Tiago Sousa

Self-taught pianist and composer since 2006 building a markedly minimalist and contemporary path, especially from the moment he begins to compose under the sign of the Organic Music; albums: Ripples On The Surface (Holuzam 2022); and Organic Music Tapes series (Sucata Tapes, Organic Music Tapes, Vol. 1 2021, Organic Music Tapes, Vol. 2 2022, Organic Music Tapes, Vol. 3 (2023) and Organic Music Tapes, vol 4 (2024] .Now, a new series, Sustained Tones, Vol. 1, is inaugurated. Accustomed to composing with the desire to search and discover, in a process of constant evolution that happens in an open and shareable way, his music exists as a relatable, genuine and honest event. Tiago Sousa is currently living a particularly rich period of creation where we find, in complement to his compositions for piano, a strong presence of the electric organ, which reveal a decisively sonic motivation, influenced by the American Minimalism of the 60s, in particular Terry Riley, Steve Reich or Philip Glass. At the same time, a new character takes over Tiago’s piano vocabulary. Here we find organic compositions, in a fluid state, which form nebulae of sounds with indeterminate contours. Compositions that come to life through the same process that shapes mountains, rivers, grains in wood or the markings in Jade.