8.13: A Plêiade

8.13: A Plêiade formed in 2003 as a seven-member ensemble. Their music often gets described in cosmic terms, with songs like 'Caipiras Solenes' and 'Pontes & Paredes' featuring layered vocals and atmospheric arrangements that create a kind of choral effect. The group's name references the Pleiades star cluster, which seems to inform their aesthetic more than any literal celestial philosophy.

They've released several albums over time, though the existing catalog copy leans heavily on celestial metaphors that don't tell you much about what the music actually sounds like. The members have names drawn from mythology, Asteria, Celeno, Electra, Maia, Merope, Taygete, and Alcyone, but there's little concrete information about their individual roles or backgrounds.

Some listeners have found their approach unconventional, with certain performances generating discussion about their artistic choices. Their track 'Salmos 109' suggests they occasionally work with textual or liturgical sources, though again the details are sparse. What remains is the music itself, which tends toward the meditative and harmonically dense.