Emilio Portal

sound artist composer producer engineer. sound itself is a nonhuman, an entity.

12/05/2025

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flow state.
ostinatos.
16ths.
pancakes.
icelandic chocolate.

11/29/2025

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beats, solids, barrels & woods

11/06/2025

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november 6, 2025

"sound is way older than us but we treat it as a subordinate as a thing as a commodity"

10/06/2025

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about last night:

Thank you to for inviting to perform at the inaugural Abya Yala Latin American Film Festival! Thank you & for the thinking of me. Thank you for always being so cool.

I presented 4 films, and an improvised sound work with a total duration of about 1 hour. The first 3 films were produced with my partner via our collaborative . These were "Ground", a production, "material spiritual commons" a meditation on the industrial extract machine in the region, "offerings of care" produced during FAAS with & , and "Callao" a new personal short film about my journey to Callao, Peru (where my father was born).

I would like to acknowledge the for my residency back in 2022. I believe it was a critical time that allowed me to make creative, philosophical and political discoveries that have led me here. I briefly played and recorded one of the ocarinas that I made during that residency last night.

Importantly, I would like to thank the entire Latin community and diaspora in Sudbury and beyond who have helped me throughout my life, who have been mirrors for me, who have created some semblance of home, who have helped me understand my heritage. Especially, thank you to la Familia Cano, my entire Peruvian lineage, and of course to my father.

Finally, thank you for my partner for all your support and for the amazing documentation.

Thank you to everyone who made it out last night. Your warm reception and support was very moving.

If you missed my performance, I did record the majority of it, and will be releasing it on my bandcamp page in the near future.

06/23/2025

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Spiritual Dispatchers has been out for 2 years!

If you haven’t heard this yet, & I invite you to check it out!

05/19/2025

Dear Comrades in DIY methodologies & Sonic Exploration,

This year, Sudbury will be experiencing its first ever Drone Day. This day was initiated by artist Marie LeBlanc Flanagan in the early 21st century.

Drone Day is an annual celebration of drone, community, and experimental sounds! To learn more, please visit:

https://droneday.org

Dunstan Topp .et.poudre , from la GNO, asked me to assist with organizing this year’s event. As you probably know, I am an experimental sound artist with interests in randomness, chance, improvisation, rhythm and decolonization. Two years ago, I had the privilege and pleasure of attending and performing (Ottawa-based) Drone Day event. It was a day-long sonic event, that had continuous, interruption-free performances from experimental artists from around Canada. It was a deeply moving experience, which continues to inspire me everyday.

Drone Day in Sudbury will be taking place and as part of Knox Fest! It is take place from 12 until 6pm on Saturday May 24th. The format will be fully participatory, with no experience required. There will be stations with synthesizers, microphones and instruments installed around the galerie, amongst exhibition:
Smooshes, Slabs & Slumps.

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out!

Hope to see you there!!!

05/14/2025

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this is a crunchy one. i’ve been grappling with the notion of certainty in art, music, in capitalism, and i feel that it’s such a stifling energy and idea that sucks all the life out of any creative endeavour.

i believe in the multiplicity of life. i have experienced magic that emerges out of nothingness - out of places that revolve around aimless play and innocence. and whatever nonsensical mystery is birthed in those moments are deeply inspiring and nurturing.
just try it

04/24/2025

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sound is primordial
sound is
magic
how is it that we
evolved
to perceive this
narrow
window
and
with this
miracle in our
ears
decide to
control
extract
commodify
instead of
hearing
in awe

02/28/2025

13 track album

12/13/2024

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move yourself around
don’t stay fixed in your position
rigidity is not creativity’s friend

12/12/2024

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join me on a quantum sonic adventure / meditation on randomness & vulnerability / sowing the seeds of indeterminacy on december 28 along with the spectacular .iiofficial &

11/12/2024

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🥷🏼 more pics from my performance on october 25, 2024.

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