Hidden Waters: Strange and Sublime Sounds of Rio De Janeiro

by N/A

Overview

Rio De Janeiro state's vibrant cultural scene has, over the last decade, proven influential internationally. Its musicians, poets, and others embrace the future by utilizing and revisioning the past to shape it. Sounds and Colours, a website, label and magazine, is dedicated to the culture and creativity of Latin America and the Caribbean. Since 2013 they've issued more than half a dozen compilations from Peru, Argentina, Colombia, and Brazil. Hidden Waters: Strange and Sublime Sounds of Rio De Janeiro, focuses solely on Rio, not Brazil at large. Among the contributing artists are Negro Leo, Ava Rocha, Dora Morelenbaum, Antonio Neves and Letrux to namer scant few. Its varied sounds derive inspiration from sources as diverse as Tropicalia, samba, bossa nova, disco, Candomble, lo-fi, indie rock, jazz, R&B, funk, and experimental electronica. Opener "Saudade" by Ana Frango Eletrico, an artist of fusions, is a trippy samba that reflects the influences of Luis Eca and Manfredo Fest, with organic and synthetic percussion, samples, a sumptuous melody and chorus. "Soar Estrhano" by pop vanguardist Thiago Nassif with Arto Lindsay, Vinicius Cantuaria and Gabriela Riley, joins wonky synths, pianos, watery electric guitars, an oscillator, snare, kick drum, spoken vocals, a soulful female vocal chorus, in wedding punky rock, electric jazz and funky rhythms. Negro Leo grafts sonic abstraction and rock instrumentation onto pagode and mainstream samba. Maria Romano's "Amâ??eâ??lie" ingeniously stitches a catchy MPB hook onto indie pop. The first part of Morelenbaum's "Vento de Beirada" juxtaposes her mysterious, resonant clarinet playing (on B flat and bass clarinets) and truly haunting singing voice, to in an ethereal compositioncrosses Gothic (as in Lisa Gerrard), jazz, MPB and chorinho. Vanguard sonic explorer Cadu Tenorio and singer Jucara Marcal Nunes offer "Candombe - Ia Cacunde Iaue" a droning, reverential, sacred song. Jonah Sa's Motown homage "Gigolo," follows with strings, clattering snares, kaleidoscopic electric guitars and the best falsetto on the entire album. "Bandeide" comes from Troa, the rocking indie female duo of drummer Manuella Terra and vocalist-bassist-keyboardist / producer Carol Mathias. They combine indie pop, experimental rock, MPB, synthpop and even jazz. Immediately following, Marcelo Collado's and Silivia Machete's "Simbora" melds spaced out neo-psychedelia, martial drums, flute and chanted vocals; it's a modern tribal anthem. The glitchy, electronica in Raquel Diamantas' "Flecha Azul" offers a dreamy melody, anchored by crisscrossing synthetic rhythms. Antonio Neves, the canny multiinstrumentalist, composer and arranger, is the enfant terrible of the Rio scene. Here he teams with master percussionist Thianguinho Silva for "Das Neves," an elegant, swinging exercise in carioca jazz influenced by the great composer/arranger Moacir Santos. Letrux, (aka Latin Grammy nominee Leticia Pinheiro de Novaes) offers "Dorme Com Essa," an unabashedly sophisticated gothic pop ballad saturated in gated drums, synths and reverb. Ultgimately, Hidden Waters: Strange and Sublime Sounds of Rio de Janeiro, is arguably the most revelatory Brazilian compilation issued since Tropicala 2. It's not merely a sampler, but a carefully curated reveal of Rio De Janeiro state's abundance of musical treasures. ~ Thom Jurek

Product Details

Release Date:	05/12/2023
Label:	MR BONGO
UPC:	7119691288925

Tracks

1. Saudade  - Ana Frango Eletrico
2. Clichê  - Pedro Fonte
3. Lua Comanche  -  Bala Desejo
4. Boca Do Céu  - Ava Rocha
5. Avós Da Experiência  -  Exercito de Bebes
6. Soar Estranho  - Vinicius Cantuaria  - Arto Lindsay  - Thiago Nassif  - Gabriela Riley
7. Mulato  - Negro Leo
8. Amélie  - Mari Romano
9. Sigo Num Site/Mármore  -  Rosabege
10. Vento de Beirada  - Dora Morelenbaum
11. Candombe  - Jucara Marcal  - Cadu Tenorio
12. Gigolô  - Jonas Sa
13. Bandeide  -  Troa
14. Simbora  - Marcello Callado  - Silvia Machete
15. Moços  - Ovo Ou Bicho
16. Apreço Antigo  -  Almeida
17. Briga de Família  - Vovo Bebe  - Ana Frango Eletrico
18. Dois Litorais  - Joana Queiroz
19. Flecha Azul  - Raquel Dimantas
20. Das Neves  - Antonio Neves  - Thiaguinho Silva
21. Dorme Com Essa  -  Letrux
22. Sambolero  -  Ritmistas

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Ana Frango Eletrico   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Letrux   Primary Artist
Negro Leo   Primary Artist
Cadu Tenorio   Primary Artist
Le Almeida   Primary Artist
Thiago Nassif   Primary Artist
Jucara Marcal   Primary Artist
Jonas Sa   Primary Artist
Ava Rocha   Primary Artist
Marcello Callado   Primary Artist
Ilessi   Primary Artist
Raquel Dimantas   Primary Artist
Vovo Bebe   Primary Artist
Bala Desejo   Primary Artist
Pedro Fonte   Primary Artist
Exercito de Bebes   Primary Artist
Mari Romano   Primary Artist
Ovo Ou Bicho   Primary Artist
Rosabege   Primary Artist
Thiaguinho Silva   Primary Artist
Troa   Primary Artist
Os Ritmistas   Primary Artist
Dora Morelenbaum   Primary Artist
Antonio Neves   Primary Artist
Joana Queiroz   Primary Artist
Vinicius Cantuaria   Featured Artist
Arto Lindsay   Featured Artist
Silvia Machete   Featured Artist
Gabriela Riley   Featured Artist

Technical Credits

Bruna Sussekind   Photography
Karina Yamane   Artwork
Leonardo Lichote   Liner Notes
Joe Caithness   Mastering
Caio Paiva   Artwork
Bernardo Oliveira   Liner Notes