Banha Da Cobra - Mãe D’Água (2019)

‘Mãe D’Água’ is a live recording of Lisbon’s Mestre André (laptop) and Carlos Godinho (objets) conducting research into aural alchemy, using an array of hand-played objects and the vast reverb of an old water tower in the centre of Lisbon to conjure this naturalistic but surreal 30 minute soundscape.

"Banha da Cobra is a project of Lisbon based artists Mestre André (laptop) and Carlos Godinho (objects). Stream of research and electroacoustic sound intervention, Banha da Cobra starts from the sonic imaginary of handcrafted, ritualistic and traditional activities and landscapes. The compositions are made as sound ruins, based on an ecology between the sustainability of the sound nature of the found - structures, places, objects, etc. - and their appropriation and transformation.

The collecting inherent in this project of archaeological character is complemented with processes of alchemical manipulation like musical creation in real time. On Mãe D'Água, Banha da Cobra present a live recording of their concert/performance on a 4x4 channels system at Mãe d’Água, 21st of September 2018 within the context of Lisboa Soa festival. Mãe D'Água (Mother of Water) is an old water reservoir located in the center of Lisbon. It used to be the main reservoir for Lisbon being fed by a massive 19th Century aqueduct."