rainer m b

MUSIC/MUSICA

• rainer m b [2022 -] / solo project. musical experiments on “eastern” folk and art music (great persia & asia minor) and on northeastern brazilian backlands melodies.

  • 2026 carrasco breu. digital [to be released]

  • 2024 Ecos do abismo [Depths of Ascension OST]

• ÁSPERO - instrumental narratives [2007 - 2022; inactive] / solo project. drawings, tunes and letters compose this instrumental ambient music experiment in the frame of brazilian backlands and their solitude.

  • 2022 Rumores na terra sobre as feras da chuva / digital and physical (cassette) + booklet

  • 2021 A comitiva de notícias e outras estórias / digital and physical (cassette) + booklet

  • 2020 A casa de Héstia / digital + booklet

  • 2017 Duas derradeiras / EP, digital

  • 2013 Queda & Regresso / EP, digital

• AL’GAZARR [2014 - 2016; inactive] / instrumental acoustic duo focusing early baroque and south american folk tunes e rhythms.

  • members: Fábio de Oliveira Martins (acoustic guitar); Rainer Miranda Brito (brazilian ten strings guitar/viola de dez cordas).

  • 2015 AL'GAZARR / EP, digital

• TrêsCordas - duo de rasqueado instrumental [2007 - 2015; inactive] / instrumental duo focusing platino tunes and rhythms from brasil, paraguay, argentina and uruguay.

  • 2009 TrêsCordas / EP, digital

• AS GUEST/COMO CONVIDADO

  • 2024 Grupo SER / track Sertão do ser

  • 2021 Fernanda de Paula / track Delicadeza

  • 2021 Joaquim Izidro / track Izidros

  • 2021 Dom Bugre / track Ninguém

  • 2012 Levi Ramiro / track O bote da jararaca

PROJECTS/PROJETOS

• Ciclo Experimental de Artes Populares (CICLOPES) [2025 -] / The Experimental Cycle of Popular Arts (CICLOPES) is a program of cultural and educational activities for the promotion and experimentation of popular arts from the backlands of northeastern Brazil and beyond. The cycle hosts artistic presentations, workshops and publications through ongoing and segmented activities. Based in the semi-arid region of Piauí, the CICLOPES encompasses various popular and classical arts, with special attention to performance dimensions associated with music and manual arts. The CICLOPES is an outreach initiative of the Federal University of São Francisco Valley (UNIVASF), São Raimundo Nonato campus, Piauí. More info at https://ciclopes.art

• VÁRIA - artes e violas na caatinga [2017-2024] / A cultural project & outreach action based in the Federal University of São Francisco Valley (Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco - UNIVASF, Serra da Capivara campus). A project offering workshops on popular culture of Piauí, brazilian ten strings guitar presentations for teachers and students of public schools, rural communities and cultural institutions; the project seeks aswell the creation of small archives of folk melodies from São Raimundo Nonato, Piauí, region. More info at https://varia.univasf.edu.br

• RESEARCH PROJECTS/PROJETOS DE PESQUISA

  • Most of my research happens through my academic activities as a professor and outreach researcher at Federal University of São Francisco Valley (Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, UNIVASF). I teach and research at undergraduate and graduate levels. You can check my Curriculum.