Filipe Duarte - Debut Album

The project is a quartet recording of original music.
It's all about interaction, and it's all about exploring different possibilities within the quartet formation.

I have been writing music for almost as long as I have been playing guitar. I have a large collection of original music, but somehow it never felt right to record just a "collection" of my music. I always felt like an album should be a complete artistic statement in itself. The songs should not only tell a story within themselves but they should also contribute to the bigger story, told by the album as whole.

All this music was written in a short period of time, specifically for these musicians, emphasizing what, in my opinion, makes them unique.
The music has evolved - and will continue to do so, even after being recorded - through our various concerts in Berlin.

It's finally time to record this music and the energy of this group is fantastic - and you all can be a part of it!

In a broad sense, this project is for anyone who feels art is worth supporting. For the ones who believe that new and exciting things can be just around the corner, but sometimes simply need that initial push.

To see something completely new come to life.
This project has lived through the good will of everyone involved. Several plane tickets that don't pay themselves even after the gig, many rehearsal hours for unpaid shows, uncountable days and months of composing and living with this music just with the conviction that it is good music. And that it should be heard, and shared, because maybe other people will feel the same way about it.
Supporting this project means believing that our artistic vision means something, and that this album is able in some way to contribute to the world of music, of art, and to our culture in general.

The goal of this campaign is to fund the first of two phases of recording an album, which comprises:
- Studio fees,
- Sound engineer,
- Travel and accomodation expenses,
- Food,
- Musician fees.

Any money eventually raised beyond the goal will be used on the next phase, which has to do with mixing, mastering, graphic design and printing the album.