Nuno Canavarro (born 15 November 1962) is a Portuguese composer. He studied architecture in Oporto. He learned to play piano at a very young age and was in a band called the Street Kids. He also played with the famous Portuguese band, Delfins, and with Carlos Maria Trindade (Madredeus, Heróis do Mar). He is also responsible for the 1988 experimental music recording: Plux Quba. This record was a strong influence on the sound of many postmodern electronic musicians, including Mouse on Mars and Jim O'Rourke. O'Rourke re-released Plux Quba on his own Moikai label in 1999.
Nuno Canavarro has also composed music for Portuguese films including Fintar o Destino, O Gotejar da Luz (Light Drops), 14 de Fevereiro (a 1 de Abril), "O Jogo da Glória" and Janelas Verdes. He also produced a DVD about his father's experience in the Portuguese war and composed original music for the DVD, Elefante Dundum (2007). He also directed a 2008 movie called Casa da Montanha.
Nuno Canavarro | Plux Quba Full ! Ama Romanta | 1988
Nuno Canavarro – Plux Quba
Selo: Ama Romanta – AMRO - 014
Formato: Vinyl, LP, Album
País: Portugal
Lançado: 1988
Genre: Electronic
Estilo: Abstract, Experimental, Ambient, Musique Concrète
published: 19 Apr 2021
Outer Sounds 005 - Interview with Rafael Toral about Nuno Canavarro's Plux Quba
Interview with Rafael Toral about Nuno Canavarro's 'Plux Quba' which was recently repressed on Drag City. This is the March 2021 monthly selection for the Outer Sounds Vinyl Subscription series. Visit http://www.outersoundsvinyl.com for more info & to subscribe!
published: 21 Feb 2021
Nuno Canavarro - Alsee
Nuno Canavarro Alsee - from Electronic Contemporary Portuguese Music
«The Nuno Canavaro unreleased tracks from the 1987 'Plux Quba -- Música para 70 Serpentes' sessions feature as sequels to other tracks, as follows:
'plb' is the 17 last seconds of track #3
'xqa' is the last 30 seconds of track #10
'xlb' is the last 30 seconds of track #14»
«NUNO CANAVARRO (1962)
Alsee, 1988
Ensoniq Mirage sampler, Yamaha FB-01 synthesizer
Author's studio, Cascais
Plux Quba, LP Ama Romanta, 1988; re CD Moikai, 1998
Began his music career as a member of pop bands in the beginning of the 1980's and, from 1983 to 1985, studied electroacoustic music in the United States and in The Netherlands. After Plux Quba was released in 1998, he started composing music for cinema. Plux Quba was recorded ...
published: 18 Mar 2011
[Untitled]
Provided to YouTube by Drag City Records
[Untitled] · Nuno Canavarro
Plux Quba
℗ Drag City Inc.
Released on: 2018-04-01
Auto-generated by YouTube.
published: 28 Mar 2020
Nuno Canavarro - Untitled
published: 17 Mar 2016
Nuno Canavarro - Bruma
published: 17 Mar 2016
Carlos Maria Trindade / Nuno Canavarro - Mr. Wollogallu (1991, Full Album)
this holy grail ambient / “fourth world” record from portgual is gorgeous, esoteric, sample-heavy, difficult to pin down, ASMR-triggering. it will move you if you let it. i’ll let this one speak for itself.
~ we own nothing ~
tracklist
side a (compositions by carlos maria trindade)
0:00 the truth
3:38 guiar
6:42 mecanismos de corda
8:02 plan
12:29 x.pect
14:15 em bou-saada
16:40 west
side b (compositions by nuno canavarro)
20:32 blu terra
27:37 s. louise
29:56 ven 5
33:37 segredos m
37:07 aelux
39:49 antica/burun
published: 22 Jul 2017
Carlos Maria Trindade & Nuno Canavarro - Plan
Taken from the Portuguese abstract/experimental album 'Mr. Wollogallu' (1991)
Nohak, Eco, Zamb, Voz Bruma, Tucpiano -- Nuno Canavarro
Nylon -- Carlos Maria Trindade
http://www.discogs.com/Carlos-Maria-Trindade-Nuno-Canavarro-Mr-Wollogallu/release/3240541
published: 15 Jun 2014
Cave
Provided to YouTube by Drag City Records
Cave · Nuno Canavarro
Plux Quba
℗ Drag City Inc.
Released on: 2018-04-01
Auto-generated by YouTube.
published: 28 Mar 2020
ESTRADA DE NADA, de Nuno Canavarro
Para aluguer em: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/estradadenadavod
Portugal, 2015 / Cor / 22 min.
Realizador/Director: Nuno Canavarro
Guião/Screenplay: Luísa Costa Gomes
Produtora/Producer: David & Golias
Elenco/Cast: João França, Maria Hernâni, Carlos Nery
Sinopse/Synopsis
PT
Na aldeia a vida corre como sempre: o Sol põe-se por entre as memórias.
A chegada de um jovem forasteiro tudo muda.
Aos mais velhos é oferecido um novo presente, e aceitam-no.
Os sonhos despertam uma antiga canção que percorre a aldeia.
ENG
In the village life goes on as usual: the sun sets among the memories.
The arrival of a young stranger changes everything.
Older people are offered a new gift and they accept it.
Dreams awaken an old song that runs through the village.
Festivais e prémios/Festivals and Awards
Distri...
Interview with Rafael Toral about Nuno Canavarro's 'Plux Quba' which was recently repressed on Drag City. This is the March 2021 monthly selection for the Outer...
Interview with Rafael Toral about Nuno Canavarro's 'Plux Quba' which was recently repressed on Drag City. This is the March 2021 monthly selection for the Outer Sounds Vinyl Subscription series. Visit http://www.outersoundsvinyl.com for more info & to subscribe!
Interview with Rafael Toral about Nuno Canavarro's 'Plux Quba' which was recently repressed on Drag City. This is the March 2021 monthly selection for the Outer Sounds Vinyl Subscription series. Visit http://www.outersoundsvinyl.com for more info & to subscribe!
Nuno Canavarro Alsee - from Electronic Contemporary Portuguese Music
«The Nuno Canavaro unreleased tracks from the 1987 'Plux Quba -- Música para 70 Serpent...
Nuno Canavarro Alsee - from Electronic Contemporary Portuguese Music
«The Nuno Canavaro unreleased tracks from the 1987 'Plux Quba -- Música para 70 Serpentes' sessions feature as sequels to other tracks, as follows:
'plb' is the 17 last seconds of track #3
'xqa' is the last 30 seconds of track #10
'xlb' is the last 30 seconds of track #14»
«NUNO CANAVARRO (1962)
Alsee, 1988
Ensoniq Mirage sampler, Yamaha FB-01 synthesizer
Author's studio, Cascais
Plux Quba, LP Ama Romanta, 1988; re CD Moikai, 1998
Began his music career as a member of pop bands in the beginning of the 1980's and, from 1983 to 1985, studied electroacoustic music in the United States and in The Netherlands. After Plux Quba was released in 1998, he started composing music for cinema. Plux Quba was recorded with scarce means, among which "a synthesizer, an Ensoniq Mirage eight bit sampler (one of the first available at that time) and an eight track Fostex recorder. Today I can hardly believe how I managed to do that record. I actually used the sampler's software errors. It was a quite unstable instrument and there were situations in which, forced to work hard, it would behave unpredictably. It was very good for the kind of music I wanted to do. The tracks plb, xqa and xlb were produced in the same recording sessions. Rafael Toral found them in the Plux Quba tapes and thought it would be interesting to include them in the anthology. I hadn't heard some of these sounds for about ten or twelve years. For a while -- at least while I listened to them -- they took Plux Quba's electroacoustic map back to me."»
[ Music, texts and photo are posted just for the benefit of the artists and writers involved. If someone (artist, label, author) feels that this video should be removed, please do let me know]
[Composição musical, foto e informação complementar colocados para efeitos de difusão dos autores envolvidos. Se os mesmos considerarem tal como abusivo, retirá-lo-ei prontamente.]
Nuno Canavarro Alsee - from Electronic Contemporary Portuguese Music
«The Nuno Canavaro unreleased tracks from the 1987 'Plux Quba -- Música para 70 Serpentes' sessions feature as sequels to other tracks, as follows:
'plb' is the 17 last seconds of track #3
'xqa' is the last 30 seconds of track #10
'xlb' is the last 30 seconds of track #14»
«NUNO CANAVARRO (1962)
Alsee, 1988
Ensoniq Mirage sampler, Yamaha FB-01 synthesizer
Author's studio, Cascais
Plux Quba, LP Ama Romanta, 1988; re CD Moikai, 1998
Began his music career as a member of pop bands in the beginning of the 1980's and, from 1983 to 1985, studied electroacoustic music in the United States and in The Netherlands. After Plux Quba was released in 1998, he started composing music for cinema. Plux Quba was recorded with scarce means, among which "a synthesizer, an Ensoniq Mirage eight bit sampler (one of the first available at that time) and an eight track Fostex recorder. Today I can hardly believe how I managed to do that record. I actually used the sampler's software errors. It was a quite unstable instrument and there were situations in which, forced to work hard, it would behave unpredictably. It was very good for the kind of music I wanted to do. The tracks plb, xqa and xlb were produced in the same recording sessions. Rafael Toral found them in the Plux Quba tapes and thought it would be interesting to include them in the anthology. I hadn't heard some of these sounds for about ten or twelve years. For a while -- at least while I listened to them -- they took Plux Quba's electroacoustic map back to me."»
[ Music, texts and photo are posted just for the benefit of the artists and writers involved. If someone (artist, label, author) feels that this video should be removed, please do let me know]
[Composição musical, foto e informação complementar colocados para efeitos de difusão dos autores envolvidos. Se os mesmos considerarem tal como abusivo, retirá-lo-ei prontamente.]
this holy grail ambient / “fourth world” record from portgual is gorgeous, esoteric, sample-heavy, difficult to pin down, ASMR-triggering. it will move you if y...
this holy grail ambient / “fourth world” record from portgual is gorgeous, esoteric, sample-heavy, difficult to pin down, ASMR-triggering. it will move you if you let it. i’ll let this one speak for itself.
~ we own nothing ~
tracklist
side a (compositions by carlos maria trindade)
0:00 the truth
3:38 guiar
6:42 mecanismos de corda
8:02 plan
12:29 x.pect
14:15 em bou-saada
16:40 west
side b (compositions by nuno canavarro)
20:32 blu terra
27:37 s. louise
29:56 ven 5
33:37 segredos m
37:07 aelux
39:49 antica/burun
this holy grail ambient / “fourth world” record from portgual is gorgeous, esoteric, sample-heavy, difficult to pin down, ASMR-triggering. it will move you if you let it. i’ll let this one speak for itself.
~ we own nothing ~
tracklist
side a (compositions by carlos maria trindade)
0:00 the truth
3:38 guiar
6:42 mecanismos de corda
8:02 plan
12:29 x.pect
14:15 em bou-saada
16:40 west
side b (compositions by nuno canavarro)
20:32 blu terra
27:37 s. louise
29:56 ven 5
33:37 segredos m
37:07 aelux
39:49 antica/burun
Taken from the Portuguese abstract/experimental album 'Mr. Wollogallu' (1991)
Nohak, Eco, Zamb, Voz Bruma, Tucpiano -- Nuno Canavarro
Nylon -- Carlos Maria Tr...
Taken from the Portuguese abstract/experimental album 'Mr. Wollogallu' (1991)
Nohak, Eco, Zamb, Voz Bruma, Tucpiano -- Nuno Canavarro
Nylon -- Carlos Maria Trindade
http://www.discogs.com/Carlos-Maria-Trindade-Nuno-Canavarro-Mr-Wollogallu/release/3240541
Taken from the Portuguese abstract/experimental album 'Mr. Wollogallu' (1991)
Nohak, Eco, Zamb, Voz Bruma, Tucpiano -- Nuno Canavarro
Nylon -- Carlos Maria Trindade
http://www.discogs.com/Carlos-Maria-Trindade-Nuno-Canavarro-Mr-Wollogallu/release/3240541
Para aluguer em: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/estradadenadavod
Portugal, 2015 / Cor / 22 min.
Realizador/Director: Nuno Canavarro
Guião/Screenplay: Luísa Costa G...
Para aluguer em: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/estradadenadavod
Portugal, 2015 / Cor / 22 min.
Realizador/Director: Nuno Canavarro
Guião/Screenplay: Luísa Costa Gomes
Produtora/Producer: David & Golias
Elenco/Cast: João França, Maria Hernâni, Carlos Nery
Sinopse/Synopsis
PT
Na aldeia a vida corre como sempre: o Sol põe-se por entre as memórias.
A chegada de um jovem forasteiro tudo muda.
Aos mais velhos é oferecido um novo presente, e aceitam-no.
Os sonhos despertam uma antiga canção que percorre a aldeia.
ENG
In the village life goes on as usual: the sun sets among the memories.
The arrival of a young stranger changes everything.
Older people are offered a new gift and they accept it.
Dreams awaken an old song that runs through the village.
Festivais e prémios/Festivals and Awards
Distribuição:
2017
5 de julho Antestreia: Cinemateca Portuguesa — Lisboa, Portugal
Video On Demand:
Filmin Portugal
MEO Videoclube
NOS Videoclube
NOWO Videoclube
Vimeo On Demand
Vodafone Videoclube
Zero em Comportamento Videoclube
Para aluguer em: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/estradadenadavod
Portugal, 2015 / Cor / 22 min.
Realizador/Director: Nuno Canavarro
Guião/Screenplay: Luísa Costa Gomes
Produtora/Producer: David & Golias
Elenco/Cast: João França, Maria Hernâni, Carlos Nery
Sinopse/Synopsis
PT
Na aldeia a vida corre como sempre: o Sol põe-se por entre as memórias.
A chegada de um jovem forasteiro tudo muda.
Aos mais velhos é oferecido um novo presente, e aceitam-no.
Os sonhos despertam uma antiga canção que percorre a aldeia.
ENG
In the village life goes on as usual: the sun sets among the memories.
The arrival of a young stranger changes everything.
Older people are offered a new gift and they accept it.
Dreams awaken an old song that runs through the village.
Festivais e prémios/Festivals and Awards
Distribuição:
2017
5 de julho Antestreia: Cinemateca Portuguesa — Lisboa, Portugal
Video On Demand:
Filmin Portugal
MEO Videoclube
NOS Videoclube
NOWO Videoclube
Vimeo On Demand
Vodafone Videoclube
Zero em Comportamento Videoclube
Interview with Rafael Toral about Nuno Canavarro's 'Plux Quba' which was recently repressed on Drag City. This is the March 2021 monthly selection for the Outer Sounds Vinyl Subscription series. Visit http://www.outersoundsvinyl.com for more info & to subscribe!
Nuno Canavarro Alsee - from Electronic Contemporary Portuguese Music
«The Nuno Canavaro unreleased tracks from the 1987 'Plux Quba -- Música para 70 Serpentes' sessions feature as sequels to other tracks, as follows:
'plb' is the 17 last seconds of track #3
'xqa' is the last 30 seconds of track #10
'xlb' is the last 30 seconds of track #14»
«NUNO CANAVARRO (1962)
Alsee, 1988
Ensoniq Mirage sampler, Yamaha FB-01 synthesizer
Author's studio, Cascais
Plux Quba, LP Ama Romanta, 1988; re CD Moikai, 1998
Began his music career as a member of pop bands in the beginning of the 1980's and, from 1983 to 1985, studied electroacoustic music in the United States and in The Netherlands. After Plux Quba was released in 1998, he started composing music for cinema. Plux Quba was recorded with scarce means, among which "a synthesizer, an Ensoniq Mirage eight bit sampler (one of the first available at that time) and an eight track Fostex recorder. Today I can hardly believe how I managed to do that record. I actually used the sampler's software errors. It was a quite unstable instrument and there were situations in which, forced to work hard, it would behave unpredictably. It was very good for the kind of music I wanted to do. The tracks plb, xqa and xlb were produced in the same recording sessions. Rafael Toral found them in the Plux Quba tapes and thought it would be interesting to include them in the anthology. I hadn't heard some of these sounds for about ten or twelve years. For a while -- at least while I listened to them -- they took Plux Quba's electroacoustic map back to me."»
[ Music, texts and photo are posted just for the benefit of the artists and writers involved. If someone (artist, label, author) feels that this video should be removed, please do let me know]
[Composição musical, foto e informação complementar colocados para efeitos de difusão dos autores envolvidos. Se os mesmos considerarem tal como abusivo, retirá-lo-ei prontamente.]
this holy grail ambient / “fourth world” record from portgual is gorgeous, esoteric, sample-heavy, difficult to pin down, ASMR-triggering. it will move you if you let it. i’ll let this one speak for itself.
~ we own nothing ~
tracklist
side a (compositions by carlos maria trindade)
0:00 the truth
3:38 guiar
6:42 mecanismos de corda
8:02 plan
12:29 x.pect
14:15 em bou-saada
16:40 west
side b (compositions by nuno canavarro)
20:32 blu terra
27:37 s. louise
29:56 ven 5
33:37 segredos m
37:07 aelux
39:49 antica/burun
Taken from the Portuguese abstract/experimental album 'Mr. Wollogallu' (1991)
Nohak, Eco, Zamb, Voz Bruma, Tucpiano -- Nuno Canavarro
Nylon -- Carlos Maria Trindade
http://www.discogs.com/Carlos-Maria-Trindade-Nuno-Canavarro-Mr-Wollogallu/release/3240541
Para aluguer em: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/estradadenadavod
Portugal, 2015 / Cor / 22 min.
Realizador/Director: Nuno Canavarro
Guião/Screenplay: Luísa Costa Gomes
Produtora/Producer: David & Golias
Elenco/Cast: João França, Maria Hernâni, Carlos Nery
Sinopse/Synopsis
PT
Na aldeia a vida corre como sempre: o Sol põe-se por entre as memórias.
A chegada de um jovem forasteiro tudo muda.
Aos mais velhos é oferecido um novo presente, e aceitam-no.
Os sonhos despertam uma antiga canção que percorre a aldeia.
ENG
In the village life goes on as usual: the sun sets among the memories.
The arrival of a young stranger changes everything.
Older people are offered a new gift and they accept it.
Dreams awaken an old song that runs through the village.
Festivais e prémios/Festivals and Awards
Distribuição:
2017
5 de julho Antestreia: Cinemateca Portuguesa — Lisboa, Portugal
Video On Demand:
Filmin Portugal
MEO Videoclube
NOS Videoclube
NOWO Videoclube
Vimeo On Demand
Vodafone Videoclube
Zero em Comportamento Videoclube
Nuno Canavarro (born 15 November 1962) is a Portuguese composer. He studied architecture in Oporto. He learned to play piano at a very young age and was in a band called the Street Kids. He also played with the famous Portuguese band, Delfins, and with Carlos Maria Trindade (Madredeus, Heróis do Mar). He is also responsible for the 1988 experimental music recording: Plux Quba. This record was a strong influence on the sound of many postmodern electronic musicians, including Mouse on Mars and Jim O'Rourke. O'Rourke re-released Plux Quba on his own Moikai label in 1999.
Nuno Canavarro has also composed music for Portuguese films including Fintar o Destino, O Gotejar da Luz (Light Drops), 14 de Fevereiro (a 1 de Abril), "O Jogo da Glória" and Janelas Verdes. He also produced a DVD about his father's experience in the Portuguese war and composed original music for the DVD, Elefante Dundum (2007). He also directed a 2008 movie called Casa da Montanha.
With Plux Quba, Nuno Canavarro quietly erected a totem of electroacoustic music ... The unassuming bravura that was present in Canavarro’s work, both insular yet stargazing, can still be found countrywide.