We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Lisbon, Portugal

from Echolocation (demos) by George Hurd

subscriber exclusive

about

An ode to the glorious city of Lisbon, where I had the luck of living for a few months not long ago. Easily one of the most magical cities in the world, I fell in love with it and its wild collection of sounds - old and new, musical and cacophonous. I wrote this using traditional Portuguese music recorded for me by the phenomenal Lisbon-based guitar quintet Marafona, as the basis. I took these and twisted and sculpted them into a new shape I liked. I had to make them my own while still leaving their essence intact.

From there I used a huge assortment of sounds I collected around the city to build much of the rest of the track. Along them: flags snapping against their poles atop the walls of the Moorish Castle in Sintra outside of Lisbon, crowds cheering during the massive Festival de Lisboa, ancient trams chugging uphill, random Fado singers whose songs literally drift anonymously through the night air, quiet murmurs of prayer bonding around the Pantheon, and even a street saxophonist playing in a tunnel near the ocean.

Wanting to tip my hat to that traditional Portuguese sound, I wove in both classical and electric guitar played by Oakland guitarist Robert Nance (robertnancemusic.com), and vocal parts from San Franciscan mezzo-soprano Melinda Becker (melindabecker.com).

The electronic drums were a nod to everything modern about the city - veins of sleek and cutting-edge life shooting through an ancient city. These madly oversaturated drums were definitely a nod to early, lo-fi Apex Twin.

credits

from Echolocation (demos), released July 1, 2018
Voices: Melinda Becker
Electric and Classical Guitar: Robert Nance
Portuguese Guitars and Hand Drums: Marafona
Electronics: George Hurd

All music written and produced by George Hurd.

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

George Hurd image

George Hurd Berlin, Germany

George Hurd is a composer whose music focuses on classical music, electronic music & finding ways to bring the two together. His work fixates on location & memory, using electronic sounds made entirely by him, recorded on his travels, each encapsulating a memory from the place/time they were recorded. He leads The Hurd Ensemble, an electroacoustic chamber group dedicated to performing his work. ... more

contact / help

Contact George Hurd

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this track or account

George Hurd recommends:

If you like George Hurd, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featuring Riley Pinkerton (aka The Rat Queen) from the theatrical NYC rockers, Castle Rat.
listen now