Paula Morelenbaum - Berimbaum
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Artist: Paula MorelenbaumEdition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2008-02-12
Music Label: Umvd Import
Soundtracks:
- Tomara
- Consola??o
- Berimbau
- Canto de Ossanha
- Insensatez
- Medo de Amar (Vire Essa Folha Do Livro)
- Brigas Nunca Mais
- Voc? E Eu
- Seule
- Desalento
- Primavera
- O Nosso Amor
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Free Music Review: A modern, but interesting take on Brazilian classics
Hit: 4 Stars
This album is completely different from the "chamber jazz" treatment that the Morelenbaums and Ryuichi Sakamoto gave Tom Jobim's work on Casa. I thought Paula's voice was almost angelically lovely on that album, and so took a chance on this one.
All the songs here were written or co-written by Vinicius de Moraes. The comparison to Bebel Gilberto's first big album is natural, but not wholly accurate. Paula's clean pure voice and natural inflections are still here, and you'll find the nylon stringed guitars that almost define the classic bossa nova sound. Add to this loops, beats, synths, and you have samba, bossa nova, with a healthy dash of William Orbit and late-period Everything But The Girl.
Almost everything here is above average. There aren't any real klunkers, though honestly I could do without some of the spoken word intrusions that sound like samples of the ghost of Tom Jobim reciting something I naturally cannot understand as a non-Portugese speaker. Insensatez is weirded up a little more than I would have done it, but I can't say it isn't fresh and original. And on its own terms, it works, even though it isn't my favorite way to hear this classic song.
I guess to sum up, I would say this album was a pleasant surprise, with the emphasis on pleasant. It is tuneful, mostly upbeat, innovative, it doesn't really drag anywhere, and you can tap your toe to it. Highly recommended, unless you're a purist.
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Morelenbaum Presents Vinicius De Moraes Classics in Electronica. Special Guest: Celso Fonseca.International Music CDs
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