XXVII, by João Alegria

XXVII

by João Alegria

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João Alegria - XXVII

Em XXVII, álbum que inaugura a Veia Records, editora fundada pelo músico lisboeta, João Alegria brande a sua guitarra como um archote de luz teimosa percorrendo o apertado caminho da escura noite de dentro, que mais se adensa quanto mais próxima se avista a imagem da porta estreita (Mateus 7.13,14), a que abre para a vida, onde todos podem entrar, mas raros são os que acertam com ela, pois isso implica um despir absoluto de todas as vestes ilusórias de que é constituído um homem. Durante trinta e poucos minutos, num gesto interno transformador, João trata(-nos) de restituir a limpidez infantil de um coração cheio de sujas e velhas trevas, exorcizando uma infestação de numerosos e inomináveis demónios, abraçando-nos no final com um subtil sorriso redentor, como quem nos saúda de volta ao mundo, após o seu e o nosso renascimento. Revisitando Genet e a metáfora da ferida, a da criação e a da existência, ambas um e o mesmo sangue, João Alegria sabe com crescente certeza onde está situada a sua, só que agora impede, com a paixão serena dos mestres, a entrada de tudo o que a infecta e fecha. A vida é, pois, um assunto em aberto.

Bruno Ferreira.

João Alegria - XXVII

On XXVII, album that christens Veia Records, record label created the Lisbon musician, João Alegria's guitar is brandished like a torch of stubborn light traveling the narrow path of the dark inside night, which thickens the closer the image of the door is seen. narrow (Matthew 7.13,14), the one that opens to life, where everyone can enter, but rare are those who agree with it, as this implies an absolute stripping of all the illusory garments of which a man is made. For thirty-odd minutes, in a transformative inner gesture, João tries to restore the childlike clarity to a heart full of dirty and old darkness, exorcising an infestation of numerous and nameless demons, embracing us at the end with a subtle smile of one who welcomes us back to the world, after his and our rebirth. Revisiting Genet and the metaphor of the wound of creation and of existence, both one and the same blood, João Alegria knows with increasing certainty of where his own is located, but now he impedes, with the serene passion of the masters, the everything that infects and closes it from entering. Life is therefore a wide open conversation.

Bruno Ferreira.

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released January 22, 2023

João Alegria - Guitarra Eléctrica

Nuno Morão - Masterização

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