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Gonçalo F. Cardoso
Impressões de Várias Ilhas (Field recordings from Macaronésia)
Discrepant - Cat No: CREP107
- updated:2026-03-13
Gonçalo F. Cardoso — head of the acclaimed Lisbon/Tenerife-based outer-limits experimental label Discrepant, home to releases by Kink Gong and Sugai Ken — returns with the latest installment in his series of sonic voyages through the islands, following Unguja and Borneo.
Track List
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1. Bufadeiros de São Vicente (São Vincente, Cabo Verde)
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2. La Cueva Scuba Libre (La Gomera, Canarias)
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3. Chá da Gorreana (São Miguel, Açores)
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4. Noite em Rabo De Peixe (São Miguel, Açores)
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5. Pardelas - Dueto (La Gomera, Canarias)
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6. Rãs em Xoxo (Santo Antão, Cabo Verde)
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7. El Chat Gracioso (La Graciosa, Canarias)
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8. Cozido na Caldeira Velha (São Miguel, Açores)
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9. Salinas de Pedra Lume ( Sal, Cabo Verde)
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10. Noche en Punta Brava (Tenerife, Canarias)
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11. A Lagoa do Combro (São Miguel, Açores)
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12. Piedras Húmedas en Castro (Tenerife, Canarias)
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13. Digestão nas Furnas (São Miguel, Açores)
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14. O Peixe tá Congelado (Santo Antão, Cabo Verde)

This third volume, whose title translates as "impressions of various islands," is based on recordings and inspirations drawn from three Macaronesian archipelagos (the Azores, Cape Verde, and the Canary Islands). Water caves, black-stone beaches and lagoons, everyday scenes at small harbors: raw field recordings captured in real environments are interwoven with processed sound and synthesized landscapes, yielding a weather-worn sound world where nostalgic melodies, ghostly textures, and moments verging on musique concrète surface and vanish in a daydream haze. Highly recommended if you're into the likes of Dolphins Into The Future. Mastered by Rashad Becker. (Original Japanese text by Adachi)