THEMANDUS present their eponymous work with the Porta-Jazz stamp and which won the International Jazz Competition at the University of Aveiro.

Starting with an instrumentation that is a priori peculiar – drums, guitar and saxophone – but which is not so unusual, the trio explores compositional ideas that range from written to totally improvised music and it is in this preliminary process that the compositional and instrumental boldness expands: the drums increase the number of snare drums, cymbals and accessories; the guitar increases the number of pedals, the saxophone is now a colleague of an analogue synthesiser rack and an EWI. This expansion of instruments is crucial given the versatility needed to fulfil the music and the limited number of players.

Afonso Boucinha Silva: Alto Saxophone, EWI and Synthesisers
Ricardo Alves: Electric Guitar
Eduardo Carneiro Dias: Drums