Triggered by ''the inner need to make music'', this Portuguese couple takes inspiration from each other as well as the range of emotions and sensations that can be carried by sound. Named after Antoine Laurent de Lavoisier, who once stated that ''In nature nothing is created, nothing is lost, everything changes'' their charming boy-girl interplay, backed by the simplest of musical means, reappropriates slivers of European, American and African compositions for their own folk-based explorations. Patricia Relvas (vocals/percussion) and Roberto Afonso (guitar/vocals), the Berlin-via-Lisbon duo Lavoisier have brought their charged and gravelly vocal harmonies to bear since their first self-titled LP back in 2012, since then they developed a new approach to popular portuguese music through concepts such as Globalization Vs. Popular Cultures, Cultural Cannibalism within Tropicalismo.
Since 2013 they moved back to Portugal, where they have been developing their career with success. Their work has been presented in Germany, Portugal, Italy, Denmark, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Hungary, France, Belgium, Brazil, Argentina and Senegal. They participated in several Festivals, composed for theater plays and made collaborations with visual artists. Their discography it’s composed by “Polifonias Singulares Vol.1”, Lavoisier with the Cantadeiras do Campo do Gerês (2023), ''Aí'' (2022), “Miguel Torga por Lavoisier: Viagem a um Reino Maravilhoso” (2019), ‘’É Teu” (2017), “Projeto 675” (2014).
PRESS
Considered by the Portuguese Newspaper Público as “one of the most interesting names of the Portuguese music of the decade”.
"There isn't a pair as creative who draw up lyrical dialogues with the same mastery. A beauty that runs through the choruses and the words. The timbres intertwine like the passion they put into the truth of their music."
Joaquim Quadros, Vodafone FM.
The "Aí" album is part of Darek Mazzone’s, KEXP Seattle, list of top 10 best albums of 2022.