Absolutely mind-blowing and prodigious acoustic guitar player from Lisbon, who has released his fourth straight classic, ‘Mel Azul’, on crucial Portuguese label Mbari Records. His 31 years of life have been completely immersed in the most joyous of relationships with music and sound. He’s done his profound reading of the most auspicious and melancholic melodies (a place where Steve Reich, Jim O’Rourke, Paulinho da Viola and Carlos Paredes all make sense together unto one existence), has been deeply enriched by the harmonic depth & richness of the samba/bossa heritage (which he knows by heart), and his composition in both short and longer-form is nothing short of remarkable – a sense of structure, narrative and storytelling complete by a total absence of any tics or theatrical antics, in which every turn is revised and remade for maximum fascination for both musician and audience. That and he has one of the best left-hands around - for a right-hand guitar player. Jack Rose and Ben Chasny said so. His fans include Gary Lucas, Naná Vasconcelos, and the tragically defunct Llasa de Sela. We’re yet to meet a single human being who is less than astounded by this man’s music. Living proof that the boldest aesthetical moves are 100% compatible with complete social communion.