With release
scheduled 23 March, Brasil is Mario Biondi's new album project, dedicated to
Brazil and Brazilian culture, a source of endless fascination for him. Produced
in Rio de Janeiro by Latin Grammy winner Mario Caldato (Beastie Boys, Jack
Johnson, Seu Jorge, Marisa Monte) and Kassin (Red Hot + Rio, Caetano Veloso),
with Biondi's input for several tracks, Brasil explores the many faces of
Brazilian music. With both brand-new songs and new versions of great classics,
Mario gives his own interpretation, with his soul and funk roots never far
away, and switching smoothly from Portuguese to English, French and Italian.
The 13
tracks on this musical journey include Rivederti, Mario's entry for the Sanremo
Festival (a version with Ana Carolina and Daniel Jobim is a bonus track), and
two other unreleased tracks that Biondi co-penned with Brazilian authors Roge
and Gabriel Moura, and with his faithful associates, Jeff Cascaro and Robin
Goldsby (Take Me to the Stars and On the Moon).
Biondi's
Italian adaptation of luan Lins' stunning Deixa eu dizer features the great
Brazilian artist and singer Claudya, then there are new versions of Felicidade
by contemporary Brazilian singer-songwriter Seu Jorge, but also of great
classics such as Djauan's Flor de lis, rendered as Upside Down, then It's You I
will Always Loue, the English version of Eu sei que uou te amar by Tom Jobim
and Vinicius de Moraes, plus Henri Salvador's Jardin d'Hiuer, Sade's Smooth
Operator feat. Till Bronner, and to closes, Tom Jobim's Luiza.
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