Plux Quba album cover
Plux Quba

Nuno Canavarro

1988
Ama Romanta

 Nuno Canavarro’s landmark album of home-cooked electronica, Plux Quba, took at least a decade to reach a wider audience, which tells us more about the dynamics of the international music industry and music press than the album itself; originally only available in Portugal, it slipped through the cracks when it first appeared, in 1988. It took the patronage of Christoph Heemann and Jim O’Rourke to bring it to wider attention, and indeed, the latter reissued it on his Moikai imprint in 1998. It’s still a completely startling listen, a set of boldly deconstructed electro-acoustic explorations, constructed from mangled and manipulated vocals, bell-like electronics, and wavy, toy-like tonalities. It’s no surprise that, when reissued, it aligned perfectly with similar-sounding new releases from acts like Microstoria, Oval, and Nobukazu Takemura.

Jon Dale

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