Papercutz

{{Short description|Portuguese electronic music act}}

{{for|the comic book publisher|Papercutz (publisher)}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = :PAPERCUTZ

| image =

File:-PAPERCUTZ Live on Tour 2012.jpg

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| origin = {{flagicon|Portugal}} Porto, Portugal

| genre = Pop, electronic

| years_active = 2008–present

| label = Enchufada
Audiobulb Records
Apegenine recordings
Kilk Records

| website = [http://www.papercutz.pt/ PAPERCUTZ.pt]

| current_members = Bruno Miguel

| past_members = Melissa Veras
Marisa Pinto
Marcela Freitas
Bruno Ribeiro
Nuno Sarafa

}}

{{DISPLAYTITLE: :papercutz}}

:PAPERCUTZ (stylized as :papercutz or :PAPERCUTZ) is a Portuguese electronic music act formed as a side project{{cite web|url=http://www.enchufada.com/label/artists/papercutz/|title=PAPERCUTZ|work=Enchufada|access-date=17 January 2015}} in Porto that became a fully active band in 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.enchufada.com/label/artists/papercutz/|title=PAPERCUTZ|work=Enchufada|access-date=17 January 2015}} Bruno Miguel is the only official member of Papercutz and solely responsible for its musical direction. After recordings, Bruno assembles a live band to perform with him which may include musicians used on studio recordings.{{cite web|url=http://www.tokafi.com/15questions/interview-papercutz/|title=Interview with :papercutz|publisher=Tokafi.com|access-date=17 January 2015}} Past musicians have included vocalists Melissa Veras, a US singer with Portuguese ascendancy born in New York{{cite web |url=http://www.kaltblut-magazine.com/papercuts/ |title= introducing :papercutz|website=www.kaltblut-magazine.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112215038/http://www.kaltblut-magazine.com/papercuts/ |archive-date=12 November 2013}} and Portuguese Marisa Pinto, Marcela Freitas as well as instrumentalists Bruno Ribeiro, Nuno Sarafa and Francisco Bernardo, among others.

Annie Nightingale described them as 'interesting and making an original sound'{{cite web|url=http://thepeoplesmusicawards.com/#artist/info/id/42|title=The Peoples Music Awards - listen to free new music from unsigned bands|publisher=Thepeoplesmusicawards.com|access-date=17 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130917095948/http://thepeoplesmusicawards.com/#artist/info/id/42|archive-date=17 September 2013|url-status=dead}} as one of the juries on the UK The People's Music Awards in 2009 where the group performed live and won the off the beaten track category. The same year the debut album Lylac was released on Canadian independent record label Apegenine recordings whose artist roster featured artists such as Montreal's own David Kristian or Khonnor and the single Ultravioleta rmx's included remixes by Riz Maslen (aka Neotropic) and the first ever release by now known The Sight Below just before his signing to Ghostly International.{{cite web|url=http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2008/09/06/papercutz-ultravioleta-rmxs-apegenine/|title=papercutz – Ultravioleta Rmx's (Apegenine) - Headphone Commute|work=Headphone Commute|date=6 September 2008|access-date=17 January 2015}} The album was well received by the press and music community and featured in such publications as Textura,{{cite web|url=http://www.textura.org/archives/p/papercutz_lylac.htm|title=textura|publisher=Textura.org|access-date=17 January 2015}} Cuemix-magazine,{{cite web |url=http://www.cuemix-magazine.com/cuemix/inhalt.php?image=1059 |title= cuemix magazine :papercutz lylac|website=www.cuemix-magazine.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708213245/http://www.cuemix-magazine.com/cuemix/inhalt.php?image=1059 |archive-date=8 July 2011}} Tokafi,{{cite web|url=http://www.tokafi.com/newsitems/cd-feature-papercutz-lylac/|title=CD Feature/ :papercutz: "Lylac"|publisher=Tokafi.com|access-date=17 January 2015}} Cylic Defrost,{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclicdefrost.com/blog/2009/02/11/papercutz-%E2%80%93-lylac-apegenine/|title=Cyclic Defrost|access-date=17 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614152614/http://www.cyclicdefrost.com/blog/2009/02/11/papercutz-%E2%80%93-lylac-apegenine/|archive-date=14 June 2011|url-status=dead}} Subba-cultcha{{cite web |url=http://www.subba-cultcha.com/album-reviews/article.php?contentID=8339 |title=lylac album review|website=www.subba-cultcha.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311140208/http://www.subba-cultcha.com/album-reviews/article.php?contentID=8339 |archive-date=11 March 2012}} Organ Mag{{cite web|url=http://www.organart.demon.co.uk/neworgan309.htm|title=ORGAN MAGAZINE ON LINE: CONTACT & SWITCH THE OTHER|publisher=Organart.demon.co.uk|access-date=17 January 2015|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924061543/http://www.organart.demon.co.uk/neworgan309.htm|url-status=dead}} with Record Collector comparing Bruno's precision work to that of Four Tet.{{cite web|url=http://www.recordcollectormag.com/reviews/review-detail/6009|title=Do Outro Lado Do Espelho (Lylac Ambient Reworks) - Record Collector Magazine|publisher=Recordcollectormag.com|access-date=17 January 2015}}

The group toured in 2009 and 2010 promoting their debut album throughout Europe and U.S. with showcases on festivals such as SXSW{{cite web|url=http://www.spinner.com/2010/03/15/papercutz-interview-sxsw-2010|title=AOL Radio - Listen to Free Online Radio - Free Internet Radio Stations and Music Playlists|author=Slacker, Inc.|publisher=Spinner.com|access-date=17 January 2015|archive-date=9 September 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120909222831/http://www.spinner.com/2010/03/15/papercutz-interview-sxsw-2010|url-status=dead}} and Exit Festival{{cite web|url=http://www.clickmusic.com/news/article/faith-no-more-klaxons-more-join-exit-festival|title=Faith No More, Klaxons & More Join Exit Festival|publisher=Clickmusic.com|access-date=17 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227015942/http://www.clickmusic.com/news/article/faith-no-more-klaxons-more-join-exit-festival|archive-date=27 February 2012|url-status=dead}} and signed to UK Audiobulb Records a new remix album Do outro lado do espelho (Lylac ambient reworks) spawned out of Lylac's textures with Drowned in Sound calling the album 'notably coherent and engaging' unlike other remix records{{cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4140128-articulate-silences-ambient-sounds-4|title=Articulate Silences, Ambient Sounds #4|work=DrownedInSound|access-date=17 January 2015|archive-date=13 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913072631/http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4140128-articulate-silences-ambient-sounds-4|url-status=dead}} featuring relevant ambient music artists like Taylor Deupree, Keith Kenniff, ex-member of UK 'shoegaze' icons Slowdive and Lowgold drummer Simon Scott among many others that Bruno personally invited to work on his music.

File:Producer Bruno Miguel with singer Melissa Veras Austin 2012.jpg

By end of 2011 news, came out that the band was working on a new still untitled album.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtviggy.com/articles/papercutzs-ambient-pop-adventure/|title=Papercutz's Ambient Pop Adventure|work=MTV Iggy|access-date=17 January 2015}} Their new songs made an early debut at the 2012 edition of South by Southwest where it was noted the band had been working with producer Chris Coady in New York City.{{cite web|url=http://schedule.sxsw.com/2012/events/event_MS18863|title=papercutz|work=SXSW Schedule 2012|access-date=17 January 2015}} and were showcasing their new single "Rivers" which presented the band in a beat-heavy, darkened version of their left field dream pop.{{cite web |url=http://migratemusicnews.com/2012/03/08/new-papercutz-rivers |title=Archived copy |website=migratemusicnews.com |access-date=3 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130129025552/http://migratemusicnews.com/2012/03/08/new-papercutz-rivers |archive-date=29 January 2013 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mtviggy.com/reviews/papercutz-rivers|title=Papercutz – Rivers|work=MTV Iggy|access-date=17 January 2015}} The album The Blur Between Us was released on 10 July 2012 and sees the band growing music wise with a push toward more eclectic sounds{{cite web|url=http://www.prefixmag.com/news/prefix-premiere-papercutz-where-beasts-die/67021|title=Prefix Premiere: :PAPERCUTZ, 'Where Beasts Die'|work=Prefixmag|access-date=17 January 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.xlr8r.com/mp3/2012/06/rivers-nowa-huta-remix|title=papercutz|author=Taylor Fife|work=XLR8R|date=7 June 2012|access-date=17 January 2015}} and personally with Miguel writing and dealing lyrically with feelings of loss for the first time in his adult years.{{cite web|url=http://www.thefader.com/2012/07/25/stream-papercutz-album-the-blur-between-us/#ixzz23l83eZqx|title=Stream Papercutz' Album The Blur Between Us|author=Duncan Cooper|work=The FADER|access-date=17 January 2015}} After praises from media such as The Fader defining the album "Beautiful and unsettling music."{{Cite web |title=The Fader :papercutz new album The Blur Between Us |url=https://www.thefader.com/2012/07/25/stream-papercutz-album-the-blur-between-us |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=The FADER |language=en}} and XLR8R as "exciting dream pop with layers of pulsating synths" {{Cite web |last=Gentles |first=Tim |date=2013-05-07 |title=xlr8r :papercutz's Brand-New Single |url=https://xlr8r.com/news/download-papercutz-s-brand-new-single-for-enchufada/ |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=XLR8R |language=en-US}}The Blur Between Us mastered by Grammy winner Joe LaPorta was re-released as a special edition in Japan through Tokyo’s Kilk records{{Cite web |title=:PAPERCUTZ « kilk records – English |url=http://kilk.jp/en/archives/2226 |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=kilk.jp}} with major support from Tower Records Japan{{Cite web |title=:Papercutz/ザ･ブラー･ビトウィーン･アス (エクスエテンデッド･ジャパニーズ･エディション) |url=https://tower.jp/item/3323334/ |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=tower.jp}} featuring remixes from electronic music producers such as Sara Abdel-Hamid aka Ikonika or Kyson.{{Cite web |last=Santana |first=Christian |date=2012-08-13 |title=:papercutz "Rivers (Ikonika Remix)" |url=https://xlr8r.com/mp3/rivers-ikonika-remix/ |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=XLR8R |language=en-US}}

Early 2013, Miguel was selected as a participant Red Bull Music Academy{{cite web|url=http://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/people/papercutz|title=Papercutz|publisher=Redbullmusciacademy.com|access-date=17 January 2015}} with colleagues Evian Christ, Objekt, Koreless, Suzanne Kraft, Throwing Snow (from Snow Ghosts), Sinjin Hawke, Octa Octa, among others,{{cite web|url=https://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/about/projects/newyork2013|title=RBMA NYC Participants| access-date=18 January 2020}} which brought him back to New York City{{cite web|url=http://nialler9.com/red-bull-academy-new-york-2013-rbma/|title=Inside the Red Bull Music Academy - New York 2013 • Nialler9|work=Nialler9|date=25 May 2013|access-date=17 January 2015}} where the band played new shows{{cite web|url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/photos/that-featuring-mykki-blanco-le1f-laurel-halo-and-more-at-glasslands-gallery#38|title=That! featuring Mykki Blanco, LE1F, Laurel Halo and more at Glasslands Gallery| date=15 May 2013 |publisher=Imposemagazine.com|access-date=17 January 2015}} and took a couple of months of to record new material for an upcoming EP{{cite web|url=http://issuu.com/fourculture/docs/fourculture_issue_8/44|title=ISSUU - Fourculture issue 8 by fourculture|work=Issuu.com|access-date=17 January 2015}} with big expectation from the likes of MTV Iggy.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtviggy.com/lists/5-crucial-electronic-artists-you-didnt-hear-in-2013/|title=5 Crucial Electronic Artists You Didn't Hear in 2013|work=MTV Iggy|access-date=17 January 2015}}

By that time Miguel is a requested producer with guest remixes for Morgan Kibby of M83,{{Cite web|url=http://www.myoldkentuckyblog.com/?p=49043|title = Song : White Sea : "Prague" (:Papercutz Remix) « My Old Kentucky Blog}} JMSN,{{Cite web|url=https://browniesandlemonade.com/post/68868167104/jmsn-walk-away-papercutz-remix-jmsn-always|title = JMSN - Walk Away (:PAPERCUTZ Remix)}} Lucretia Dalt,{{Cite web |last=Lahmann |first=Henning |date=January 29, 2013 |title=Stream: Lucrecia Dalt "The Commotus Remixes" |url=http://www.nofearofpop.net/blog/stream-lucrecia-dalt-the-commotus-remixes |website=No Fear of Pop}} Nite Jewel's Heart Shaped project,{{Cite web | url=https://imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/papercutz-remix-heart-shaped-rock | title=Papercutz remix Heart Shaped Rock | date=9 August 2011 }} Castratii with vocalist Liela Moss of The Duke Spirit,{{Cite web|url=http://www.thefader.com/2013/02/12/castratii-limits-papercutz-remix|title = Download Castratii, "Limits" + Papercutz and Courtship Remixes}} among others. File:Singer Catarina Miranda -papercutz King Ruiner European Tour 2019.pngThe band had an hiatus so Bruno could pursue other musical endeavours such as movie scoring{{cite web | url=https://thepartae.com/papercutz/ | title=Papercutz | date=18 August 2017 }} and news of a comeback appeared by fall of 2016.{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qELuyHvnUIs| title=Video news of a comeback "a message from the outside"}} Coming back to shows, special dates were announced such as Further Future festival on the Moapa band of Paiute Indians{{cite web |url=https://www.ocweekly.com/further-future-2016-lineup-announced-updated-6572916/ | title=Further Future Lineup |date= 5 November 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://theplayground.co.uk/interview-five-minutes-with-papercutz/|title=Interview Five Minutes with :Papercutz | date=11 January 2016}} and in October 2016 they were confirmed to play at the 31st edition of Eurosonic Noorderslag in Groningen, Netherlands.{{Cite web|title = Eurosonic Noorderslag confirms new acts – Eurosonic Noorderslag|url = https://www.eurosonic-noorderslag.nl/en/news/festival/article/eurosonic-noorderslag-bevestigt-nieuwe-acts/|website = Eurosonic Noorderslag|access-date = 12 October 2016|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161012234636/https://www.eurosonic-noorderslag.nl/en/news/festival/article/eurosonic-noorderslag-bevestigt-nieuwe-acts/|archive-date = 12 October 2016}} In 2017 the band released a new well received EP Trust/Surrender {{Cite web|url=https://www.gigwise.com/news/108774/papercutz-portugal-band-bruno-miguel-trustsurrender|title=Listen to the stunning Fever Ray-esque :PAPERCUTZ single - Trust/Surrender|date = 9 January 2020}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.musicweek.com/music-week-presents/read/music-week-presents-papercutz/066937|title = Music Week Presents: :PAPERCUTZ|date = 19 December 2016}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.recordoftheday.com/on-the-move/record/papercutz/trust-surrender|title=Record of the Day - in tune. Informed. Indispensable}} and started touring playing shows and festivals through 2018 to 2019{{Cite web|url=https://regenmag.com/news/papercutz-announces-european-fall-tour/|title = PAPERCUTZ announces European Fall tour|date = 25 September 2018}} with dates in the U.S.{{Cite web|url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/nycs-new-colossus-fest-is-this-week-full-show-lineup-and-panels-schedule/|title=NYC's New Colossus Fest is this week (Full show lineup and panels schedule)|date = 4 March 2019}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/festivals/8492787/sxsw-lineup-third-wave-artists-showcase/|title = SXSW Announces Third Wave of Showcase Artists|magazine = Billboard|date = 9 January 2019}} Europe,{{Cite web|url=https://www.europavox.com/bands/papercutz-2/|title = :papercutz - Electro Portugal |date = 10 January 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://amf.cool/festival/m4music-2019|title = Festival M4Music 2019 |date = 20 March 2019 }}{{Cite web|url=https://news.wrexham.gov.uk/hottest-bands-from-around-the-world-to-descend-on-wrexham/|title = FOCUS Wales|date = 31 January 2019}}{{cite web| url = https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/100-artists-revealed-sound-city-2018/| title = Artists revealed for Sound City 2018 - Music Business Worldwide| date = 30 January 2018}} Iceland{{Cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/10/2019-iceland-airwaves-preview.html|title=15 Bands to See at Iceland Airwaves 2019|date=18 October 2019}} and Japan in early 2020{{Cite web|url=https://www.europavox.com/bands/papercutz-2/|title = :papercutz - Electro Portugal |date = 10 January 2020}} debuting the release of their new full-length album King Ruiner in March 2020{{Cite web|url=https://glamglare.com/music/2019/11/04/song-pick-papercutz-your-beliefs/|title=SONG PICK: :PAPERCUTZ - Your Beliefs|date=4 November 2019}} which was produced in NYC with recordings from guest singers Catarina Miranda, Ferri and Lia Bilinsk in Portugal, Germany and Japan.{{Cite web |title=King Ruiner, by :PAPERCUTZ |url=https://papercutz.bandcamp.com/album/king-ruiner |access-date=2023-07-30 |website=:PAPERCUTZ |language=en}}

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the band focused on playing in their home country and returned to shows throughout US,{{Cite web |author=Staff Writer |date=2022-10-04 |title=Showcase Artists Announced For Mondo.NYC 2022 |url=https://celebrityaccess.com/2022/10/04/showcase-artists-announced-for-mondo-nyc-2022/ |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=CelebrityAccess |language=en-US}} Europe and Asia in 2022 {{Cite web |title=RHI - :PAPERCUTZ |url=https://www.rhi-think.com/activity/612/PAPERCUTZ |access-date=2023-07-30 |website=www.rhi-think.com}}{{Cite web |title=Budapest Concerts |url=https://lisztunnep.hu/popular-music/20221020/budapest-showcase-hub-concerts-142614-en?id=142614 |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=Liszt Fest |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Alina |first=Vilcan |date=2022-07-29 |title=Ziarul Metropolis |url=https://www.ziarulmetropolis.ro/artisti-din-ucraina-israel-norvegia-romania-si-alte-7-tari-din-europa-la-mmb-showcase-festival/ |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=Ziarul Metropolis |language=ro}}{{Cite web |title=indistreet - 잔다리 페스타 2022 live information |url=https://indistreet.com/en/live/3559 |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=indistreet |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=:PAPERCUTZ Live Japan |url=https://iflyer.tv/artist/55835/ |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=iFLYER}} announcing a new album {{Cite web |title=:PAPERCUTZ + Ensemble in presentation by historic Portuguese rooms |url=https://ineews.eu/papercutz-ensemble-em-apresentacao-por-salas-historicas-portuguesas/ |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=ineews the best news |language=en-US}} for 2024 recorded in Portugal and Iceland.