Violeta Azevedo + Ariyouok

Violeta Azevedo is a sound artist, who oscillates between composition and improvisation. Having as a starting point the transverse flute, her music transports us to a dense and detailed universe, where sound is transformed into singular organisms through her orchestra of electronics and alchemical processes. Using both distorted harmonies and delicate melodies, Violeta Azevedo invites us to immerse ourselves in her world, simultaneously inhabited by shimmering beings and tenebrous energies, in a constant symbiotic harmony.
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Born in Portugal and raised in Cape Verde, Ari began intuitively expressing himself musically as a child, experimenting with beatbox and playing percussion. Since 2012, he has been exploring the Fruity Loops Studio software, discovering a new way of merging the different sounds he’s been acquiring. From ancestral cultural roots, to the new cybernetic world, his practice is a mix of influences materialized in live performances, with his loop station and the rhythms of percussion in the darbuka djambe.
Over the years, he has collaborated in several projects, such as the musical production of the album “Meia Riba Calxa” by Tristany.

Photography: Dinis Santos