
Cine-Teatro Garrett, Café-concerto (Coffee-concert)
Catharsis is a pure need, without restraint… visceral. Doing differently, experimenting, bringing together without ceasing to be what you are, can also be catharsis. From the inside out, without barriers, natural.
Three years after the surprising "Sete Fontes", entirely composed on the piano, comes the new and eclectic album by Afonso Dorido aka Man in Catharsis, "natural catharsis". An interior manifesto that brings together a sound cauldron of folk, shoegaze, post-fado or even world music. From instrumentals to intervention songs, from soundscapes to more or less implicit messages, from soaring journeys to concise and objective choruses. In addition to being a multi-instrumentalist, Homem em Catarse asserts himself, more than ever, as a song writer.
Afonso Dorido's alter ego, Homem em Catarse, emerged a decade ago on the ‘Barcelos scene’. Currently based in Braga, the founder of the post-rock collective indignu has been touring the country since 2013 with his emotional songs. He released the EP "Guarda-Rios" (2015) and the concept album "Viagem Interior" (2017). In 2020, he released "sem palavras | cem palavras" and, in 2021, the acclaimed piano album "sete fontes". In 2023 and 2024, he released the singles "O tempo vem atrás de nós" and “Hipoteca”, followed by the new album "Catarse Natural". He has collaborated with artists such as Ana Deus and Manel Cruz, and has performed at national and international festivals such as Vodafone Paredes de Coura and NOS Alive.
Guitar, Vocals, Ukulele, Electronics Afonso Dorido
Sound Design José Pedro Caldas
Duration ≈ 60 minutes ● 6+
Photo © Sónia Fernandes