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 “O Amor É um Ato Revolucionario” is her ninth album of unpublished works, in a trajectory that also includes live albums, DVDs, vinyls and even books, one of them with erotic poems and the other a story for children.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”.
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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
