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1996 - 2007
The phenomenon of transformation is a powerful source of inspiration for composer / designer / sound artist, Victor Gama. It is the connecting thread that links the projects developed by Victor Gama and the cultural organization he fronts: PangeiArt.
FORM IS SCORE
Born in Angola of Portuguese descent his work as a composer further elaborates on the potential to transform beyond the structures of tradition. Gama composes using a method he calls the Golian Modes where the construction of the instrument is introduced into the writing process. His theory draws on traditional instruments technology and knowledge systems particularly from Angola resorting to cuting edge technologies such as laser sinthering sterolithography and pulse cutting. The construction of the Pangeia instrumentos is the three dimensional component of the composition process and so the finished instrument does not stand alone as a work of art nor a functional item, but rather as part of a larger project that revolves around the development of a specific musical language. Having collaborated with reknown artists such as Nana Vasconcelos, Guillermo E. Brown or William Parker, Gama presents his performances with the Pangeia Instrumentos solo or ensemble in the form of visual musical events. The sound palette he creates on his instruments are hypnotic and otherworldly ranging from percussive loops to string arpeggios built from the barest of components that square the circle between Gamelan music, the work of turn of the century composers such as Eric Satie, and the music of the twentieth century minimalists Steve Reich, Michael Nyman or Arvo Part.
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TSIKAYA - ANGOLA RHYTHMS OF CHANGE PANGEIART CD 004
FIELD WORK BY VICTOR GAMA IN ANGOLA - A PROJECT OF A LIVING ARCHIVE OF TRADITIONAL MUSICS AND INSTRUMENTS IN AREAS MOST AFFECTED BY THE NOW FINISHED THIRTY YEAR WAR
GRUPO DE MANUEL GAROTO download sample
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ADRA AND BISMAS
LIVE AT TONIC NYC - 100% Improvisation
WILLIAM PARKER, GUILLERMO BROWN, VICTOR GAMA
LIVE RECORDING OF THE COLLABORATIVE WORK OF GUILLERMO E. BROWN, WILLIAM PARKER AND VICTOR GAMA IN THE CONTEXT OF THE FOLK SONGS FOR THE FIVE POINTS PROJECT IN NEW YORK, 2005. (UNRELEASED)
PANGEIA INSTRUMENTOS - REPHLEX CD 135
THE FIRST REPHLEX RELEASE COMPLETELY DEVOID OF ELECTRONICS, VICTOR GAMA'S "PANGEIA INSTRUMENTOS" IS A BEGUILING COLLECTION OF COMPOSITIONS SPECIFICALLY WRITTEN FOR HIS OWN INSTRUMENTS.
O OLHO NO ANZOL listen and download the introduction of this piece played on the Acrux.
MONTAGES COREOGRAFICOS BOGOTA, 2004
A DANCE PRODUCTION BY THE CITY OF BOGOTA AND LIVE PRESENTATION AT TEATRO JORGE ELIEIZER GAITAN COREOGRAFED BY NEWTON MORAES AND MUSIC BY VICTOR GAMA. (UNRELEASED)
SONATA BOGOTANA download sample
CITY OF GOLD
A DANCE PIECE BY NEWTON MORAES AND HIS CONTEMPORARY DANCE THEATER CIA. WITH MUSIC COMPOSED BY VICTOR GAMA.
OCEANITES ERRATICUS - PANGEIART CD 002
ALMOST ENTIRELLY DEDICATED TO GAMA'S WORKS FOR THE 12 STRING GUITAR. THE ALBUM IS A GEO-FICTION THAT DESCRIBES A VOYAGE ACROSS SPACE.
SI MIS AMIGOS download sample
ODANTALAN - INVERTED REALITIES | RECONSTRUCTION PROCESSES (VARIOUS ARTISTS) PRODUCED BY VICTOR GAMA IN 2002 IN LUANDA, ANGOLA, DURING THIS EXCHANGE PROJECT.
MARIMBA DE CHONTA download sample ODANTALAN.02 PANGEIART CD 003 SUPPORTED BY THE PRINCE CLAUS FUND
ODANTALAN.02
129 COLOUR PAGE BOOK CATALOGUE WITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY FU KIAU, BARBARO MARTINEX RUIZ, ANA ARANGO, DANIEL DAWSON, VICTOR GAMA.
EDITED BY PANGEIART 2002, SUPPORTED BY THE PRINCE CLAUS FUND
BBC review of Pangeia Instrumentos
Culture Base, The International Artist's Database.
review of Oceanites Erraticus (Port)
profile at The South Project (Australia)
jazz news about Gama's collaboration with William Parker and Guillermo E. Brown
PANGEIA INSTRUMENTOS CATALOGUE LISBON 1999 - EXHIBITION AT MÃE D'ÀGUA DE LISBOA.
EDITED BY EPAL 1999
PANGEIA INSTRUMENTOS CATALOGUE - MAPUTO EXHIBITION 2002
CONTRIBUTIONS BY: ROMERO MAGALHÂES, SALWAS CASTELO BRANCO, INGE RUIGROK, BARBARO MARTINEZ-RUIZ, ARMANDINA MAIA.
EDITED BY CNCDP 2000
FOLK SONGS FOR THE FIVE POINTS
VICTOR GAMA AND DAVID GUNN
REALEASED BY TENEMENT MUSEUM, NEW YORK (2006)
AN AUDIO JOURNEY THROUGH THE STREETS OF THE LOWER EAST SIDE WITH PIECES BY VICTOR GAMA COMMISSIONED BY THE LOWER EAST SIDE TENEMENT MUSEUM.
PERIFÉRICO - SOUNDS FROM BEYOND THE BUBBLE by SONIC ARTS NETWORK
the tenth instalment of its critically acclaimed CD series, Periférico: Sounds from beyond the bubble, curated by Angolan composer, Victor Gama has just been released.