Last November we welcomed Chang Rodrigues to Barcelona for an intimate and special live set, where Amanda showcased her signature exploration of fragmented rhythms, analogue synthesis and in-the-moment decisions. An expected visit, brief but one that left us with an excellent memory.
Chang is a Brazilian artist with a long career and a language very much her own: synthesis, improvisation, live act. You can read more about her here.
Chang Rodrigues Live South Plug — Barcelona, November 2025
For this set, the decision was made in real time. She had arrived with a more atmospheric idea in mind, but the space spoke first. The intimate scale of the venue, the closer listening that a café invites compared to a club — all of that pushed her towards something more rhythmic and experimental. Broken structures, displacements, sustained tension before giving way to the 4/4 in the second half.
“The set was practically improvised and I consciously assumed that risk. There were very organic moments and others more unstable, which are part of the nature of live act when working without a closed structure. For me, the live is pr
ecisely that territory where tension, real-time decision-making and deep listening build the form. I was interested in letting those tensions emerge, especially in an intimate space like the theatre café, which invited a closer, lighter and less dark listening than what I’m used to in club contexts.”
