GONÇALO ALMEIDA
Photo by Dawid Laskowski
COMING CONCERTS :
2026
10.09 - Rotterdam Kinematic Ensemble plays THE GENERAL (B.Keaton) @ Dokhuis, Rotterdam
Luis Lopes - guitar
Lucija Gregov - cello
Robert Kroos - electronics
Gonçalo Almeida - double bass
Philipp Ernsting - percussion
12.09 @ Jazzblazzt Festival @ Swalmen, NL
13.09 - RAPID ZEN @ Jazz ao Largo, Barcelos, PT
Barbara Togander - turntables and voice
Gonçalo Almeida - amplified double bass
Vasco Trilla - percussion
17.09 - THE SELVA @ Festival Impulso, Caldas da Rainha, PT
Ricardo Jacinto : cello and electronics
Gonçalo Almeida : double bass and electronics
Pedro Oliveira : percussion and electronics
26.09 - SPINIFEX @ Freak Festival, Wurtzburg, DE
Tobias Klein : alto sax
John Dikeman : tenor sax
Bart Maris : trumpet
Jasper Stadhouders : guitar
Gonçalo Almeida : bass
Philipp Moser : drums
27.09 - Double bass Solo @ Conflux Festival, Rotterdam, NL
02.10 - HyPoMaNiAc : Coimbra, PT
Camila Nebbia : tenor sax
Gonçalo Almeida : double bass
Sylvain Darrifourcq : drums
03.10 - THE SELVA @ Festival de Música Exploratória Portuguesa, Leiria, PT
Ricardo Jacinto : cello and electronics
Gonçalo Almeida : double bass and electronics
Pedro Oliveira : percussion and electronics
04.10 - TBA , Vila Nova de Cerveira, PT
LUÍS VICENTE TRIO EXPANDING HORIZONS - FT. LEO GENOVESE & TONY MALABY
08.10. - Studio Grez, Brussels
09.10 - Luxembourg Phillarmonie, Luxemburg October
10.10 - Seixal Jazz Festival, Seixal
Luis Vicente - trumpet
Gonçalo Almeida - double bass
Onno Goevert - drums
featuring
Leo Genovese - piano
Tony Malaby - reeds
15.10 - Rotterdam Kinematic Ensemble plays THE BlACK PIRATE @ Dokhuis, Rotterdam
Daniel Bierdümpfl - guitar
Robert Kroos - electronics
Gonçalo Almeida - double bass
Vasco Furtado - percussion
Philipp Ernsting - percussion
22.10 - Almeida & Bastien : Wien, A
Pierre Bastien : trumpet and mechanisms
Gonçalo Almeida : prepared double bass
06.11 - Luis Vicente trio @ Festa do Jazz, Lisbon, PT
Luis Vicente - trumpet
Gonçalo Almeida - double bass
Pedro Melo Alves - drums
»»» 19-29.11 - Luis Vicente trio tour TBA«««
LUÍS VICENTE TRIO EXPANDING HORIZONS - FT. LEO GENOVESE & TONY MALABY
14.12 - Porgy & Bess, Wien, A
15.12 - Kulturforum Villach, Villach, A
16.12 - Paradox, Tilburg, NL
17.12 - Bimhuis, Amsterdam 18.12 - BMC, Budapest, H
19.12 - TBA
20.12 - Jamboree, Barcelona, ES
Luis Vicente - trumpet
Gonçalo Almeida - double bass
Pedro Melo Alves - drums
featuring
Leo Genovese - piano
Tony Malaby - reeds
GONÇALO ALMEIDA - STATES OF RESTRAINT
(clean feed 2024)
Gonçalo Almeida - double bass, electronics & compositions
Susana Santos Silva - trumpet
Gustavo Costa - percussion
All music by Gonçalo Almeida
Recorded on 21 July 2023 at Sonoscopia, Porto by Gustavo Costa.
Mixed by Gonçalo Almeida. Mastered by Gustavo Costa.
Produced by Gonçalo Almeida | Executive production by Pedro Costa for Trem Azul | Design by Travassos | Photos by Pedro dos Reis
States of Restraint, bassist and composer Gonçalo Almeida delivers a set of remarkable minimalist tone poems distinguished by their brooding crawl-time intensity and austere meditative aesthetics.
Accompanied by trumpeter Susana Santos Silva and percussionist Gustavo Costa, Almeida meticulously maps the coordinates of five tension-fuelled abstracts which, taken together, comprise a mesmeric form of temporal liturgy, delineated through standard notation and graphic scores, animated via splendidly spartan increments of surge, drone and ceremonial carillon.
Silva has been a constant in Almeida’s LAMA trio, while she also guests on 2021’s Suicide Underground Orchid by Almeida and Costa’s incendiary metal-charged jazzcore unit, Ikizukuri. But whereas these previous ventures are often characterised by frenetic jump-cuts, scattergun squalls and wild improvisational jousts, States of Restraint emphasises more temperate aspects of control, discipline, nuance and poise.
Recorded last summer at Sonoscopia – the unique Porto-based hub championing experimental music and sound art under Costa’s directorship – States of Restraint negotiates an assiduously sensitive strain of brinksmanship, continually teetering on the cusp of total erasure, teasing intimations of a blissful eternity. Under the expert stewardship of Almeida’s trio, patience is pushed here beyond its simple virtuousness, becoming the creative fulcrum for a set of thrillingly singular entrancements, basking in the variegated latency of its laser-focused sublime. Spencer Grady
CICLOS
Gonçalo Almeida - Double Bass Solo
(Cylinder Recordings 2023)
CICLOS is an acoustic double bass solo that focuses on exploring lengthy structures and the slow development of concepts, pondering on the nature of time, structure and control.
Improvisations on Amplified and Prepared Double Bass
(Shhpuma 2022)
Solo improvisations that involve the interaction of feedback and distortion between the resonant body of the double bass and the amplifier, along with several preparations and extended techniques.
