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Track/Video : More dazzling Brazilian alt pop – Arthur Melo delivers ‘Na Avenida com Benito’ ahead of new album.
The wave of new Brazilian pop continues to swell without any sign of crashing. Last year Bala Desejo and Ana Frango Elétrico hit pundits and punters’ ‘Best of 2023’ lists with albums that brought a fresh burst of creative abandon onto the scene. So what of 2024? Well alongside the whispers of that other front-runner, …
Album Review : Ana Frango Elétrico – ‘Me Chama De Gato Que Eu Sou Sua’ : Another high point for new wave MPB.
Musician/producer Ana Frango Elétrico is one of the pivots of today’s kaleidoscopic Rio scene, who over the last few years has helped power the resurgence of Música Popular Brasileira (MPB). As if working with the mercurial Dora Morelenbaum or the sassy Bala Desejo wasn’t enough, Ana has been steadily crafting solo work of parallel quality …
Album Review: Bala Desejo – Sim Sim Sim : The Rio band’s luscious debut marks a new MPB high-point.
For better or worse, most people have a COVID 19 story and that goes for the four young musicians at the centre of new Brazilian band Bala Desejo. Pre the world coming to a halt Dora Morelenbaum and Julia Mestre were building reputations as singer songwriters while guitarist Lucas Nunes and keys-player Jose (Ze) Ibarra …