Chromosome, by Mário Costa

Chromosome

by Mário Costa

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	1.	adamastor 05:56
	2.	chromosome 07:02
	3.	victória 04:20
	4.	moluccas 06:27
	5.	moonwalk 06:01
	6.	antipodes 06:41
	7.	la grotte 09:30
	8.	chamber music 05:34
	9.	astrolabe 04:48

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In the very beginning of 2023, it is time for Mário Costa’s sophomore take on his more personal and authorial project. The new album is titled Chromossome, named after Costa’s rigorous and custom-made writing, considering the DNA of each one of the musicians that he carefully handpicked for the project. Listening to Chromossome it is easy to be enticed by that acute detail of compositions thought as a means to explore each performer’s qualities, enhancing the genius of these captivating and staggering nine tracks. If we keep in mind that Cuong Vu’s trumpet can be found in Bill Frisell, Pat Metheny, David Bowie or Laurie Anderson’s projects, that Bruno Chevillon’s double bass is an habitué in bands lead by Louis Sclavis, Michel Portal or Daniel Humair, and that Benoît Delbecq’s piano has found its way into the music of such diverse protagonists as Evan Parker, Mark Turner or Mary Halvorson, we may get a pale idea of the musical gathering that is taking place here. But only a pale idea because the music that is born out of this four brilliant and very different personalities is greater than the sum of its parts. Each track that Mário Costa offers his accomplices feels like a red carpet for them to explore on, creating the ideal context for a miraculous musical response. And having said that, it is still so little a description. Only music can truly speak for the bewilderment and the creativity outburst that unfolds from Chromossome.

"I love it. The more I Iisten to it, the more I love it. The compositions are very inspiring. No unnecessary notes. Four masters who play with an amazing interaction. Each musician gives what is needed and is handed what he needs, like in an ideal, perfect democracy. I can feel the pleasure they had playing together. Magic. "

Enrico Rava

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released March 21, 2023

Mário Costa drums, electronics & composition
Cuong Vu trumpet
Benoît Delbecq piano, synths & samplers
Bruno Chevillon double bass

All compositions by Mário Costa

Recorded June 2022 at CARA Studios, Matosinhos | Sound Engineer: João Bessa | Sound Assistant: Nuno Couto | Mixed and Mastered by João Bessa at Miramar Sessions Studio
Produced by Mário Costa | Executive production by Pedro Costa for Trem Azul | Design by Atelier D’Alves | Band photo by Flávio Cruz | Cover Photo by Pedro Ferreira

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