Neil Leonard article on Smetak Published

Musicworks recently published Prospectus (FeFa) artist Neil Leonard’s article on Walter Smetak, a Swiss-Brazilian cellist, transdisciplinary artist and mystic. According to Neil, “Working in Salvador da Bahia, Smetak performed and recorded with Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso, and he mentored Tom Zé. After denouncing his role as an artist and becoming a devout practitioner of Theosophy, Smetak invented 150 plásticas sonoras (sound sculptures). He designed a 22-meter high recording studio in the shape of an egg that anticipated 21st century practice decades before the rest of us.”