Calhau!

𝙎𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧 𝙥𝙨𝙮𝙘𝙝-𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙠 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙋𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙜𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙙𝙪𝙤 𝘾𝙖𝙡𝙝𝙖𝙪!, 𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙪𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚𝙞𝙧𝙙 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙙𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙠𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙗𝙮 𝙔𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙔𝙤𝙣𝙜, 𝙍𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝘽𝙚𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙧, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙮𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙞𝙘 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚. 𝙃𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙡𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙...

“Multidisciplinary Portuguese artists Calhau! return in 2020 with a new album and their first release on Discrepant. It’s quite possible you’ve never heard about them. They’re not that famous in Portugal or anywhere. Calhau! is formed by couple Alves von Calhau and Marta von Calhau, not their real names, but they’re their real names in the artistic reality Calhau! have been working in the last 15 years. But now that you’ve read their name, you must dig in. They’re one of a kind.

They’re not musicians, painters, illustrators, sculptures, visual artists or performers. They’re all the above but without manifesting their work specifically in any of them. While listening to “Tau Tau” – or any of their other releases – that translates quite well: their sound is quite visual, the voices translate into movement and the arbitrary use of sounds reveal a strong sensibility to the architecture of aesthetic.

“Tau Tau” manifests the voice element in Calhau!’s music as their main element. It’s been present in previous releases, but it’s the centerpiece here. All the words/phrases you hear are wordplays, with Portuguese words and their sounds, but also associations and co-relations. It’s done with purpose and meaning, it’s tailored work that carries meaning and – like in “BÓFIACULT” – a social critique."