Brazilian #Live Session with Momo + Rio 77

Our first guest is Momo for the release of her 7th album Tour

London has a new Brazilian talent: Momo ! He is part of the recent generation of artists influenced by Brazilian classics, from the tropicalism of the 70s to Os Mutantes, including Milton Nascimenton. The album was recorded in east London at the Total Refreshment Center, with Brazilian and English musicians from London’s thriving jazz scene.

After a musical odyssey that took him from Rio de Janeiro to Angola, Michigan, Spain and Lisbon, Momo has been living in London for three years.

Son premier album The Aesthetics of Scribblereleased in 2006, was named one of the best albums of the year by the Chicago Reader and paved the way for him. Her fans are Patti Smith, David Byrne…

Tour means to move, it is an album for dancing, therefore recorded in live conditions at the Total Refreshment Center, a creative center which is at the same time a concert space, an artist’s workshop and a studio since its creation in 2012.

Titles performed at the big studio

Pára (Feat. Jessica Lauren) Live RFI

Riofrom the album

Joao Live RFI

Line Up: Marcelo Frota (vocals, acoustic guitar), Caetano Malta (basse)

Translation: Eva Massy

Sound: Jérémie Besset, Mathias Taylor, Camille Roch

► Album Tour (Batov Rd 2024)

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Then we receive Rio 77 #SessionLive for the release of the EP Culture and Civilization

Rio 77 comes directly from Brazil and MPB, Música Popular Brasileira. A rich and immense repertoire from which Rio 77, a mix of Brazilian, French and English musicians, has drawn to build Culture and Civilization.

By bringing back this 70s’ selectionRio 77 left the temporal cursor in its place, to act only on that of aesthetics. Funk and jazz are at the service of the singer Paula Mirhanof Thomas Renwickguitarist of the Parisian jazz funk scene, trumpeter Rubinho Antunes (Hermeto Pascoal, Marcos Valle, Milton Nascimiento, Gilberto Gil, Criollo), by Rui Barossi (Tom Zé). The Rio 77 group is completed by two Parisian blowers, Matthew Huteau et François Morinthe London pianist Dave O’Brien et Mauro MartinsBrazilian drummer who regularly accompanies Toquinho and Tania Maria.

In short, it’s the casual class of a linen suit on a hot carioca evening, still barefoot to dance on the sand.

Titles performed at the big studio

So Many Mothers Live RFI

The Lennon and McCartney (Milton Nascimento), extract from the album

Told me Told me Live RFI

Line Up : Paula ​​​​​​​Mirhan (chant), ​​​​​​​Rui Barossi (electric bass), ​​​​​​​Thomas ​​​​​​​Renwick (electric guitar), ​​​​​​​Dave O’Brien (keyboards), ​​​​​​​Mauro Martins (battery), ​​​​​​​Rubinho ​​​​​​​Antunes (trumpet), ​​​​​​​François Morin (trombone) andMatthew Huteau (saxophone).

Sound: Mathias Taylor, Jérémie Besset.

► EP ​​​​​​​Culture and Civilization (Cie Later 2024)

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