Diceros

Diceros is a large-ensemble improvisation project associated with Ernesto Rodrigues and varying groups of Portuguese and international musicians. Its recordings combine bowed strings, woodwinds, brass, plucked instruments, percussion and electronics.

Creative Sources documents the project in Urze (CS426), 3 Phases (III) BLACK (CS539) and Symbolic Boundary (CS667), with performances recorded in Lisbon between 2017 and 2019.

As the forces change from one recording to the next, Diceros explores real-time composition in a large group through simultaneous sound layers, restraint, density and collective interaction.