Polido is a musician and artist from Marinha Grande, currently living and working in Lisbon.

From a materialist approach to sound, his work is guided by questions of cultural memory, tradition, technology, crossings of music history and socio-politics. His music disseminates these issues with a personal vocabulary, assembling surreal narratives for concrete spaces.

Through visual and/or sound mechanisms, Polido seeks the evanescent threshold between recognition and alienation. Polido's work takes the form of concerts, mixes, texts, talks, listening sessions, and exhibitions for contexts such as Batalha - Centro de Cinema, ICA London, 12th Berlin Biennale, MAAT, Sismógrafo*, NTS Radio, Sonsbeek 20->24*, Ruhr Ding*, and Spirit Shop.

Polido runs the embryonic label Projecto de Vida through which he organises evenings of music and conversation, and his music has been published by the labels ANA, Holuzam, Bus Editions, Lynn, Left Alone, and c-.

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Calendar:
Nov.21st Gig / Sala Lisa, Lisbon [tickets]
Nov.23rd Gig / Meakusma at Open Ground, Wuppertal [link]

Update log 27/10/2024:
- text for Fonoteca Municipal do Porto “Canto do desertor: Caminhos de Luís Cília” (PT)
- Added “Sombra de Vento” text (PT)

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