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Raphael Gimenes & As Montanhas de Som

Raphael Gimenes & As Montanhas de Som
Discos: MPB

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Sello One World Records
Estilo MPB
Año de Edición Original 2016

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Raphael Gimenes (voz, guitarras, percusión, programaciones, arreglos, producción)

Flavia Huarachi y Alexandra Pana (flauta), Thomas Munk-Petersen (contrabajo), Julian Kramper y Niels Rose (percusión), Who Killed Bambi Strings (Ida Marie Arendt, Louise Drengsgaard, Mette D. Kristensen, Benedikte Borum).

Grabado en Aarhus Lydstudie, en Aarhus (Dinamarca), entre 2014 y 2015.

Edición en formato Digipack.

"Raphael Gimenes nasceu em Recife e deixou sua cidade natal quando ainda era adolescente. Ele viveu nos Estados Unidos, Suécia, Salvador, Belo Horizonte, e atualmente vive na Dinamarca há mais de 10 anos. Seu primeiro disco, “Raphael Gimenes & As Montanhas de Som”, que é vendido em vários países na Europa e na Ásia, foi eleito como o “melhor disco brasileiro” de 2016 na Holanda e como “uma obra-prima conceitual” no Japão. Além disso, esteve entre os 10 melhores discos de 2016 no respeitado site musical holandês Written in Music. A música, que combina elementos do folclore brasileiro com harmonias modernas, leva o ouvinte para dentro das montanhas e das selvas do Brasil que ele deixou há tanto tempo. As canções do disco foram descritas como “tão rica e brilhantemente coloridas, que tocam o seu coração” (revista Jazzism), e que criam “um mundo quase idílico […] a partir de um folk-jazz brasileiro e introspecção poética” (Pop Magazine Heaven)."

"Brazilian Folk Jazz in a dreamy psychedelic fusion:
'Raphael Gimenes & As Montanhas de Som' is the debut album by the Europe-based Brazilian singer, guitarist, and composer. It was recorded between 2014 and 2015 in Aarhus and in Aalborg, Denmark. The music in it blends Brazilian folklore with classical music, ambitious harmonies with psychedelic effects, and African-Brazilian rhythms with classical guitar. Raphael’s music is atmospheric, elegant and at times melancholic. It is a concept album, in which different stories about longing, love, hardship, and hope, flow into one another, like a theater play with its different acts.
The opening track, ‘A Serra das Russas’, is inspired by the folk music of the Brazilian northeast, and deals with his past struggle as an immigrant. ‘O Último Jacarandá’ has complex time signatures and harmonies, paying tribute to the rich but endagered nature of Brazil.
Gimenes composed, arranged, and co-produced the music on the album. The album is produced with a clear reference to the sound of the 60’s and 70’s, which can be heard in the overdubbed vocals among other things. More than anything, it tells Gimenes’ own story - the story of a young man who left his country as a teenager, and now rediscovers his homeland through his music.
The album's core band, As Montanhas de Som (The Mountains of Sound), is formed by international musicians, who each contribute to the music with their different backgrounds. The Danish string group "Who Killed Bambi" colors some of the tracks in epic fashion, while the effects created by Gimenes' bird whistles and percussion instruments lead the listener deep into the Brazilian mountain ranges and rain forests."

"Born in Recife, northeastern Brazil, with roots in the Amazon and Spain, Raphael Gimenes began his musical journey as a boy at a local church, singing at the children’s choir for many years. As teenager, he learned to play the guitar and the piano, while also writing his first songs. In 2005, the Brazilian went to Denmark as an exchange student, and made his first recordings. He moved permanently to Scandinavia. In 2008 he received 5 out 5 stars on the music magazine Gaffa, for a demo that was described by its reviewer as 'the best psych-pop that [he] ever heard come out of Denmark'.
The music presents Gimenes' personal style in a mixture of Brazilian folk, jazz, and classical music. The concept album lead listeners deep into Brazil’s mountain ranges and rainforests, telling stories of love, hardship, hope, and the Brazilian saudade. The music draws inspiration from various sources, which go from The Beatles to Leo Brouwer, passing through major Brazilian artists, such as Milton Nascimento, Egberto Gismonti, and Dori Caymmi.
Between 2012 and 2014, Raphael played at important festivals in Scandinavia, such as Kulturmødet in Denmark and the Oslo Jazzfestival in Norway. During the latter, he also performed at the legendary Norwegian radio station NRK. In 2014, he spent half a year back in Brazil to further study the music from his home country, and there he had the opportunity to play with Milton Nascimento's longtime guitarist Wilson Lopes. In 2015, he took part in the Copenhagen Jazz Festival and the Tonelege Festival. In 2016, Raphael was one of the three young composers in Denmark to be nominated for the prestigious prize of “New Jazz name of the Year”, organized by DPA and the Danish Radio Big Band.
Raphael Gimenes studied at Slagelse Musikskole and at The Royal Academy of Music in Aalborg, and developed his personal style in a mixture of Brazilian folk, jazz, and classical music. Gimenes has received grants from important Danish institutions, such as KODA, DPA and DMF.
Subtle, elegant and with an angelic voice, the young Brazilian talent is already receiving DPA' s 'Young Talent Award' and presenting his winner song with the legendary Danish Radio Bigband."

Temas

CD 1
01
Prelúdio
Raphael Gimenes
00:54
02
A Serra das Russas
Raphael Gimenes
06:45
03
Igarapé
Raphael Gimenes - Márcio d'Oliveira
04:20
04
Esse menino
Raphael Gimenes
05:27
05
O último jacarandá
Raphael Gimenes
03:51
06
A sede
Raphael Gimenes
04:22
07
Interlúdio
Raphael Gimenes
01:33
08
Beira de estrada
Raphael Gimenes
04:27
09
Mandacaru
Raphael Gimenes
04:08
10
Araras
Raphael Gimenes
03:40
11
Cordilheira
Raphael Gimenes
03:04
12
Milharal
Raphael Gimenes
05:32