GONÇALO ALMEIDA
Photo by Dawid Laskowski
COMING CONCERTS :
2026
10.04 - Baggiani/ Zountsa/ Almeida @ Zaal 100, Amsterdam, NL
Tania Zountsa : alto sax
Gonçalo Almeida : double bass
Marcos Baggiani : drums
12.04 - TRAILS @ Koffie & Ambacht, Rotterdam, NL
Felicity Provan : cornet
Nora Mulder : piano
Gonçalo Almeida : double bass
»»»THE ATTIC«««
22.04 – POM, Eindhoven, NL
23.04 – Westerstede, DE
24.04 - Parzelle, Dortmund, DE
25.04 – Jazz in Lokeren, BE
27.04- Bäckerhaus, St. Georgen an der Gusen , Wels, A
28.04 - Imehrin, wurtzburg, DE
29.04 - Martinschlossl, Viena, A
30.04 - PETZ SÖRÖZŐ, Székesfehérvár, H
02.04– Manufaktur, Schorndorf, DE
Rodrigo Amado : tenor sax
Gonçalo Almeida : double bass
Onno Govaert : drums
»»» HyPoMaNiAc «««
08.05 - Wiesbaden, De
09.05 - Soul ,Thessaloniki, Gr
10.05 - Baumstrasse, Athens, Gr
13.05 - Divadlo 29, Pardubice, CZ
14.05 - BMC, Budapest, H
15.05 - Stockwerk, Graz, A
17.05 - Soundmotion, Antwerp, Be
Camila Nebbia : tenor sax
Gonçalo Almeida : double bass
Sylvain Darrifourcq : drums
20.05 - Luis Vicente Trio @ TBA, Zagreb, HR
21.05 - Luis Vicente Trio @ TBA, Zabok, HR
23.05 - Luis Vicente Trio @ Bäckerhaus, St. Georgen an der Gusen , Wels, A
24.05 - Luis Vicente Trio @ TBA , Wien, A
Luis Vicente : trumpet
Gonçalo Almeida : double bass
Pedro Melo Alves : drums
22.05 - HyPoMaNiAc @ Cerkno Jazz Festival, SL
Camila Nebbia : tenor sax
Gonçalo Almeida : double bass
Sylvain Darrifourcq : drums
28.05 - ROTTERDAM KINEMATIC ENSEMBLE plays "City Lights" (Charlie Chaplin)
@ Dokhuis, Rotterdam, NL
»»» THE SELVA «««
31.05 - Koffie & Ambacht , Rotterdam, NL
01.06 - Pletterij, Haarlem
02.06 - POM, Eindhoven, NL
04.06 - TBA
05.06 - Punctum, Prague, CZ
06.06 - Noise Fest, Leipzig, DE
07.06 - Klanghaus @ Klein Jasedow, DE
Ricardo Jacinto : cello and electronics
Gonçalo Almeida : double bass and electronics
Pedro Oliveira : percussion and electronics
13.06 - HyPoMaNiAc @ Trafo, Jena, De
Camila Nebbia : tenor sax
Gonçalo Almeida : double bass
Sylvain Darrifourcq : drums
26.06 RAPID ZEN @ Echoraum, Wien , A
Barbara Togander : voice & turntables
Gonçalo Almeida : amplified and prepared double bass
Vasco Trilla : percussion
28.05 - ROTTERDAM KINEMATIC ENSEMBLE plays "Nosferatus" (Mornau)
@ Dokhuis, Rotterdam, NL
»»» SOLO Tour Portugal «««
24.07 @ Festival Arca @ OSSO, S. Gregório, PT
26.07 @ Cigarra, Lisbon, PT
31.07 @ CAAA, Guimarães, PT
01.08 @ No Noise Fest @ Sonoscopia
Gonçalo Almeida : amplified double bass & turntables
20.08 - LAVA QUARTET @ Saalfelden Jazz Festival, A
Almut Kühne: voice
Jordina Millà : piano
Gonçalo Almeida : double bass
Wieland Möller : drums, percussion and gongs
26.08 - 13.06 - HyPoMaNiAc @ TBA, Berlin, De
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
Luís Vicente Trio 'Expanding Horizons'
w/ Leo Genovese & Tony Malaby
09.10 - Philharmonie Luxembourg, LUX
10.10 - Seixal Jazz, PT
Luis Vicente : trumpet
Tony Malaby : sax
Leo Genovese : piano
Gonçalo Almeida : double bass
Onno Govaert : drums
22.10 - Almeida & Bastien @ Free Music Forum, Wien, A
Pierre Bastien : trumpet and mechanisms
Gonçalo Almeida : Prepared double bass
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.
