Live 2024

Skin & Speech live007

Artist: Susana Santos Silva

Title: Live at Xciting Festival 2024

Release: January 2025

Format: Digital download

Susana Santos Silva

Sound Engineering / Recording: Lena Meinhardt

Mastered by Alex Buess for Skin And Speech Records

— from the start it was silence. nakedness. skin mirroring the silence from where the sound emerges. the sound that is all around us from even before the silence was heard. the sound that turns into speech. speechless. naked. silent. the sound that bursts into energy within our bodies. bodies vibrating in silence. excited by the energy flowing in all directions. going nowhere. just being. present. witnessing life. (Susana Santos Silva)

Susana Santos Silva is a Portuguese trumpeter, improviser and composer based in Stockholm, Sweden renowned for her innovative approach to music. 'One of the most exciting improvisers in the world' (Downbeat), Susana has a singular artistic approach that comes out of a comprehensive spectrum of influences. She draws inspiration and works with other artistic expressions like image and body movement. She is interested in expanding the sonic possibilities of her instrument, and creatively exploring the dissolution of boundaries of perception, genre and media. Whether performing solo, leading her own ensembles, or collaborating with other artists, Santos Silva’s music often transcends conventional boundaries, inviting listeners into new sonic territories. Much in demand she has been playing with an array of different projects and with musicians such as Anthony Braxton, Fred Frith, Evan Parker, Joëlle Léandre, Mat Maneri, Paul Lovens, Hamid Drake, Mats Gustafsson, Lotter Anker, Sten Sandell, Catherine Christer Hennix and the Ictus Ensemble, and choreographers/dancers such as Vera Mantero e Némo Flouret. —

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Xciting is a festival in Stuttgart, Germany, presenting a wide range of innovating creative artists organised and curated by Matski Aerts and Moritz Junkermann.