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{{Infobox musical artist
| name         = Telectu
| image        = Telectu_Live.png
| caption      = Vítor Rua (guitar), Jorge Lima Barreto (piano)
| years_active = 1982–2011
| origin       = [[Portugal]]
| genre        = [[Free jazz]], cyber jazz, [[avant-garde rock]], [[electronica]], [[experimental music]], [[concrete music]], [[minimalism]]
}}
'''Telectu''' is a Portuguese [[Experimental music|experimental]], [[avant-garde music]] duo formed in 1982 by [[Vítor Rua]] (former member of [[GNR (band)|GNR]]) and Jorge Lima Barreto, a jazz musician and musical essayist.<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/artist/Telectu Telectu Discography at Discogs<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Their music incorporates a variety of elements from [[free jazz]], [[Rock music|rock]], [[electronica]], [[Minimalist music|minimalism]] and [[concrete music]].<ref>[http://www.myspace.com/telectu#! Telectu | Listen and Stream Free Music, Albums, New Releases, Photos, Videos<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> They are arguably the most important project of its genre in Portugal.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}} Their career spanning 30 years, includes a voluminous discography, many national and international performances and collaborations, both live and recorded, with important experimental and [[Improvisation (music)|improvisation]] musicians such as [[Elliott Sharp]], [[Carlos Zingaro|Carlos Zíngaro]], [[Jac Berrocal]], [[Sunny Murray]], [[Chris Cutler]] amongst others.<ref>[http://music.aol.com/album/telectu/quartetos/584201 AOL Radio – Listen to Free Online Radio – Free Internet Radio Stations and Music Playlists<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> They have also composed music for theater, video art and multimedia performance.
Although the project ceased recording new material with the death of Jorge Lima Barreto in 2011,<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.publico.pt/Cultura/morreu-o-musico-jorge-lima-barreto_1502125| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110711131824/http://www.publico.pt/Cultura/morreu-o-musico-jorge-lima-barreto_1502125| archive-date = 2011-07-11| title = Morreu o músico Jorge Lima Barreto - Cultura - PUBLICO.PT}} </ref> Telectu continues to perform live sporadically, with Vitor Rua and Ilda Teresa Castro.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.publico.pt/2018/06/15/culturaipsilon/entrevista/35-anos-depois-este-e-o-tempo-dos-telectu-1834349|title = Trinta e cinco anos depois este é o tempo dos Telectu| date=15 June 2018 }}</ref>
== Discography==
*1982 ''Ctu Telectu'', LP, Valentim De Carvalho, EMI
*1983 ''Belzebu'', LP, Ediçao Cliché
*1984 ''Off Off'', 2xLP, 3 Macacos
*1984 ''Performance IV Bienal De Cerveira'', LP, 3 Macacos
*1985 ''Telefone – Live Moscow'', LP, Telectu, 1985
*1985 ''Fundaçao'', LP, 3 Macacos
*1986 ''Halley'', LP, CNC/Altamira
*1987 ''Rosa-Cruz'', LP, not on label (possibly: 3 Macacos)
*1988 ''Camerata Elettronica'', 2xLP, Ama Romanta
*1988 ''Mimesis'', LP, Schiu!/Transmédia
*1990 ''Digital Buiça'', LP, Tragic Figures
*1990 ''Encounters II / Labirintho 7.8'', LP, Mundo Da Cancão
*1990 ''[[Live at the Knitting Factory New York City]]'', LP, Mundo Da Cancão
*1992 ''[[Evil Metal]]'' (with Elliott Sharp),  CD, Área Total
*1993 ''Belzebu/Off Off'', CD, AnAnAnA
*1993 ''Theremin Tao'', CD, SPH
*1994 ''[[Biombos]]'', CD, China Record Corporation
*1995 ''Jazz Off Multimedia'',  CD, AnAnAnA
*1995 ''Telectu-Cutler-Berrocal'', CD, Fábrica De Sons
*1997 ''À Lagardère w/ Jac Berrocal'', CD, Numérica
*1998 ''Prélude, Rhapsodie & Coda'', CD, Nova Musica
*2002 ''[[Quartetos]]'', 3xCD, Clean Feed
==References==
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==External links==
*http://www.last.fm/music/Telectu
*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei4fFZp4eK0
*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMRGYkYuAew
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[[Category:Portuguese musical groups]]
[[Category:Musical groups established in 1982]]
[[Category:1982 establishments in Portugal]]
[[Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2011]]
[[Category:Clean Feed Records artists]]