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Posts Tagged ‘Céu

Martes Musica Verano 2009 Edition : Céu’s Vagarosa

6:00 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Brazil|Music|Women · Comments Off

16 Jun 2009

ceu_photoIt’s been more than a whole year since we’ve heard from Brazilian singer Céu. Just in time for the season of playas and parties, Six Degrees Records and Urban Jungle Records releases Céu’s Vagarosa. Vagarosa translates to “slow, easygoing, and leisurely” and that perfectly describes the sound and mood of this album pero this cd is anything but light and fluffy. The jaunty cavaquinho, a sort of Brazilian ukelele, betrays the into’s,Sobre o Amor e Seu Trabalho Silencioso, ruminations on the magic chemistry of love.
The cd then seemlessly moves into a funkier reggae beat with Cangote.

Vagarosa employs lots of electronic tricks, evident in the rendition of the Jorge Ben song “Rosa Menina Rosa”, that work beautifully with the more classic elements of jazz horns, blues beats and Céu’s sensual rich voice. She also employs non-traditional instruments and arrangements like in the song Ponteiro, that features a circus organ.

Sonâmbulo references hip hop with a little bit of tango in it’s tale of a sleepwalker.

All in all Vagarosa may be this summer’s perfect soundtrack, with Céu experimenting musically but never to the point of being to obscure or unreachable. This one will get alot of play in casa mala and it should in your casa too.

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Summer Musica 2008 : Sonantes

2:30 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Brazil|Music · Comments Off

20 May 2008

sonantes_cover.jpgI was marveling that next week is the unofficial start of summer (it doesn’t feel like it yet). With the summer comes new, good musica to listen to at the beach, pool, or bbq. Today Six Degrees Records released the debut album Sonantes. This year Brazil celebrates 50 years of bossa nova and the debut album of this SÃ¥o Paolo musical collective features some of the newer well known voices of the genre like Céu The album was recorded not in a traditional studio setting, but rather mostly at home and the entire 10 track cd overall is sexy, in a moody languorous way, one that reminds me of sitting with a caipiriña, thinking of a lost love or plotting my next conquest.

It’s a low key album that doesn’t scream “listen to me” but rather serves as the perfect soundtrack for lazy summer days and nights. Some of the songs like, Miopia and Toque de Coito featuring Siba, sound sad, as if full of longing, even with it’s electric guitar and synthesizer sounds.

One of the most fun tracks on the album is Mambobit, which is “poppy” and nostalgic and I dare you to try and not move with Quilombo Te Espera.

Start your summer 2008 playlist with Sonantes.

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