Mallu Magalhães (2009 album)
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Mallu Magalhães is the second studio album by Brazilian folk
singer Mallu Magalhães
, released on December 8, 2009 through the Agência de Música and Sony Music
.
The album was released only with the standard version. After its release, the album received favorable reviews from Brazilian Media. So far the album has only a single, "Shine Yellow".
, Caetano Veloso
, Mariah Carey
) to record her second CD
Among the guests are Mauricio Takara, the band Jennifer Lo-Fi, and even Marcelo Camelo, the singer's boyfriend and also a musician.
("Nem Fé Nem Santo") to reggae
("Shine Yellow").
Right away, on the first track of her second album, Mallu Magalhães sings in english
the song called "My Home Is My Man", just a piece of the kaleidoscopic sound created by the artist from São Paulo
. The listener is able to notice a change in style with the beginning chords from the piano.
Even though Marcelo Camelo
did not participate in "Nem Fé Nem Santo", you can hear a Mallu Magalhães strongly inspired by the manner of singing her boyfriend. In the first verses of this music, one can see that the contemporary Brazilian independente scene remains the basis for the sound of the girl, who, besides the noticeable diferentes, did not abandon the folk
.
The first single "Shine Yellow" is a sunny reggae song, with a horn arrangement reminiscent of Los Hermanos
. It is worth mentioning that this band had the participation of Marcelo Camelo.
Going along with the "samba indie" style, "Versinho de Número Um" has at least cute lyrics. There is no denying that along with several songs on the disc, "Versinho de Número Um" is purely influenced by Los Hermanos.
The singer, who still lives with her parents in São Paulo, wrote the song "Make It Easy" for her mother. Marcelo Camelo also makes an appearance in the folk-styled song.
Tropicalistas echoes are also very clear in "Compromisso" with its marching band beat and the added guitar of Kadu Abecassis a la Lanny Gordin and participation of Marcelo Camelo.
The importance of the optimal production of Kassin can also be noticed on the funky song "Te Acho Tão Bonito". One way to sound "cheesy" and original at the same time - if that is possible.
The album also features the country songs "Ricardo" and "You Ain't Gonna Lose You".
More experimental is "Bee On The Grass" - makes the listener wonder if Mallu has been listening to the Brazilian singer Tom Zé
. And finally we can see the last appearance of Camelo on the album. "Bee on the grass", which is pure psychedelia - Mallu says that due to new discoveries.
Mallu also features a nice "Soul Mate".
"É Você Que Tem" if paece with a waltz.
And the last track on the album, Mallu Magalhães opens his range, showing that even learned a little bit of Brazilian popular music, as in experimental and tropicalista - even the title - "O Herói, O Marginal". In particular it presents a new band, Jennifer Lo-Fi, friends of his own Mallu, produced with her last band that is above.
The concert album release will be on March 19, 2010, in the Auditório Ibiapuera in São Paulo.
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Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
singer Mallu Magalhães
Mallu Magalhães
Maria Luiza de Arruda Botelho Pereira de Magalhães is a Brazilian singer, songwriter and musician. Mallu first came to notice through her MySpace page and became known for both her own songs and those of renowned artists. She found herself gracing the covers of major newspapers such as Folha de S....
, released on December 8, 2009 through the Agência de Música and Sony Music
Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Music Entertainment ' is the second-largest global recorded music company of the "big four" record companies and is controlled by Sony Corporation of America, the United States subsidiary of Japan's Sony Corporation....
.
The album was released only with the standard version. After its release, the album received favorable reviews from Brazilian Media. So far the album has only a single, "Shine Yellow".
Background and concept
In August 2009, Mallu entered the studio again, this time under the direction of renowned producer Kassin (Vanessa da MataVanessa da Mata
Vanessa da Mata - with full name Vanessa Sigiane da Mata Ferreira - is a Latin Grammy Award-winning Brazilian MPB singer, songwriter...
, Caetano Veloso
Caetano Veloso
Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles Veloso , better known as Caetano Veloso, is a Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, writer, and political activist. Veloso first became known for his participation in the Brazilian musical movement Tropicalismo which encompassed theatre, poetry and music in the 1960s,...
, Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. She made her recording debut with the release of her eponymous studio album in 1990, under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, whom she later married in 1993...
) to record her second CD
Among the guests are Mauricio Takara, the band Jennifer Lo-Fi, and even Marcelo Camelo, the singer's boyfriend and also a musician.
Cover
The cover of the album consists of pictures of Mallu and the cutouts and collages that she did herself.Music
This album, Mallu exudes resourcefulness and creativity in vocal tracks that explore the different styles, from bluesBlues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
("Nem Fé Nem Santo") to reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
("Shine Yellow").
Right away, on the first track of her second album, Mallu Magalhães sings in english
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
the song called "My Home Is My Man", just a piece of the kaleidoscopic sound created by the artist from São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
. The listener is able to notice a change in style with the beginning chords from the piano.
Even though Marcelo Camelo
Marcelo Camelo
Marcelo de Souza Camelo, is a Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, and poet. He is best known as composer and lead guitarist of the Brazilian band Los Hermanos. Since the end of the band, he continues composing for many interpreters, mainly Maria Rita and Ivete Sangalo...
did not participate in "Nem Fé Nem Santo", you can hear a Mallu Magalhães strongly inspired by the manner of singing her boyfriend. In the first verses of this music, one can see that the contemporary Brazilian independente scene remains the basis for the sound of the girl, who, besides the noticeable diferentes, did not abandon the folk
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
.
The first single "Shine Yellow" is a sunny reggae song, with a horn arrangement reminiscent of Los Hermanos
Los Hermanos
Los Hermanos is a rock band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The group was formed in 1997 by Marcelo Camelo , Rodrigo Amarante , Rodrigo Barba , and Bruno Medina...
. It is worth mentioning that this band had the participation of Marcelo Camelo.
Going along with the "samba indie" style, "Versinho de Número Um" has at least cute lyrics. There is no denying that along with several songs on the disc, "Versinho de Número Um" is purely influenced by Los Hermanos.
The singer, who still lives with her parents in São Paulo, wrote the song "Make It Easy" for her mother. Marcelo Camelo also makes an appearance in the folk-styled song.
Tropicalistas echoes are also very clear in "Compromisso" with its marching band beat and the added guitar of Kadu Abecassis a la Lanny Gordin and participation of Marcelo Camelo.
The importance of the optimal production of Kassin can also be noticed on the funky song "Te Acho Tão Bonito". One way to sound "cheesy" and original at the same time - if that is possible.
The album also features the country songs "Ricardo" and "You Ain't Gonna Lose You".
More experimental is "Bee On The Grass" - makes the listener wonder if Mallu has been listening to the Brazilian singer Tom Zé
Tom Zé
Tom Zé is a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer who was influential in the Tropicália movement of 1960s Brazil. After the peak of the Tropicália period, Zé went into relative obscurity: it was only in the 1990s, when the musician and label head David Byrne discovered an album recorded...
. And finally we can see the last appearance of Camelo on the album. "Bee on the grass", which is pure psychedelia - Mallu says that due to new discoveries.
Mallu also features a nice "Soul Mate".
"É Você Que Tem" if paece with a waltz.
And the last track on the album, Mallu Magalhães opens his range, showing that even learned a little bit of Brazilian popular music, as in experimental and tropicalista - even the title - "O Herói, O Marginal". In particular it presents a new band, Jennifer Lo-Fi, friends of his own Mallu, produced with her last band that is above.
Release and promotion
Mallu So far only released one single "Shine Yellow" and began their tour in Brazil on January 23, 2010 in the "Festival de Verão de Salvador".The concert album release will be on March 19, 2010, in the Auditório Ibiapuera in São Paulo.
Tour
Mallu began to support his album on 22 January 2010 in "Festival de Verão de Salvador" in Salvador, BahiaSalvador, Bahia
Salvador is the largest city on the northeast coast of Brazil and the capital of the Northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia. Salvador is also known as Brazil's capital of happiness due to its easygoing population and countless popular outdoor parties, including its street carnival. The first...
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