País Relativo!

13/02/2026

13/02/1996 - 30 years!

I remember the thrill of hearing this album for the first time!
The polished catchy riffs, the powerfull production and... the unshamefull Pink Floydian solos and trips ending this mandatory Melodic Death Metal album!

And today I hear it with the same delight! 🤘

09/02/2026

On Air!

Today passing through the linup for Gouveia Art Rock 2026!

Stay tuned at www.rua.pt or 102.7FM

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26/01/2026

And today I'll leave you with a show with a first part dedicated to Avant Garde and New Jazz bands and then a second part portuguese Jazz and Contemporary (!) on the portuguese guitar.

Enjoy, from 22 to 00GMT at www.rua.pt

1. LIGHT COORPORATION - "Fiction Transferred in To Reality" - About (2013)
2. Light Cooporation - "Le Voyage Au Coer De Reves" - About (2013)
3. The Kandinsky Effect - "Johnny Utah" - Synesthesia (2013)
4. The Kandinsky Effect - "M.C." - Synesthesia (2013)
5. Light Cooporation - "On the Earth Edge (exc)" - About (2013)
6. Carlos BICA & Azul - "P. Beat" - Believer (2006)
7. Carlos Bica & Azul - "Believer" - Believer (2006)
8. Miguel Moreira - "Suite do Relógio Part I, II e III" - Câmbio (2012)
9. Bernardo Moreira Sexteto - "Dança dos Montanheses" - Ao Paredes Confesso (2003)
10. artem_sax Quarteto - "Dança dos Camponeses (com Paulo Soares)" - Entre Paredes (2008)
11. Carlos Bica & Azul - "Chama do Sol" - Movimentos Perpétuos (2003)
12. Ricardo Rocha - "Luciferianismo" - Movimentos Perpétuos (2003)
13. Miguel Amaral - "Sonata (i)Adagio, ii)Allegro, iii)Adagio, Andante, iv)Presto)" - Chuva Oblíqua (2013)
14. Maria João - "A Festa dos Gnomos" - Fábula (1996)
15. Ricardo Rocha - "Saudade" - Uma Outra História (2005)

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19/01/2026

Today I'll give you mostly 1976 prog rock releases!

Enjoy, from 22 to 00h GMT at www.rua.pt

1. King Crimson - "iMPRoVattaKc #1" - iMPRoVattaKc (2000, Live 1974)
2. The Enid - "The Fool... The Falling Tower" - In the Region of the Summer Stars (1976)
3. Kansas - "Carry On Wayward Son" - Leftoverture (1976)
4. Camel - "Aristillus + Song Whithin a Song" - Moonmadness (1976)
5. Gentle Giant - "Interview" - In'terview (1976)
6. Van der Graaf Generator - "Pilgrims" - Still Life (1976)
7. Rush - "A Passage to Bangkok + The Twilight Zone" - 2112 (1976)
8. Frank Zappa - "The Torture Never Stops + Mr. Pinky" - Zoot Allure (1976)
9. Soft Machine - "The Tale of Taliesin" - Softs (1976)
10. Brand X - "Nuclear Burn" - Unorthodox Behaviour (1976)
11. Shakti - "Lady L" - Shakti (1976

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12/01/2026

Today's show will be dedicated to 1976's releases more towards Jazz Rock, Zehul and Rock in Opposition!

Enjoy from 22 to 00h GMT at www.rua.pt

1. Soft Machine - "Ban-Ban Caliban + Song of Ae**us + Out of Season + Second Bundle" - Softs (1976)
2. Soft Machine - "Etika" - Softs (1976)
3. Magma - "Üdü Wüdü + Weidorje" - Üdü Wüdü (1976)
4. Magma - "Soleil D'Ork" - Üdü Wüdü (1976)
5. Magma - "Ëmëhnteht-Rê" - Üdü Wüdü (1976)
6. Shylock - "Le Quatriéme" - Giargoles (1976)
7. Samlas Mannas Manna - "Första Satsen" - Snorungarnas Symfoni (1976)
8. Stormy Six - "1789 + Carmine" - Cliché (1976)
9. Picchio dal Pozzo - "Merta + Cocomelastico" - Picchio dal Pozzo (1976)
10. Art Zoyd - "Brigades Speciales" - Symphonie pour le Jour où brouleront les Cites (1976)
11. Banda do Casaco - "Canção para Embalar Avozinhas" - Coisas do Arco da Velho (1976)

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10/01/2026

𝐌𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚 (𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒) 𝐀𝐳𝐮𝐥 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐦 𝐀𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐬

(link to listen on the firts comment)

Today's discovery becomes a very special one for me since it is a Portuguese Guitar and Cello duo, and that amazing Cittern we call Portuguese Guitar is the instrument I chose to dweel with!

Pedro Moura and Bruna Moura released their first álbum in 2024, but since at least 2013 they were developing this show. Kudos for eternalizing this unique piece of musical expression!

Musically it is a heartfelt journey, detached from the traditional usage of the portuguese guitar, but with craftmenship that carries its legacy (and probably thousands of hours playing the traditional way).

The Cello and the Portuguese Guitar merge and entwine, building ambiences and soundscapes like an harmonic mist where the melodies appear.

Music has the chance to manifest through the silences in between the notes they express.

Some pieces are more accusticaly structured, other more electronic and cinematic.

The usage of the bowed harmonics on the cello and the finger slide on the portuguese guitar enrich the ambiences and at some point we find ourself on other continents!

The mood is somber, sober and splattered with breathless episodes.

The album is full of suprises in technique and composition, with a predilection for the ambience but with space for virtuosity in some observations.

It leaves me craving for more, but fortunally pressing play again takes me back to a different journey on each listening!

05/01/2026

Today I'll bring you a Jazz Rock show, with the first part dedicated to 1971's Soft Machine and the second to 1976 releases from Return To Forever, Orchestra, Weather Report and Pat Metheny.

Enjoy, from 22 to 00h GMT at www.rua.pt

https://paisrelativonarua.blogspot.com/2016/11/playlist-2016-11-21.html

Soft Machine - "Live at Henie Onstad Art Center 1971" - (2009) Soft Machine - "Ban Ban Caliban + Song of Aelus" - Softs (1976) Return to...

01/01/2026

Beautiful album to finish (and start) the year!

Moving away from the synthpop trilogy they did before, Ulver present a rich journey through their cinematographic reality, with some dansable moments, but always intriguing.

An album to digest!

https://open.spotify.com/album/1vOLtrJxMEZi9vkCX3O0Yw?si=jy28PagDSa-T58XtMiLiSg

Ulver · album · 2025 · 11 songs

22/12/2025

It's that tome of the year when I leave you with a SPECIAL CRIMSON CHRISMAS SHOW!

Tonight, from 22 to 00h GMT, you can enjoy it at www.rua.pt .

1 - King Crimson - "Larks' Tongue in Aspic, part One" - Larks' Tongue in Aspic (1973)
2 - King Crimson - "Larks' Tongue in Aspic, part Two" - Larks' Tongue in Aspic (1973)
3 - King Crimson - "Larks' Tongue in Aspic, part III" - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984)
4 - King Crimson - "Larks' Tongue in Aspic, part IV" - Happy With What You Have to Be Happy With (2000)
5 - Dream Theater - "A Change of Seasons" - A Change of Seasons (1996)
6 - Edge of Sanity - "Crimson" - Crimson (1996)
7 - The Blood Divine - "In Crimson Dreams" - Awaken (1997)
8 - Present - "Strychnine for Christmas(part 1 & 2 )" - High Infidelity (2000)

11/11/2025

Snakes of Albuquerque is the debut recording from the rock and jazz, free improvising, classically informed, adventurously rhythmic, and memorably tuneful power cello trio Skullcap.

This is not a band that is easy to pigeonhole. The song titles offer a kind of road map through its unpredictable terrain. ‘Journey to the Sunset’, ‘Snakes of Albuquerque’: these suggest Gothy darkness, jumper cable skronk, and an internationalist mindset, all qualities apparent in Skullcap’s sound. But tying those attributes to a single genre? Not going to happen.

Snakes of Albuquerque is a record of instrumental rock that doesn't sound like anyone else. With this instrumentation, how could it?

released May 30, 2025

Janel Leppin - cello, Minimoog
Anthony Pirog - electric guitar
Mike Kuhl - drums, percussion

https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/snakes-of-albuquerque-2

Cuneiform Records
Janel Leppinpirog

10 track album