funcionário

𝙊𝙧𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙘 𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 Lisbon Dreams, 𝙖 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙗𝙪𝙢 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 funcionário (𝙥𝙨𝙚𝙪𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙮𝙢 𝙤𝙛 𝙋𝙚𝙙𝙧𝙤 𝙏𝙖𝙫𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙨), 𝙖 𝙢𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙞-𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙮𝙥𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙧𝙩.
Inspired by his daily commute between Setúbal and Lisbon during his Fine Arts studies, the album unfolds like a series of snapshots—personal, fluid, and deeply textural. Drawing spiritual lineage from the dreamlike atmospheres of Nuno Canavarro and the delicate electronic minimalism of Susumu Yokota, *Lisbon Dreams* channels ambient, new age, and subtle experimental electronics into something quietly powerful.

Rather than overanalyzing the work’s meaning, funcionário quotes John Cage: *“Don’t try to create and analyze at the same time.”* And it shows—each piece feels intuitive and unforced, letting emotion and memory guide form. These are musical sketches of a city in flux, filtered through personal transitions and creative solitude.

A stunning contribution to the growing catalog of modern Portuguese ambient music, and a thoughtful, slow-burning listen that lingers like a memory just out of reach.