21.06.2025
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Primeiro - Music for Horses I & II

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Primeiro - Music for Horses I & II

Unsettling the boundaries between the human and the non-human weaves through the fabric of Primeiro’s practice. Both his new album, inspired by a horse-related accident, and his project Feed the River—a festival where music is made in collaboration with bodies of water—seek to blur these lines.
Initially released digitally in 2024, Music for Horses I drew comparisons to the tranquility of Japanese cult artist Hiroshi Yoshimura, but a closer listen revealed deeper layers of intricate craftsmanship. Primeiro himself defines his style as “ambient manija” (rough translation: “obsessive ambient”).

Now, in June 2025, Music for Horses I & II arrives on vinyl through a collaboration between Sonôsfera (Buenos Aires), Danzee (Berlin), and EX:IN | IN:EX (Chemnitz). The record is split into two parts: side B was recorded prior to a horse-riding accident that deeply marked Primeiro’s life and released in 2024; side A was composed in the period following the accident and has not being released yet. 

The album’s sonic approach is rooted in floating arpeggios and meticulously crafted repetitive sequences, exploring the threshold between ambient and handcrafted electronics.

The digital version accompanying the vinyl release presents a reinterpretation of Music for Horses I. After receiving the vinyl pressing, Primeiro slowed down the record on a turntable, re-recorded the tracks, and layered them with drum machines. During his residency at EMS Stockholm, he further reshaped the sound, adding sub-bass textures using Buchla 100 and 200 synthesizers, and processing the material through tape machines to create warped, time-stretched versions of the original compositions.

In recent years, YouTube has sparked a quiet revolution in how we listen to music. "Stretched versions" of albums—where artists like Brian Eno, Hiroshi Yoshimura, and even pop songs like Justin Bieber’s “U Smile” are slowed down dramatically—have gone viral. These time-stretched interpretations turn melody into atmosphere, attack into pure decay, and songs into vast, ambient environments. Primeiro’s digital version of Music for Horses resonates deeply with this phenomenon.

Music for Horses resonates within Primeiro’s broader body of work, where there is space for the non-human, much like in his Feed the River project, a site-specific performance that uses rivers as sonic bridges between musicians, audiences, and the environment. It has been carried out along the Spree in Berlin, the Elbe in Hamburg, and the Chemnitz River in Chemnitz. Artists are positioned along the riverbanks, creating a dialogue shaped by distance, flow, and acoustic resonance, inviting a collective re-imagining of our relationship with water as a living entity.

Live

May 31 - Museum Serralves - Serralves em Festa Festival - Porto 
June 6 - Schlossberg - Linz
June 7 - Niansa Festival - Slovenia
June 13 - Paris - TBA
June 20 - La Nature Festival - Belgium
June 22 - Sumor Solstice Festival - Whales
June 26 - Fusion Festival - Germany (with QOA)
July 6 - Ember - Berlin
July - Residency in Riga
August 9 - Castello dell’Arso Festival - Calabria - Italia
August 30 - If Festival - Sicily - Italia
October and November - Japan tour - tba

Biography

Primeiro is a big fan of floating arpeggios and meticulously repetitive sequences. His music sits at the border between ambient and handcrafted electronics.  

His craft involves hypnotic sequences and rhythmic patterns in electronic synthesis, creating a sonic flow that shifts between immersive textures and dynamic spatial movements.

While his sound may initially evoke the tranquility of Japanese cult artist Hiroshi Yoshimura, a closer listen reveals intricate layers and meticulous craftsmanship. He defines his style as “ambient manija” (a rough translation might be “obsessive ambient”), which reflects the music’s intense attention to detail.

In 2024, he embarked on his first European tour, sharing the stage with artists such as Jan Jelinek and Upsammy. Primeiro is also part of Lujo Asiático, an experimental duo that has released four albums exploring the boundaries of electronic music without the use of machines.

In parallel, he leads Feed the River, a series of site-specific performances and festivals that use rivers as sound carriers to foster new forms of ecological awareness and collective resonance. The project has taken place along the Spree in Berlin, the Chemnitz River in Germany, and the Elbe in Hamburg, blending music, environmental sensitivity, and shared listening experiences.

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