Carlos Santos | 1967 | Lisbon | Portugal

computer, microphones, piezos, electronics

Randonée 0.06
Vitriol
sirr.records 2001

Permute
(des)integração
sirr.records 2002

Insula Dulcamara
Vitriol
sirr.records 2003

Kreis
CD CS 020, 2005

Kinetics
CD CS 043, 2006

Studied painting with António Sena and works as a graphic designer. In 1990 started his activity in music/sound performance when with Paulo Raposo forms the project Vitriol. Interested in sound and recording technology and their live expressions, throughout the 90´s developed a constant practice in studio and carried on into live performance, where improvisation has a important role. Nowadays he uses a “laptop”, microphones, piezo elements and custom-built software written in max/msp. Is main areas of work are “field recording”, electroacoustic improvisation and real-time processing of acoustic instruments, where he experimented a lot with various groups, just to name two: "I/O", a duo with Ulrich Mitzlaf (cello), the "Electroacoustic Trio" with Ernesto Rodrigues (violin, viola) and Guilherme Rodrigues (cello, pocket trumpet), the "NAJA Orchestra", a "Laptop" quartet (Vitor Joaquim, Miguel Carvalhais and Pedro Tudela) and a acoustic guest, that is processed in real time.
Also colaborated with artists in video and dance.
Besides VITRIOL, which has regular collaboration of Jeremy Bernstein (video/programer), and in several ocasions with other musicias as: Koji Asano or Jason Khan, he showed is work in several festivals and events: Spain (sidecar-2001), France (Instantes chavirés-2002), England (Atlantic Waves – 2002), Germany (OFF-ICMC – 2000), Portugal (ó da Guarda-1998, 2005), (SonicScope-2001, 2002, 2003, 2006), (EME- 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005). Also kept a regular collaborations with several improvisers: Ulrich Mitzlaf, Manuel Mota, Margarida Garcia, Alfredo Costa Monteiro, Barry Weisblatt, Pedro Leal, Rodrigo Amado, Carlos Zingaro, Carlos Bechegas, Marco Franco, Pedro Rebelo, Francisca Schroder, Bertrand Gauget, Fried Dahn, José Oliveira, Emidio Buchinho, Victor Joaquim, Miguel Carvalhais, Pedro Tudela, Nuno Moita, João C. Pinto, Pedro Lourenço, Rui Costa, Joe Giardullo, André Gonçalves, Michael Thieke, Oren Marshall, jassen Hindi, Tisha Murkaji, Sharif Shenauhi, Mezan Kerbaj, João Silva, Jorge Valente, among others.
Between 2001 and 2003 is co-fundador and integrates the electronic music label SIRR.ecords, between 2002 and 2003 the “laptop” ensemble "[des]integração", from 2004, the "VGO Orchestra", a improvisation ensemble and the "NAJA Orchestra", a laptop quartet, belongs to the board of directors of the experimental art association Granular, develops the graphic image for the "CreativeSources Record" label. In 2004 started working in audio/video pieces, and in 2005, with João Silva, creates a site-especific audio/video work, called "Crossing Points", that deals with the poetics of the "Tagus" river and cities on both shores and their cultutral interaction, that was presented live at MetasonicLX, Goethe Institut, Lisbon, in 2005.