Céu took advantage of the pandemic to revisit the Brazilian and international repertoire in the company of her husband, Pupillo (drums and production), and, among other collaborators, Andreas Kisser (of the metal group Sepultura), who delicately touches a seven-string guitar. .
The Brazilian singer, whose voice has taken a lot of depth since her first album, navigates with the grace that we know her in this disc which offers, among other things, a journey through different variations of samba, from the 1950s (Aurora) until today (Deixa Acontecer, performed in duet with rapper Emicida).
His collaborators may come from different backgrounds, there is no clash of styles here: it is samba that is at the center of the record or a soft, acoustic pop at its heart (the bass is superb on May This Be Love, borrowed from Jimi Hendix). The electro or even scratching keys, the vibraphone (very present on the record), the keyboards seventies, everything blends harmoniously.
Céu does not completely convince with his cover of Feelings, but she and her collaborators, on the other hand, brilliantly reinvent I don’t know, Beastie Boys, Paradise, by Sade, and Criminal, by Fiona Apple (on a subtly heavy acoustic guitar). She groove also with finesse on Chega Mais, success that launched Rita Lee, and elegantly floats on Um Gosto de Sol, taken from the album Clube da Esquina, by Milton Nascimiento.
The virtuoso and always nuanced playing of Andreas Kisser carries the album as much as the vocals of Céu, who, with his superbly dressed performances, continues his trajectory without fail.
A Gosto de Sol
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