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DWART

"electronic tunes from a wider angle"

Lisbon, Portugal

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my biography

DWART: formed in Lisbon 1985; moved to Macau, South China, in 1987. Main works recorded in China. Now based in Portugal

Thanks to the support of portuguese electro-acoustic duo TELECTU and other artist friends from the avantgarde scene, DWART performed first live acts at galleries clubs and art events, as a duo line-up: Antonio Duarte on synthesizers, drumboxes, sample keyboard, synth guitar and soundtracks; Manuela Duarte on vocoder, voice processors, stage acting painting and performing art.
The first band recordings were included in a vinyl collection (Dansa do Som, 1986) of best live gigs at Lisbon legendary RockRendezVous club.
The duo moved to Macau, South China, in 1987, and so did it DWART's mobile studio. Up there new sources of inspiration shapped new directions for DWART's music.
Independent musicians from Macau, mainland China, Hong Kong, and even from France, Brasil and Mexico used to join the band at studio jam sessions in the chinese enclave. Dozens of digital audio tapes were recorded from this rather relaxing multietnic musical sessions.
China has provided Antonio Duarte such unforgettable musical experiences, as beeing keyboard player and the executive producer on TELECTU's "Biombos" (1994), the first foreign musicians album ever recorded, released and distributed in the People's Republic of China by state run company China Recording Corporation.
China work lead Duarte to close encounters with World Music: He learned Guzheng basics with Macau Chinese Orchestra's director WONG KIN WAI, and later had Erhu classes that made him discover the richness and contemporary aproach of chinese music.
By invitation of Portuguese composer and musician NUNO REBELO, Duarte played chinese Guzheng on the official anthem of World Exhibition EXPO 98 (Lisbon),
He also played Guzheng on VITOR RUA's 'Ressoadores' experimental album (1996) and was guest soundtrack composer for "Six Chinese Stories About One Table and Two Chairs", a performance art show from JANE LEI's COMUNA DE PEDRA, at Hong Kong JOURNEY TO THE EAST multimedia festival (Hong Kong Cultural Centre, 1999).
Sounds and colours from Chinese day life and mass culture have been a permanent source of inspiration or motives for DWART's music.
Since 1997 DWART turned basically into a one musician electronic project, so musical work have been focused on sound design, experimental discipline and studio production.
DWART is now based in Portugal but the Orient influences last in the project fresh new works.

Works in progress with art performer MANOEL BARBOSA and singer BERNARDO DEVLIN

my sounds

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Title: East Corner
Boxed
Description: Ambient tune with an Orient taste. Electronic Ambient.
Title: Spacetribes (Devlin voxmix)
Circle-disconstruction-b
Description: A fractal chillout song featuring Portuguese singer Bernardo Devlin's deep voice. Electronic Groove.
Title: Lightness
Disturbing-sky
Description: Sparkling lights into liquid earth. Ambient Space Groove.
Title: Palawan
Fractalscape-b
Description: Swinging organic fluxtronics. Electro Ambient.
Title: Tapoti
Macro-bambou-1
Description: Soundscape for the misterious traveller. Downtempo Electronic.

my influences

Ears wide open and an open mind are the best tools for creativity. Along the seventies, as a high school youngster, I got addicted to the musical universe of Stockhausen, Pierre Henry, Edgar Varese, Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, Faust, Ashra Tempel, Klaus Schulze, Popol Vuh, King Crimson, Soft Machine, Gong, Can, Brian Eno, and of course to the eternal classic Pink Floyd's ""Ummagumma"". Electronic Music pioneers and Art Rock icons became a permanent source of inspiration for my work. On the other hand, every new electronic tune or soundscape I listen in my iPod can trigger an idea, a revelation, a visible influence.

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member image juan david | 8 months ago
HEY¡ CHECK MY NEW TWO SONGS "AMANTE" AND "SE SU NOMBRE" FOR MY FIRST ALBUM (IN

PREPRODUCTION) AND COMMENT TNX
member image Mindmovie | 11 months ago
Hey Dwart, listenend to your songs for the first time and I like them . Especially the room and ambience in the songs is greatly produced, my compliment.
member image synthetic1 | about 1 year ago
Very nice sounding music, I'm impressed by your versatility.