[podcast] Alice Mantas: multi-disciplinary Portuguese artist [Voice Seeker #15] 

 

The Summer Solstice 2026 episode of Voice Seeker features my friend and former house mate from Portugal, Alice Mantas. Alice is a multi-disciplinary artist focusing on playing modal music with the cello, and conducting materials research with ceramics. She is also a face painter and sometimes clown. ~Dandy

00:00:00 - Introducing Alice Mantas via Portugal
00:01:52 - Our first meeting at a squat in Lisbon
00:11:16 - How freedom zones can ruin freedom
00:15:17 - Rhythms of Resistance, organized anarchy with percussion
00:20:34 - ETHNO, a global cohort of folk artists sharing their craft
00:25:10 - Our second meeting in a squat in Chania, Crete
00:32:04 - The power of the clown
00:38:08 - A dumpster diving band
00:40:57 - Poverty of time vs poverty of money
00:47:11 - Being a multi-disciplinary artist
00:48:41 - Ceramics
00:56:51 - Using Pure Data (Pd) an open source graphical media software toolkit
01:00:23 - A chat about practice
01:03:58 - Modal (makam) music
01:09:13 - Grant writing and cello travel
01:11:55 - Cultural evolution: Asian via North African influence on Portuguese music
01:17:03 - Culture as a mutable identity marker
01:20:49 - Travel
01:26:11 - Soclal media vs IRL
01:33:42 - Final thoughts

 

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1kiILhX8SdL84kpPmZwOnk?si=XA6YaoxlTnOVSc06XCveMw

New Single: Clover, Hey Clover 

 

"One day I met a faerie in the forest deep, who lives in a porcini buried in the leaves. I said come and skinny dip with me in Turkey Creek where the little minnows nibble on her bare butt cheeks."

I wrote this song a year ago as a birthday present to my special lady, Clover. This year for her birthday I wanted to surprise her with a rough and tumble folk Punk version up on the streaming services. So now you can also listen tothe magical story of our adventure in the musty mushroom forest world: Clover, Hey Clover. 🍀

Bandcamp: https://bowlofdust.bandcamp.com/track/clover-hey-clover-single

Tidal: https://tidal.com/track/459021776/u

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/clover-hey-clover-single/1838367472?uo=4

Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/us/track/3544424661

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/0c8u5fgVjlhjIQrrsQ7c0o