I'm inviting you for the event "Where's Tom?- Acção Timbalão" as a part of a initiative of mine to replace a stolen instrument.
On the last 10.09.2011 after a concert, a drum was stolen out of my car. At the present I can't simply replace it because it is a highly valuable, very expensive instrument.
You are invited to watch the trailer of the DVD "For Unaccompanied Drums" and, if you feel that it is worth your time and money, to buy it. vimeo.com/30811500
For any questions related with the purchase of the DVD you are welcome to contact me. I will be thankful for each single purchase because they will be a significant contribution for me to be "back on track" with my sound ideal. music@rui-faustino.com
This DVD was made by my friend Marco Mariano, and the trailer by me and my friend Teresa Prata upon Marco's filmed material. Many thanks to Marco for his initiative of recording my concert, -preserving in this way the drum and avoiding a longer loss-, and to Teresa for helping me putting the trailer together. The drum is the small high pitched one on the right.
About:
"For Unaccompanied Drums" is my solo project for the drumset. This project was born back in 2002 and the name was inspired by a book which gathers pieces from different composers called "For Unaccompanied Snare Drum". My idea back then was to take the approach of a classical percussionist and use it on the drumset. For that purpose I started to write music for the drumset, simultaneously changing the soundscape of the instrument. At that point the work of Fritz Hauser, Max Roach and Jack DeJohnette were major influences.
Once the technique and the idea of sound moved apart from the "normal" drums, the project started to develop in a parallel, but different pace, changing between productive periods and others of apparent stagnation. This concert at Mica Moca is the fifth solo concert I've played and it underlines simultaneously the project's development and also the way it still has ahead. It is not a product, it's a process. I hope you enjoy it.
Rui Faustino
