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TELECTU -Ctu  Vinyl LP

A Portuguese avant-garde and experimental electronics duo, formed in 1982, by Jorge Lima Barreto (keyboards), writer, critic and former jazz drummer, member of the free jazz scene, and Vítor Rua (guitars), founding member of the pop/rock band GNR in the late 70's. Their music incorporates a variety of elements from free jazz, rock, electronica, minimalism and musique concrète. They are arguably the most important project of its genre in Portugal. Their career spanning 30 years, includes a voluminous discography, many national and international performances and collaborations, both live and recorded, with important experimental and improvisation musicians such as Elliott Sharp, Carlos Zíngaro, Jac Berrocal, Sunny Murray, Chris Cutler amongst others. They have also composed music for theater, video art and multimedia performance. In 2011, the project ceased activity with the death of Jorge Lima Barreto

Centered around Philip K. Dick's writings, Telectu's debut album CTU - released in 1982 in Portugal through Valentim de carvalho, is still very much under the radar, probably for being so far ahead of its time. Considered by some to be at the vanguard of Art-Rock in Portugal, CTU is much more than this. It's the pinnacle of a new epiphany of sound that came together naturally when Jorge Lima Barreto (Anar Band) and Vítor Rua (GNR) met and decided to direct their creative minds towards an outspoken experimental project riveted in layers of sound mirroring an era of renewal, a true "nouvelle vague" that did for music something akin to what Fassbinder and Godard did for Cinema. CTU lives and vibrates in a hermetic world of it's own, where colours, sound and language slowly dissipate.

Limited vinyl reissue fully licensed and remastered from original tapes.

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