It’s been almost 25 years since he released “Aos Vivos”, his first album, and Chico César continues to surprise audiences and critics with each new work. “O Amor É um Ato Revolucionario” is her ninth album of unpublished works, in a trajectory that also includes live albums, DVDs, vinyls and even books, one of them with erotic poems and the other a story for children. After winning the Brazilian Music Award last year as the best pop album with the album “Estado de Poesia – Ao Vivo”, in a moment that brought a visible renewal of his audience, the artist brings “O Amor É um Ato Revolucionario”. The new work is a robust commentary on his political and social experiences, in the turbulent Brazilian moment of recent years. All 13 tracks of “O Amor É um Ato Revolucionario”, lyrics and music, are signed only by Chico César. Recorded between April and June 2019, at Gargolândia (SP), Casa do Mato (RJ), Space Blues (SP) and Etéreo das Recordações de Chita (SP) studios, the album is produced by André Kbelo Sangiacomo and Chico César himself. , who signs the direction with Helinho Medeiros, pianist of his group. Exceptions are the tracks “History” (produced and arranged by Márcio Arantes), “Pedrada” (produced and arranged by Eduardo Bid) and “Eu Quero Quebrar”, which (in addition to reading by Chico and the band) won a bonus version produced by Andre Abujamra. The album brings some guests: the teenager from Paraíba Agnes Nunes (with whom she shares the vocals in “De Peito Aberto”), the young singer-songwriter from Pernambuco Flaira Ferro (in “Cruviana”) and the guitarist from São Paulo Luiz Carlini (in the song “O Amor é a Revolutionary Act”, with a long improvisation in which he even quotes his mythological solo in the first recording of “Ovelha Negra” with Rita Lee and Tutti Frutti). When talking about the album, Chico says: “Many songs were immediately published on social media in voice and guitar format as soon as they were composed, it is their first record”. Close followers will surely recognize songs like “History”, “Pedrada”, “Like”, “Eu Quero Quebrar”. In the show he plays guitars and acoustic guitar, accompanied by Helinho Medeiros (keyboards), Ana Karina Sebastião (bass), Gledson Meira (drums), Simone Sou (percussion), Sintia Piccin (winds), Richard Fermino (winds). In the presentation of the album, journalist Zuza Homem de Mello writes: “Here is now the newest portion of this work, which fulfills the role of popular music: it has the purpose of reflecting its time. It’s not even a stab. It is a stone, a photograph in the smoothness of black and white, the same that Sebastião Salgado prefers for his images in order not to accentuate colors that distract from the intended focus. The songs on this CD by Chico César are concentrated as realistic black-and-white photos of the times we live in, without elements that can abstract the intention of the message. The universality of Chico César’s work occurs in every way, from the rhythmic variety to the thematic approach. It can therefore be said that, without ever denying his origins in Paraíba, he is not a regional singer, but a universal one. His goal is to question”. All lyrics on Vagalume.com.br. 1 – O Amor É Um Ato Revolucionário 2 – Minha Morena 3 – Luzia Negra 4 – As Negras 5 – De Peito Aberto 6 – Lok Ok 7 – Like 8 – History 9 – O Homem Sob O Cobertor Puído 10 – Mulhero 11 – Eu Quero Quebrar 12 – Pedrada 13 – Cruviana 14 – Eu Quero Quebrar (Faixa Bônus) produced by andré kbelo sangiacomo and chico césar with the exception of the tracks history (marcio arantes at the audiorama studio with additional editions by fernando rischbieter), pedrada (produced and arranged by eduardo bid and chico césar with recording by evaldo luna at the soulcity studio – SP and eu want to break (bonus track): recording by andré abujamra at omin studio. recorded and mixed by andré “kbelo” sangiacomo except tracks 08, 12 and 14 musical direction: chico césar and helinho medeiros base arrangements: chico cesar and group brass arrangements: chico césar, sintia piccin and richard fermino executive production: LF+C, eric vecchione choir members: regency: Tiago Pinheiro arrangement: xavier bartaburu Sopranos: Alessandra Carvalho, Alexia Evellyn, Amanda Temponi, Bruna Black, Camila Couto, Caroline Arruda, Nina Oliveira, Raquel Bernardes tenors: ásafe soler, david medrado, éder rodrigues, everton dantas, joão camacho, marco antonio, pottel, ricardo cerqueira, thomas bentancour, gabriel heinrich basses: ádamo, cláudio marques, eduardo bernardi, fernando paroni, joão said, lucas rezende, julián lisnichuk, vica guimarães, vinicius almeida, vinicius de morals alto: bárbara sena, bia oak, carolina braga, claudia nishiwaki dantas, daniel vasconcelos, giu castro, luna previatti, maria thereza telles, michele magalhães, victor galvão, zi vasconcellos mixed at the studios: family mob-SP and ethereal from the memories of chita-SP (with the exception of history: mixed by gustavo lenza, pedrada: mixed by evaldo luna and bid) and Quero vem (bonus track) mixed by andré Abujamra. recorded between april and june 2019 at the studios: gargolândia-SP, casa do mato-RJ, space blues-SP and ethereal of the memories of chita-SP. Gargolândia assistant: thiago baggio and beatriz carlos assistants casa do mato: rafael sentoma and erik valentim space blues assistants: alexandre fontanetti and felipe camara mastered at classic master, by carlos freitas costumes: fernanda yamamoto / necklace: da tribu cover photos and photos used for the booklet illustrations: josé de holanda photo during demonstration used for internal illustration: nena machado photo of the band used to illustrate the booklet: bárbara santos graphic design: daniel vincent communication: patricia dornelas and marcos lauro production: maristela garcia All songs are written (lyrics and music) by chico césar love is a revolutionary act gledson meira: drums simone sou: percussion ana karina: bass helinho medeiros: piano / keyboards / accordion chico cesar: voice and 10-string guitar sintia piccin: murmurs richard fermino: winds coral special participation: luis carlini (lead guitar) my brunette gledson meira: drums simone sou: percussion ana karina: bass helinho medeiros: piano chico cesar: voice and guitar black glow gledson meira: drums simone sou: percussion ana karina: bass helinho medeiros: keyboards chico cesar: voice and guitar sintia piccin: murmurs richard fermino- breaths marissol mwaba: backing francois muleka: backing the black ones gledson meira: drums simone sou: percussion ana karina: bass helinho medeiros: keyboards chico cesar: voice and guitar sintia piccin: murmurs richard fermino: winds marissol mwaba: backing francois muleka: backing open-chested gledson meira: drums simone sou: percussion ana karina: bass helinho medeiros: keyboards chico cesar: voice and guitar sintia piccin: murmurs richard fermino: winds cameo: agnes nunes (voice) ok ok gledson meira: drums simone sou: percussion ana karina: bass helinho medeiros: keyboards chico cesar: voice and guitar sintia piccin: murmurs richard fermino: winds marissol mwaba: backing francois muleka: backing like gledson meira: drums simone sou: percussion ana karina: bass helinho medeiros: keyboards chico cesar: voice and guitar marissol mwaba: backing francois muleka: backing history chico cesar: voice and guitar marcio arantes: bass, drums, percussion, programming, solo guitar, guitar, keyboard, arrangement the man under the threadbare blanket gledson meira: drums simone sou: percussion ana karina: bass helinho medeiros: keyboards chico cesar: voice and guitar and 12 string guitar sintia piccin: murmurs richard fermino: winds marissol mwaba: backing francois muleka: backing woman gledson meira: drums simone sou: percussion ana karina: bass helinho medeiros: keyboards chico cesar: voice and guitar sintia piccin: murmurs richard fermino: winds marissol mwaba: backing francois muleka: backing I want to break gledson meira: drums simone sou: percussion ana karina: bass helinho medeiros: keyboards chico cesar: voice and guitar sintia piccin: murmurs richard fermino: winds marissol mwaba: backing francois muleka: backing high chico caesar: voice felipe guedes: drums edu sattajah: bass thales lion farmer: guitar rafael senegal: keyboards dada yute: chorus cruvian gledson meira: drums simone sou: percussion ana karina: bass helinho medeiros: piano chico cesar: voice and guitar sintia piccin: murmurs richard fermino: winds marissol mwaba: backing francois muleka: backing cameo: flaira ferro (voice) bonus track I want to break chico cesar: voice, guitar and acoustic guitar andré abujamra: vocals and lead guitar
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O Amor É Um Ato Revolucionário
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It’s been almost 25 years since he released “Aos Vivos”, his first album, and Chico César continues to surprise audiences and critics with each new work. “O Amor É um Ato Revolucionario” is her ninth album of unpublished works, in a trajectory that also includes live albums, DVDs, vinyls and even books, one of them with erotic poems and the other a story for children. After winning the Brazilian Music Award last year as the best pop album with the album “Estado de Poesia – Ao Vivo”, in a moment that brought a visible renewal of his audience, the artist brings “O Amor É um Ato Revolucionario”. The new work is a robust commentary on his political and social experiences, in the turbulent Brazilian moment of recent years. All 13 tracks of “O Amor É um Ato Revolucionario”, lyrics and music, are signed only by Chico César. Recorded between April and June 2019, at Gargolândia (SP), Casa do Mato (RJ), Space Blues (SP) and Etéreo das Recordações de Chita (SP) studios, the album is produced by André Kbelo Sangiacomo and Chico César himself. , who signs the direction with Helinho Medeiros, pianist of his group. Exceptions are the tracks “History” (produced and arranged by Márcio Arantes), “Pedrada” (produced and arranged by Eduardo Bid) and “Eu Quero Quebrar”, which (in addition to reading by Chico and the band) won a bonus version produced by Andre Abujamra. The album brings some guests: the teenager from Paraíba Agnes Nunes (with whom she shares the vocals in “De Peito Aberto”), the young singer-songwriter from Pernambuco Flaira Ferro (in “Cruviana”) and the guitarist from São Paulo Luiz Carlini (in the song “O Amor é a Revolutionary Act”, with a long improvisation in which he even quotes his mythological solo in the first recording of “Ovelha Negra” with Rita Lee and Tutti Frutti). When talking about the album, Chico says: “Many songs were immediately published on social media in voice and guitar format as soon as they were composed, it is their first record”. Close followers will surely recognize songs like “History”, “Pedrada”, “Like”, “Eu Quero Quebrar”. In the show he plays guitars and acoustic guitar, accompanied by Helinho Medeiros (keyboards), Ana Karina Sebastião (bass), Gledson Meira (drums), Simone Sou (percussion), Sintia Piccin (winds), Richard Fermino (winds). In the presentation of the album, journalist Zuza Homem de Mello writes: “Here is now the newest portion of this work, which fulfills the role of popular music: it has the purpose of reflecting its time. It’s not even a stab. It is a stone, a photograph in the smoothness of black and white, the same that Sebastião Salgado prefers for his images in order not to accentuate colors that distract from the intended focus. The songs on this CD by Chico César are concentrated as realistic black-and-white photos of the times we live in, without elements that can abstract the intention of the message. The universality of Chico César’s work occurs in every way, from the rhythmic variety to the thematic approach. It can therefore be said that, without ever denying his origins in Paraíba, he is not a regional singer, but a universal one. His goal is to question”. All lyrics on Vagalume.com.br. 1 – O Amor É Um Ato Revolucionário 2 – Minha Morena 3 – Luzia Negra 4 – As Negras 5 – De Peito Aberto 6 – Lok Ok 7 – Like 8 – History 9 – O Homem Sob O Cobertor Puído 10 – Mulhero 11 – Eu Quero Quebrar 12 – Pedrada 13 – Cruviana 14 – Eu Quero Quebrar (Faixa Bônus) produced by andré kbelo sangiacomo and chico césar with the exception of the tracks history (marcio arantes at the audiorama studio with additional editions by fernando rischbieter), pedrada (produced and arranged by eduardo bid and chico césar with recording by evaldo luna at the soulcity studio – SP and eu want to break (bonus track): recording by andré abujamra at omin studio. recorded and mixed by andré “kbelo” sangiacomo except tracks 08, 12 and 14 musical direction: chico césar and helinho medeiros base arrangements: chico cesar and group brass arrangements: chico césar, sintia piccin and richard fermino executive production: LF+C, eric vecchione choir members: regency: Tiago Pinheiro arrangement: xavier bartaburu Sopranos: Alessandra Carvalho, Alexia Evellyn, Amanda Temponi, Bruna Black, Camila Couto, Caroline Arruda, Nina Oliveira, Raquel Bernardes tenors: ásafe soler, david medrado, éder rodrigues, everton dantas, joão camacho, marco antonio, pottel, ricardo cerqueira, thomas bentancour, gabriel heinrich basses: ádamo, cláudio marques, eduardo bernardi, fernando paroni, joão said, lucas rezende, julián lisnichuk, vica guimarães, vinicius almeida, vinicius de morals alto: bárbara sena, bia oak, carolina braga, claudia nishiwaki dantas, daniel vasconcelos, giu castro, luna previatti, maria thereza telles, michele magalhães, victor galvão, zi vasconcellos mixed at the studios: family mob-SP and ethereal from the memories of chita-SP (with the exception of history: mixed by gustavo lenza, pedrada: mixed by evaldo luna and bid) and Quero vem (bonus track) mixed by andré Abujamra. recorded between april and june 2019 at the studios: gargolândia-SP, casa do mato-RJ, space blues-SP and ethereal of the memories of chita-SP. Gargolândia assistant: thiago baggio and beatriz carlos assistants casa do mato: rafael sentoma and erik valentim space blues assistants: alexandre fontanetti and felipe camara mastered at classic master, by carlos freitas costumes: fernanda yamamoto / necklace: da tribu cover photos and photos used for the booklet illustrations: josé de holanda photo during demonstration used for internal illustration: nena machado photo of the band used to illustrate the booklet: bárbara santos graphic design: daniel vincent communication: patricia dornelas and marcos lauro production: maristela garcia All songs are written (lyrics and music) by chico césar love is a revolutionary act gledson meira: drums simone sou: percussion ana karina: bass helinho medeiros: piano / keyboards / accordion chico cesar: voice and 10-string guitar sintia piccin: murmurs richard fermino: winds coral special participation: luis carlini (lead guitar) my brunette gledson meira: drums simone sou: percussion ana karina: bass helinho medeiros: piano chico cesar: voice and guitar black glow gledson meira: drums simone sou: percussion ana karina: bass helinho medeiros: keyboards chico cesar: voice and guitar sintia piccin: murmurs richard fermino- breaths marissol mwaba: backing francois muleka: backing the black ones gledson meira: drums simone sou: percussion ana karina: bass helinho medeiros: keyboards chico cesar: voice and guitar sintia piccin: murmurs richard fermino: winds marissol mwaba: backing francois muleka: backing open-chested gledson meira: drums simone sou: percussion ana karina: bass helinho medeiros: keyboards chico cesar: voice and guitar sintia piccin: murmurs richard fermino: winds cameo: agnes nunes (voice) ok ok gledson meira: drums simone sou: percussion ana karina: bass helinho medeiros: keyboards chico cesar: voice and guitar sintia piccin: murmurs richard fermino: winds marissol mwaba: backing francois muleka: backing like gledson meira: drums simone sou: percussion ana karina: bass helinho medeiros: keyboards chico cesar: voice and guitar marissol mwaba: backing francois muleka: backing history chico cesar: voice and guitar marcio arantes: bass, drums, percussion, programming, solo guitar, guitar, keyboard, arrangement the man under the threadbare blanket gledson meira: drums simone sou: percussion ana karina: bass helinho medeiros: keyboards chico cesar: voice and guitar and 12 string guitar sintia piccin: murmurs richard fermino: winds marissol mwaba: backing francois muleka: backing woman gledson meira: drums simone sou: percussion ana karina: bass helinho medeiros: keyboards chico cesar: voice and guitar sintia piccin: murmurs richard fermino: winds marissol mwaba: backing francois muleka: backing I want to break gledson meira: drums simone sou: percussion ana karina: bass helinho medeiros: keyboards chico cesar: voice and guitar sintia piccin: murmurs richard fermino: winds marissol mwaba: backing francois muleka: backing high chico caesar: voice felipe guedes: drums edu sattajah: bass thales lion farmer: guitar rafael senegal: keyboards dada yute: chorus cruvian gledson meira: drums simone sou: percussion ana karina: bass helinho medeiros: piano chico cesar: voice and guitar sintia piccin: murmurs richard fermino: winds marissol mwaba: backing francois muleka: backing cameo: flaira ferro (voice) bonus track I want to break chico cesar: voice, guitar and acoustic guitar andré abujamra: vocals and lead guitar