Part of a (very) loose but somewhat like minded kaleidoscope where one can trace something like a Portuguese hauntology, centred around labels like Russian Library or Prisma Sonora Records, Alexandre Centeio joins Discrepant with the surefire release of "Panorama".
A multi-instrumentalist and sound artist based in Porto, Centeio—who is also part of Stellarays and The Murmurous Playground—delivers his second album under his own name after 2022's "Movanta".
Signalling a departure from the intimate synth driven beautifully soothing landscapes of "Movanta" while still working within a realm where space and memory play a significant part of both escapism and connection, "Panorama" opens itself up to a "surrealistic soundscape filled with real and dreamt sound", perfectly illustrated by Ruca Bourbon's artwork. A sonic fiction conjured from a variety of sources - hand drums, disembodied voices, scraps of unknown realities, skewed loops, oneiric collages, flutes, spectral synths - that float freely between disruption and continuity but within their own internal logic. A very particular and hallucinatory one at that, mind ya. Collapsing notions of time and geography in an aural canvas totally aligned with Discrepant's ethos. "Panorama" indeed.
Alexandre Centeio is a multi-instrumentalist and sound artist based in Porto, working with electronics, field recordings and electroacoustic setups.
