Mané Fernandes ENTER THE sQUIGG

The guitarist from Porto, Portugal, makes his decisive career statement as a composer with this album. Every move he did before, trade-marking a jumping rhythmic style of his own, was leading to “ENTER THE sQUIGG” , a phenomenal treat about rhythm and its relationship with harmony and melody, informed by the many 'musics' of the African-American tradition. 

Mané Fernandes studied with Petter Eldh, via RMC (Copenhagen), and through the rhythmic visions of this contrabassist and producer, plus the thorough study of Malcolm Braff's research, developed what he calls “Post-beat Aesthetics”.

This release results directly from both influences, crosses them and mixes Fernandes' musical personality to the pulsatile discoveries made, here and there keeping an ear to other references - for instance, to Flying Lotus, Busta Rhymes, or John Coltrane.

The music was recorded live and post-production in the studio was used as a creative tool; all the sound materials having been manipulated and (re)composed with. 

An edition in vinyl was the natural choice for this work process, which is totally committed to that surface/object. A special gift to all the beat freaks out there.
 

"...with this 'mixtape', Mané Fernandes is ready to claim his spotlight in the current portuguese creative music scene, offering something so profoundly original and idea-packed, that we'll be collecting it's benefits for a long time."

-Rui Miguel Abreu in Rimas e Batidas
 

"...as the biggest statement yet in Mané Fernandes' career, "ENTER THE sQUIGG" merely lifts the veil of what will for sure be a long story. We can only wait for the next chapter" [4,5 / 5 stars]

-António Branco in Jazz.pt
 

Listen on 
https://manefernandes.bandcamp.com/
 

Or
https://open.spotify.com/album/1mcFshk2OuxN7xIrbNVIGg?si=1I05EtDYTPa_QK4...
 

Website
https://www.manefernandes.com/