An underground, raw electroacoustic artist.
Manuel Mota is an experimental guitarist and electroacoustic artist based in Lisbon, Portugal. Emerging from the late 1980s underground, his work spans drone music, free improvisation, and intricate prepared guitar techniques. Influenced by minimalists like Phill Niblock and La Monte Young, Mota crafts deeply immersive, texturally rich soundscapes.

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Manuel Mota plays experimental electroacoustic and drone music centered around prepared and fingerstyle guitar improvisations.
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Manuel Mota is based in Lisbon, Portugal, where he has been a prominent fixture in the local underground experimental scene.