Computer Music

Raül Refree and Pedro Vian

cm: How did the idea for this album first materialise?

Pedro: “We composed the album in three parts; I presented the first part to Raül which was recorded with a synthesiser. Over this part, he played the organ and then the piano.”

Raül: “Pedro came to me with the idea of the record – these were first steps with synths. I thought it was a very interesting record, but he said there was something missing – that the music needed something that I could play on top. For me it was quite a quick process because the flavour was already set by Pedro. What I did a lot was improvise, maybe one or two takes on every song, with both positive organ [an antiquated version of an organ] and prepared piano. I thought it had to be fresh, like something that happened almost in real time.”

“For me it was super spontaneous too. I approached the synth [Roland System 100] like a piano. I’m not a

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