Octopus

Octopus is a flexible large-group improvisation project associated with Ernesto Rodrigues and other musicians active in the Lisbon experimental scene. The Creative Sources recordings include viola, cello, flute, guitar, piano, clarinet, trumpet and electronics.

The ensemble appears on vulgaris (CS464), recorded in 2017 at O'Culto da Ajuda, and cyanea (CS610), recorded in 2018 during CreativeFest #12 in Lisbon.

By bringing eight different instrumental voices into a shared space, the group explores collective organisation, layered timbres and movement between density and silence.