Vítor Rua
Vítor Manuel Ferreira Rua (born July 23, 1961 in Mesão Frio ) is a Portuguese guitarist , composer and music producer . He is active in pop music as well as in free jazz , and especially in improvised music .
Live and act
Rua took guitar lessons in Porto since 1969 and played in cover bands since 1971. Under the influence of music by the bands Gentle Giant , King Crimson and others, he studied electric guitar from 1974 to 1976 at the private school of Duarte Costa in Porto . From 1976 to 1977 he was a member of the folk rock co-association King Fisher's band in Porto , before he co-founded the group GNR in 1979 . After leaving in 1982 he was at odds with the group. He then founded the band PSP ( Projecto Som Pop , PSP is also the abbreviation for the Portuguese police Polícia de Segurança Pública , in opposition to his old band Grupo Novo Rock , whose abbreviation GNR is the same as that of the security police Guarda Nacional Republicana ), and then the Volume Pós-GNR (German: Nach-GNR ). In 1989 he also released a maxi single with four tracks, on which he reinterpreted well-known GNR hits from him. He was also in legal dispute with his former bandmates over the band name GNR and his early GNR songs. He wanted to forbid the group to use both, with partial success in his compositions. The dispute was settled during the 1990s.
Rua left in 1982 to devote more time to free jazz and improvised music , also electronically. Before he left GNR, he founded the Telectu project with Jorge Lima Barreto , which has since released a number of albums.
Musicians Vitor Rua has worked with include Louis Sclavis , Marco Franco , Chris Cutler , Elliott Sharp , Jac Berrocal , Carlos Zíngaro , Jean Sarbib , Evan Parker , Paul Lytton , Eddie Prévost , Sunny Murray , Ikue Mori , Paul Rutherford , Daniel Kientzy , and others.
He was also active as a producer of various bands and projects, including the indie pop band Reporter Estrábico , and the compilation Vidya , on which he played new improvisation music mainly from Portugal, but also by Elliott Sharp and others. a. produced and assembled.
Vitor Rua wrote the music for a variety of plays, operas, dance pieces and performances, and for various short films by the director Edgar Pêra .
Discography (selection)
- 1987: PSP : Pipocas (LP, Ama Romanta)
- 1989: Clássicos GNR (maxisingle, Anónima)
- 1991: Vidya (Compilation-LP, Potlach)
- 1991: Pós-GNR : Mimi Tão Pequena e Tão Suja (CD, Polygram)
- 1994: Vítor Rua e os Ressoadores : Scratch (CD, Ananana)
- 1996: Vidya Ensemble : Stress / Relax (CD, Farol)
- 2002: Graceful Brilliance (CD, Strauss)
- 2003: Sax Works (with Daniel Kientzy )
- 2011: Heavy Mental (CD, Orfeu)
Web links
- Vítor Rua on MusicBrainz (English)
- Rua Vitor at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Salwa Castelo-Branco: Enciclopédia da Música em Portugal no Século XX, P – Z. 1st edition, Temas & Debates, Lisbon 2010, page 1149f ( ISBN 978-989-644-114-2 )
- ^ Salwa Castelo-Branco: Enciclopédia da Música em Portugal no Século XX, C – L. 1st edition, Temas & Debates, Lisbon 2010, page 569 ( ISBN 978-989-644-098-5 )
- ↑ www.anos80.no.sapo.pt ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 30, 2012
- ↑ www.discogs.com , accessed November 30, 2012
- ↑ www.anos80.no.sapo.pt ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 30, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rua, Vítor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ferreira Rua, Vítor Manuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Portuguese guitarist, composer and music producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 23, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mesão Frio |