Fabio de Almeida

Musically, Requiem for a Dragon threads two of Fabio’s core obsessions: the search for beauty in the spiritual clarity and harmonic colors of Olivier Messiaen, and a subtle 1970s sci-fi patina shaped by synth textures that nod to Vangelis (Blade Runner) and the eerie optimism of films like Logan’s Run.

“I wanted those colors, but to use them through a more urban, jazz-oriented lens — not in the classical language,” Fabio explains. His electronics are purposefully ambiguous: “Delays that feel like reverbs, reverbs that tick like delays — you can’t quite tell what’s happening, only that it’s alive.”

Across eight tracks, the album drifts between lyrical jazz, ambient electronics, and cinematic improvisation: whispering tenor sax, Prophet synths tinged with a Baroque-recorder hue, ultra-low electric bass, drums pushed to the front, and an airy halo of electronics. Think painterly gestures rather than designerly polish.