Goncalo F. Cardoso
Gonçalo F. Cardoso is a Portuguese sound artist and DJ who founded the label Discrepant in London in 2011. His own records turn field recordings made at home and on his travels into edited audio diaries, set beside programmed beats and invented takes on Portuguese music. His Impressões records form a series of sound portraits of islands. Cardoso has recorded as Gonzo, Papillon and Visions Congo, and Ruído(s) (2019) was his last album as Gonzo. Impressões de Uma Ilha (Unguja) was recorded during a month in a beach hut in Zanzibar and issued on Edições CN in 2018.
Arenas Negras
*60 copies limited edition* Gonçalo F. Cardoso (of Discrepant), together with Mestre André and Daniel García, create an extended sound collage of field recordings, percussion, and jungle-like atmospheres, very much in keeping with the Discrepant soun…
Impressões de Várias Ilhas (Field recordings from Macaronésia)
After impressions of Unguja and Borneo islands, Discrepant's chieftain Gonçalo F. Cardoso continues his sonic travelogue on insularity with 'Impressões de Várias Ilhas'.
Exotic Immensity
More than two years after the release of 'Impressões de Outra Ilha', Discrepant's head honcho returns home under his birth name with the appropriately titled 'Exotic Immensity'. Conjured from the seeds of an exhibition of dioramas at Le Bon Accueil i…
Impressões De Uma Ilha (Unguja)
*250 copies limited edition* A site-specific recording sporting a straightforward approach that i’ve grown to love in the works of Gonçalo Cardoso. An album of modern day exotica, a genre i usually pretty much dislike, yet Cardoso steers his vehicle …
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Impressões de Outra Ilha
A globetrotter in the most pure and respectful sense, away from the trappings of neo-colonialist ventures and predatory tourism, Discrepant head honcho Gonçalo F. Cardoso returns to his Island impression series to offers us another glimpse of his dee…
A Study into 21st Century Drone Acoustics
Much of the discussion around unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) is directed toward its capabilities of surveillance and attack. However for those living in areas of conflict, it is the engine sound of the drones that has devastating psychological eff…