threadbare, with a procession of mostly soloistic entries resonating in a shrouded region of creative space making this a likely candidate for Extremes current roster of post-ECM avant-garde experimentalists, most notably the Antripodean series of Aussie locals like Robert Vincs and Marc Hannaford. The waking reality of these live tracks is dizzied, as the processing of the instrumental sounds ranges wildly from total disfiguration to entire abstinence. When left to present its own nude body in the first movement, the saxophone stretches and skronks against the air as if it were the skin of a balloon, appearing counter moments of subtle dread as a groundfault of bass churn quietly underneath. In the second, this tremor becomes a thick chord of slithering reverb ala Hive Minds Sand Beasts, and swelling form which absorbs the entropic sounds around it as it fills both channels; in this predacious state, the drone hints at rough contours of the shapes within - though almost imperceptibly so maintaining its domination through increasing volume. In DVD clamshells with cardstock inserts, hand-numbered to paltry 33 copies. (Dim Records CDr HERE) permalink http://www.animalpsi.com/index.php?entry=entry080804-110227 Telephone Colorido resgata herancas do povo MuraSerie de quatro documentarios e um CD coletados pela produtora pernambucana, com apoio da Petrobras, investiga a historia de uma antiga tribo da AmazoniaJulio CavaniDa equipe do DiarioDurante dois anos, os documentaristas da produtora pernambucana Telephone Colorido mergulharam na vida de uma antiga tribo da floresta amazonica para preservar sua cultura por meio da linguagem audiovisual. Com apoio do Programa Petrobras Cultural, eles levaram suas cameras e microfones para a regiao do Rio Madeira, onde passaram a documentar as lembrancas dos indios mais velhos do povo Mura. O resultado, cujo lancamento esta marcado para julho, e um DVD com quatro documentarios tematicos acompanhado de um CD com registros verbais e musicais.Segundo o arqueologo e documentarista Raoni Valle, que