Sonzeira

‘Brazil’s Music Culture Is Massive ’ Says Gilles. ‘There’s The North – Bahia Recife The Afro-Brazilian Sound. There’s Batucada The Heavy Sambas. Then Bossa Nova – Tom Jobim And All That History. There’s Baile Funk. There’s Tropicalia And The More Soulful Funky Scene Championed By Groups Like Banda Black Rio Trio Mocoto And Icons Like Gilberto Gil. Such A Huge Amount Of Stuff To Fit In. I Wanted To Try And Cover It All – To Make A Kind Of Buena Vista Meets Club Culture But To Keep It Sonically Very Modern.’ ‘Making This Record I Asked Myself About My Own History With Brazilian Music ’ Gilles Says ‘What Is A French Boy Living In South London Doing Putting Up Aerials At The Age Of 15 So He Can Play Batucadas On Pirate Radio? Why Was I Doing That? Where Did That Come From?’. By The Time Seu Jorge Reprises The Carnival Mayhem Of ‘Bam Bam Bam’ On The Album’s Closing Track You’ll Be Wanting To Put Up An Aerial Of Your Own. read less