Rui Bentes

Rui Bentes was born in Portimão (Portugal) in 1973. He played in Orh+ and Kradiolina Nicotine, and also collaborated with A Gaveta and Contramaré cultural associations, where he participated in improvised music meetings with Nuno Rebelo, among others. Professionally he was involved in architecture for 9 years. Lives in Lisbon since 2002, where he completed the Advanced Course in Sound, at ETIC. In addition to the music created as Shhh... he also produces, under his own name, compositions for theater, exhibitions, dance and audiovisual instalations for names such as Teatro O Bando, Útero, A Gaveta, Adriana Queiroz, Salgadeiras Gallery, The Brooks Museum of Art, Fábrica da Pólvora etc., having done more than four dozen sound works. He produced the sound for three short films, making capturing, mixing, sound design and original music for Overlook Films.