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"Tardio" is, at its core, an improvisation made with an alternate guitar tuning at its noisy volume, with several variations on dynamics, ranges and tones out of it. The slide guitar with ventilator (not prepared, though) "dialogs" with the amplifier all the time, in a feedback drenched manner. It was created based around an revolving idea. As an introduction, I recited a sonnet I wrote years ago that I felt suitable to introduce the incendiary aura the work has. It has also a small electroacoustic interlude for a plaintive acoustic improvisation.

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Tardio (Poem written in February 3rd, 2004)

manhã tardia numa noite amanhecida
prometo promessas que não sei se as farei
matando o dia em manhã envelhecida
de um quarto desgastado em fotos que sonhei

noite tardia numa manhã adormecida
sombras se tornam vultos da fé que verei
arder em chamas de velas entristecidas
pela soma de desperdícios que criei

não se imploram chuvas em todo céu nublado
não se movem os ventos pelos dias mortos
o ar que você aspira não é o que o seu ar é de fato

o meu ar foi incendiado pelo fogo-fátuo
do vão de todos os meus gritos; pensei em seus olhos
nascentes e cabisbaixos no sol dos portos

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Late (Translation made in Sept. 20, 2009)

Late in the morning in an evening dawn
I make promises I don't know if I will
By killing the day in an aging morn
Of a worn room in photos I dreamt of

Late in the night in a sleeping morning
Shadows become figures of the faith I'll see
Burning in flames of saddened candles
For the amount of waste I've created

Don't beg rainfalls in all the cloudy sky
The winds don't move for the dying days
The air you breathe isn't what your air really is

My air was flared up by the night fire
Of the vanity of all my screamings; I thought
Of your rising droopy eyes in the sun ports

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from Prel​ú​dio Tardio (GCSA 02), track released April 9, 2011
George Christian - vocals, guitar, electroacoustic programming, production and mastering

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George Christian / GC Sound Artifacts Salvador, Brazil

Guitarist, singer and songwriter George
Christian is a musician with a prolific activity in the field of independent online music, with the electric guitar as his main instrument in several instrumental explorations.

GC Sound Artifacts is a personal label created by the composer George Christian in 2010 and a household name for his productions. ... more

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