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VOLUME 27 - DO AMOR

2008-02-03T09:30:00.000-08:00

We can say that one of the most important fact that made four boys get together to form a band is their musical affinity: walk at the same beach, like the same records, enjoy the same sound. That quite exists between "Do amor" bandmates. But what makes the band of Gabriel Bubu (guitar), Gustavo Benjão (guitar), Marcelo Callado (drums) e Ricardo Dias Gomes (bass) walks is exactly the opposite of this "commom taste". What makes this partnership works - in which there's no leader and everybody divides equally the tasks of composition, playing and singing - are the differences. From heavy metal to "axé" music, each one goes through with more intimacy in some aesthetics.

Everybody, individually, works as musicians with other artists (besides being together as background band for Nina Becker): Marcelo and Ricardo integrates "Cê", the record and show of Caetano Veloso, Bubu used to play with Los Hermanos, Benjão plays the guitar with Totonho e os Cabras, Domenico + 2, Nervoso and with much more other people. In 2007, they released their first EP.

SIDE A - DAR UMA BANDA
(go on a band )
december 2007 - são paulo (sp) - in the tube

For the side A "Dar uma banda" (Gabriel Bubu/ Gustavo Benjão), the band squeeze together into a tube in a São Paulo's park.

SIDE B - SHOP CHOP
(shop chop)
december 2007 - são paulo (sp) - on the grass

On the side B, they were helped by some children that were playing at that park, they gave a lot of energy to this song, running around the band. Starting as some type of hide and seek, "Do amor" played "Shop Chop" (Ricardo Dias Gomes).

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Do amor's myspace

VOLUME 26 - ANELIS ASSUMPÇÃO

2008-01-24T17:57:00.000-08:00

Anelis Assumpção is a well raised snake. It's been exactly 10 years that she got on the road. First, being a backing vocal on her father's concerts, the amazing Itamar Assumpção. Later, as one of the heads of Dona Zica, one of the most representative bands of the São Paulo's new generation, she sings, writes and plays percussion and she recorded two albums with the band.

Last year, Anelis decided to shape up her indepence. She made a solo concert that, soon, should make her debut album. So, here, we thought it could be a great idea if she shows that project, without any string attached with his father or Dona Zica.

The writer/singer called Maurício Pregnolatto, Bruno Buarque, Cris Scabello and Lelena Anhaia and gather them inside a house, in a bad weather and good mood afternoon. And the infomality of this meeting is that we have registered here.

SIDE A - BOLA COM OS AMIGOS
(soccer with friends)
december 2007 - são paulo (sp) - on the studio

For the side A, we were taken to a studio in a basement, in which the song Bola com os Amigos (Anelis Assumpção) was presented as the band rehersal. The posters on the wall and the percussion instruments spread all over the room made the mood of the video much more personal and, without any formality that could have in other studio, as we can call, "official".

SIDE B - PASSANDO A VEZ
(passing my turn)
december 2007 - são paulo (sp) - in the kitchen

The kitchen was a set for the outgoing side B, Passando a Vez (Anelis Assumpção/ Luz Marina Espíndola). After some beers, the home table was transformed in a "circle of samba" that you could find on the best "botecos" all over Brazil. This performance made everybody forget the bad weather and to surrender to the song and to the toast peanuts, that could be found everywhere in the video, in the more unexpected places.

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VOLUME 25 - NERVOSO E OS CALMANTES

2008-01-24T09:17:00.000-08:00

Star of the independent scene in Rio de Janeiro, Nervoso was a drummer in some importants rock bands in the 90's and 00's, such as Autoramas, Acabou La Tequila and Matanza. In 2003, he went solo. He wanted to put some light on his own compositions, that end up at second place (or never heard), 'cause they could only work when singing properly by him.

His first step was to become a producer, and afforded by him, he made an EP with 7 songs, that end up being a great aperetif for the upcoming cd Saudade das Minhas Lembranças, released by Midssumer Madness and it could be considered one of the best brazilian releases of the year 2004. This same cd would get a remix version two years later.

With a new cd ready to be released and a new EP, available in Midsummer's website, Nervoso is now, on Pocketmusic.

SIDE A - EU QUE NÃO ESTOU MAIS AQUI
(me who is not here anymore)
november 2007 - são paulo (sp) - on the subway

Eu que não estou mais aqui (Benjão), the side A, was shot in a subway station called Consolação, in Paulista Av. Cars passed by, people coming in and out of the station and the guitar case waiting for a change (that never came), Nervoso e Os Calmantes played this never heard before song.

SIDE B - O BOM VENENO
(the good poison)
november 2007 - são paulo (sp)- in the bank

The side B was made without any authorization of the bank and without any musical instruments. O Bom Veneno (Nevoso/Renato Martins) was made in a ATM in Paulista Av.

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VOLUME 24 - CÉREBRO ELETRÔNICO

2008-01-23T21:09:00.000-08:00

Coming from the motherhood band Jumbo Elektro, Cérebro Eletrônico released its first record "Onda Híbrida Ressonante" in 2004, by the record label Recohead. This record was declared influenced by the tropicalista movement of Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil, and wanted to point out the importance of the maestro Rogério Duprat.

Cérebro Eletrônico (Eletronic Brain) is formed by, mostly, from the boys of Jumbo: Dudu Tsuda (also in a band called Trash Pour 4), Isidoro Cobra, Gustavo Souza, Fernando Maranho and from the multi-man Tatá Aeroplano. "Pareço Moderno", the second album of the band, is ready to be released this year.

Every artist, deliberatly or not, ends up exposing his personality in the choice of the place we're gonna shot, so, here, the downtown of São Paulo, a separated world full of sounds, movements and people, was a cenary, again, for this energetic and diversified musicians.

SIDE A - ME ATIRAR NA ORGIA
(throw myself into the orgy)
november 2007/ são paulo (sp)/ in the downtown

"Me atirar na orgia" (Tatá Aeroplano/ Adalberto Rabelo), the side A, was registered as one of the many performances that occurs daily on the sidewalks of the downtown of São Paulo, with the most spontaneous audiences that are used to bump into this kind of unexpected concerts.

SIDE B - PAREÇO MODERNO
(i look modern)
november 2007/ são paulo (sp)/ on the street

The side B, "Pareço Moderno" (Tatá Aeroplano), incorporates the "flâneur" spirit, once its verses are said during a slow and contemplative walk. To get it all completed, the greatness of the presence of the Theatro Municipal de São Paulo fills the landscape.

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VOLUME 23 - ARNALDO ANTUNES (2)

2007-12-28T18:36:00.000-08:00

It's the end of the year so, as everybody, Pocketmusic is gonna take a break. But we leave our guests in great company, presenting some precious leftovers of artists that had a very special participation in our brief history.

In the New Year' Special Volume, we're back in the energetic and inspiring creativity of Arnaldo Antunes, that when spending an afternoon with us, in august of 2007, had so much breath and disposition to record not only 2 videos, but four, and some of them was recorded in different places, too. Here is a chance to know the other two songs that were left out of his first volume.

SIDE A - CIDADE
(city)
august 2007 - são paulo (sp) - on the viaduct

"Cidade" (Arnaldo Antunes) is the side A and was shot in a landscape that suits perfectly this song. It's a viaduct that is really crowd and known in São Paulo's downtown called "Viaduto do Chá".

SIDE B - SEM VOCÊ
(without you)
august 2007 - são paulo (sp) - in the bus

The side B, maybe, best represents what Pocketmusic stands for. Playing and singing "Sem Você" (Arnaldo Antunes/Carlinhos Brown) in a bus, going up a famous street in São Paulo called Rua da Consolação, Arnaldo Antunes mixes up freedom and spontaneity and the natural and instantly combination of music and the space that surrounds it that we are always persuiting, but, not always is possible. And, in this case, the fact of the bus' noises doesn't allowed a perfect sound of this music, doesn't take away the singular and great pocketshow that was made.

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!
we're back soon!

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VOLUME 22 - PATO FU + fernanda takai & érika machado

2007-12-25T16:11:00.000-08:00

It's the end of the year so, as everybody, Pocketmusic is gonna take a break. But we leave our guests in great company, presenting some precious leftovers of artists that had a very special participation in our brief history.

In our Christmas' Special Volume, the artists that opened our website - and also our eternal "godfathers" - returns with two bonus videos, shot in Belo Horizonte and, since then, never showed before. In both, we captured some really special moments.

SIDE A - SIMPLICIDADE
(simplicity)
june 2007 - belo horizonte (mg) - in the backyardigan

The side A belongs totally to Pato Fu, showing the song "Simplicidade", that is part of the CD "Toda cura para todo mal" and in which was performed by a robotic vocal of Fernanda Takai. In the shows it was performed by a robot called "Silício", that was previously quoted here. In a small group, Fernanda, John and Lulu played to us this cosy version of the song.

SIDE B - AS COISAS
(the things)
june 2007 - belo horizonte (mg) - in the kitchen

Here, Fernanda is sharing this sweet moment with Érika Machado, in the side B. They performed together "As Coisas" (Érika Machado/ Cecília Silveira) in a restaurant's kitchen that was cooking for a special party that day. We also had lunch there and it's no myth, the food of Minas Gerais is just perfect.

In both videos, there's high quality music with the most charismatic musicians. So, this is Christmas and there could not have been a better present that we could offer.

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MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

2007-12-24T10:29:00.000-08:00

It's the end of the year and Pocketmusic is gonna take a holiday break, but we leave our guests in excellent company: an outstanding fun video made with the future pocketmusic volume and amazing band "Móveis Coloniais de Acaju". It's a great and quick performance/message made in a kitchen to wish everybody a Happy Holidays! The song is called "Boas Festas", Happy Holidays in portuguese.

PS: The volume 22 is a christmas' gift from us: Pato Fu returns to play two songs. And the volume 23 is a way to start the year with great music and luck: Arnaldo Antunes lead us to another musical tour in the São Paulo's downtown. Enjoy them!

VOLUME 21 - CIBELLE

2007-12-23T21:09:00.000-08:00

If anyone will ask Cibelle to describe her music, he'll find the words "tropical/punk" - in this order. But there's something more in her. On the stage or in the record, the artist combines her beautiful voice with tender acoustic instrumentations, toys' sounds, enthusiastics guitars, eletronic effects and other surprises. Cibelle was born in São Paulo and lives in London, sings in french, portuguese and english. She's inovator and classic at the same time.

She came to Brazil to perform in Tim Festival's "Novas Divas" and she stayed a little bit longer for her solo concert. And it was in her busy sound check, in the inspired Auditório do Ibirapuera, that Cibelle took away all her instruments and offered us the old and good combination of just voice and guitar. And it wasn't needed more than 15 minutes to shoot her.

SIDE A - WHITE HAIR
november 2007 - são paulo (sp) - on the stairs

"White hair" (Cibelle) was the side A, which is a never heard before song, that she's been performing in her live concerts. It was recorded on the stairs, in the middle of some old posters of previous performances at that same place, where she was going to play that night.

SIDE B - INSTANTE DE DOIS
(moment of two)
november 2007 - são paulo (sp) - on the ground

"Instante de dois", the side B, also written by her, is a track from her most recent album "Shine of Dried Electric Leaves" (2006). It was recorded under the brilliant sculpture of Tomie Ohtake, that, with its superlative's proportions, at the same time, brought contrast and complement to the sweetness of the song.

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VOLUME 20 - WADO e o realismo fantástico

2007-12-23T18:48:00.000-08:00

Wado is from Santa Catarina, but is rooted in Alagoas. He is on the road since the 90's. In 2000, he left the band "Santo Samba" and left to a solo career. The adaptation was fast and, in the next year, he was recording his first album created in this loneliness. "Manifesto da Arte Periférica" (2001) had already showed the personal path in the musical experiment in which Wado will go through from that moment on, searching for the perfect beat. The tracks in this album, as well the ones from the next two albums, "Cinema auditivo" (2002) and "A farsa do samba nublado" (2004) are available for free download in the artist website.

SIDE A - TARJA PRETA/FAFA
(black label/fafa)
october 2007 - são paulo (sp) - in the apartment

Passing through São Paulo, Wado could accept our invitation, made a long time ago. With his band, he needed to be plugged to perform "Tarja Preta/Fafa" (Wado/Siri), so it made us run into one of our members' apartment to use some amateur equipament. For a song that is two in one, this side A, separates and unites Wado with his musicians, between the bathroom, the kitchen and the living room.

SIDE B - MATA GENTE (SAUDADE)
[it kills us (missing you)]
october 2007 - são paulo (sp) - on the stairs

Going a little bit far away from the apartment, we took the stairs as a cenary to the next never heard before song "Mata Gente (Saudade)" (Wado/ Rodrigo Sappo/Railton Sarmento/Antônio Pereira de Moraes). The result of this is a great beautiful moment, between the cold marble and the sunset light.

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Wado's official website

VOLUME 19 - MAYRA ANDRADE

2007-12-11T20:12:00.000-08:00

Mayra Andrade is a brazilian that wasn't born in Brazil. She was born in Cuba, but she exhibits with a lot of honor her title as a cape verdean singer and it was with the cape verdean creole regional language that she recorded most of her tracks in her debut cd, "Navega" (2006). She has a lot of brazilian influence, she speaks our portuguese with no accent at all and some of the musicians that work with her, on stage and in the studio, are brazilians. So, we could not lose this opportunity to have her incredible and intense musicality and her husky and sweet voice, here, in the website. And she accepted this invitation with a lot of enthusiasm and kindness.

SIDE A - Tunuka
october 2007 - são paulo (sp) - on the parallelepiped

To keep incresing her conexion with Brazil, Mayra asked Mariana Aydar to share with her the vocals of the side A "Tunuka" (from the really important musician from Cape Verde, Orlando Pantera), composition that Mariana already sang in her concerts.

SIDE B - MANA
october 2007 - são paulo (sp) - in the patio

For the side B, Mayra asked the brazilian percussionist Zé Luis Nascimento to play with her "Mana" (Mayra Andrade). While she played the guitar, he played the ocean drum and the tamá.

With a multicultural sonority, but at the same time with a strong identity and beauty, Mayra is an artist to be discovered. It's a pleasure to introduce her.

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VOLUME 18 - ZÉLIA DUNCAN

2007-12-11T08:04:00.000-08:00

It's not from today that Zélia Duncan likes to say that her dream is that one day every brazilian is gonna sing, at least, one of Itamar Assumpção' song by heart. Since her album "Intimidade" (Intimacy, 1996), she makes use of the paulista composer's repertoire in every work of hers. Itamar, himself, asked Zélia to sing with him the track "Dor Elegante" (composed with Paulo Leminski, a great brazilian poet) in his 1998's album, PretoBrás. The experience was so powerful to Zélia that, at that same week, she decided to make a tatoo in her arm.

SIDE A - NEGA MÚSICA
(black music)
october 2007 - são paulo (sp) - in the corner

The first of future colaborations of Zélia here, in Pocketmusic, is dedicated to Itamar. The first song, the side A, comes from the first LP of the composer, "Beleléu, Leléu, Eu", released in 1980 by the independent label Lira Paulistana. "Nega Música" (Itamar Assumpção) was never heard before in Zélia's voice. No longer, it is.

SIDE B - DOR ELEGANTE
(elegant pain)
october 2007 - são paulo (sp) - in the tatoo' studio

The side B is, literally, a song made by flesh and blood, since the day of shooting was made in a rush to register the new visit of the singer in a tatoo' studio called Leds Tatoo, where Zélia retouched the old tatoo "Dor Elegante".

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VOLUME 17 - WENDY McNEILL

2007-11-17T12:19:00.000-08:00

Wendy McNeill is a canadian singer and composer that came to São Paulo to participate in the project called "Solitude: Feminine Voices", that brought solo women artists of the independent scenery with a richness of sound. We didn't know a lot about her music. Her show was delicate but at the same time strong, full of pedals and loopings, besides her accordion that reigns with her compositions. She was a band, alone.

SIDE A - HOLY O'
october 2007 - são paulo (sp) - in the open air market

With a help from our friends of the Coquetel Molotov, we met Wendy in the day after her show, with a hot sun above our heads. Now, living in Sweden, Wendy could taste a little bit of the friendly and warmth of the brazilians that passed by an open air market while she was playing "Holy O' " (Wendy McNeill), a great and fun experience that can be seen in our side A.

SIDE B - SUCH A COMMON BIRD
october 2007 - são paulo (sp) - on the balcony

On the side B, we did the opposite of the side A, with a lot more intimacy and quietness, Wendy took us to her hotel room's balcany and played the beautiful" Such Common Bird" (Wendy McNeill), with a urban "weird, but beautiful" (her words) background.

With great sympathy, Wendy took a ride with us late that night to go to Niobe and Juana Molina's show. That all happened after we bought strawberrys and she drank coconut water to refresh herself on that sunny day in São Paulo.

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VOLUME 16 - VANGUART

2007-11-16T16:26:00.000-08:00

Vanguart is a band from Cuiabá, that, now, lives in São Paulo, they sang in english and spanish, besides portuguese and they've been having a lot of sucess all over Brazil. They are one of the new independent bands that rise in the brazilian musical scene today and, this year, they just released theirs first album "Vanguart".

Helio Flanders (voice/guitar), David Dafre (voice/guitar), Reginaldo Lincoln (voice/bass), Luiz Lazarotto (keyboards) and Douglas Godoy (drums) make a really fun and intelligent kind of music, that goes to all the different "kinds" of rock 'n roll, they say that they're influenced by names like Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Beach Boys and others.

SIDE A - HEY YO SILVER
october 2007 - são paulo (sp) - in a bagage compatment

For Pocketmusic, the extremely nice and outgoing boys presented two great surprises. The first one, registered, as our side A, was to got into a bagage compartment of Rafael's car and play "Hey Yo Silver" (Hélio Flanders) against curves, holes and the ups and downs of the streets of São Paulo.

SIDE B - ENQUANTO UNS DORMEM
(while some people sleep)
october 2007 - são paulo (sp) - on the street

And on the side B, the difference lies on a musical matter. Dialoguing with artists of their time and going even further on the music that is being done in other parts of Brazil, Vanguart present us "Enquanto uns dormem" (Los Porongas) from the band Los Porongas, from Acre, a place that is a mistery for all of us.

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VOLUME 15 - LUCINA

2007-11-15T10:46:00.000-08:00

Like Zélia Duncan, fan and partner of Lucina, says: Lucina has the voice of a forest. But we could add in there other elements that also bring a nice and cosy quality to her voice: rain, wind, lake... There's a reason for this amount of nature in her songs, she started making songs in the hippie era, she lived in a community for years, she built and played all her instruments.

With the singer/composer Luli, she formed in the 70's the duo "Luli & Lucina" and she made this kind of music that we could call "rural rock". Together, they fought for the music done independetly and since then they recorded memorable independent records. All this lack of harmony with the rules of the records label was responsable for the greater sucess of almost 800 songs of the duo in other's artists voice, such as Ney Matogrosso and Elis Regina. (A little observation that may be good to say is that "Casa de campo", a hit sang by Elis Regina, was written by Zé Rodrix in Luli & Lucina's country house.) But in 2000, the duo separated and from there to here, Lucina recorded 3 solo albums, the most recent one is "Música em mim" (Music in me), from last year.

SIDE A - EU NÃO SOU EU
(i'm not me)
august 2007 - são paulo (sp) - on the patio

For her participation in Pocketmusic, Lucina reserved two never heard before moments. For the side A, she sang "Eu não sou eu", a sweet balad sang only by Zélia Duncan in her latest album.

SIDE B - TRISTEZAS
(some sadness)
august 2007 - são paulo (sp) - around the toys

And for the side B, a song that was just made by 4 hands, with Sonia Prazeres, one week before the day of shooting: Tristezas.

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VOLUME 14 - NINA BECKER

2007-11-13T21:00:00.000-08:00

One of the stars of the "Orquestra Imperial", Nina Becker has two passions that lead her life: music and fashion. But this two passions don't walk separatly, she mixed them up in everything she does. So, in every fashion show of hers, she produces a special soundtrack, usually, sang live on the runway; in the Orquestra Imperial, she's the header of the clothes - mainly women's. And here, this two passions gets as clear as anything else.

SIDE A - JANELA
(window)
september 2007 - são paulo (sp) - on the flower' stand

Between the softness and fun, Nina got them all. Her side A was recorded in a really crowd street in São Paulo called Dr. Arnaldo, near a flower' stand. As flowered as her dress and even better: it was the first day of spring. Everybody was worried about the sound, 'cause it was a saturday night and the cars and bus were going really fast through the street, but Nina said that when she first recorded the demo of this song, she wanted this kind of enviroment for this song. So, there're the engines doing all the instrumentation for the sweet voice of Nina to sing "Janela" (Nina Becker/Domenico Lancelotti), the first song that she wrote.

SIDE B - VOSSA AUTORIA
(your authorship)
september 2007 - são paulo (sp) - in a karaoke bar

For the side B, she brought a pre-recorded base for a song called "Vossa Autoria" (Nervoso), that was played in a empty karaoke room. Wearing a silver long dress and doing the best she could do with the sound of the place (far from the ideal), Nina made a (in a good way) weird and atractive video, making a small concert for nobody.

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VOLUME 13 - ALZIRA E

2007-11-12T20:52:00.000-08:00

Nothing is obvious in Alzira E's music. Hidden clues in the game of words and sounds always blosoms whenever you put on her records. For those who are listening to her songs carefully, the message is revelead and the missing pieces of a great puzzle gets completed. And that's the fun of the thing.
It was always like that, when the "sul-mato-grossense" (a person who comes from the south of Mato Grosso, a brazilian state) singer/composer met the genious Itamar Assumpção. Or when, in 2005, she got together in a album, 15 years of songs with her partner Alice Ruiz. And, that's how she still does things, in this new period of her career, when she develops songs with her new partner Arruda. And from this partnership came two beautiful songs that Alzira sang specially for us, in a sunny day in a park.

SIDE A - CHEGA DISSO
(enough of this)
july 2007 - são paulo (sp) - on a square

"Chega disso" , our side A, was recorded and released this year in a DVD that registers Zélia Duncan' show "Pré Pós Tudo Bossa Band" (Pre Post Everything Bossa Band) and it was never heard in Alzira's voice, until now.

SIDE B - DIZ
(tell me)
july 2007 - são paulo (sp) - under a tree

"Diz", the side B, is one of the 11 tracks from the recently released "Alzira E", the new album of the singer, that all the songs was inspired by Arruda's poems.

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VOLUME 12 - MAIA HIRASAWA

2007-11-12T20:47:00.000-08:00

Since last year in the first "Swedish Invasion", promoted by Coquetel Molotov from Recife, we were at the first row in Jens Lekman, El Perro del Mar, Hell on Wheels and José González' shows. And now, after tons of e-mails and phone calls, we accomplished to mix up Pocket Music with a different musical project, which promotes the reunion of brazilian fans with the independent musical scene in Sweden.

SIDE A - CRACKERS
september 2007 - são paulo (sp) - at the news-stand

Maia is part of the band Hello Saferide but, here, she shows her solo project. She has this rare quality in her voice, which can be sweet and tender and, at the same time, strong in a way that hipnotizes everybody around her. For this reason, "Crackers" (Maia Hirasawa), our side A, called the attention of lots of people that got lucky in a wednesday night, near a news-stand. Taxis stopped right in the middle of the street to hear her, cars went backwards to understand what was happening and even the microphone couldn't get far away from her.

SIDE B - ROSELIN
september 2007 - são paulo (sp) - at night

To end up the Swedish Invasion special in Pocket music, Maia Hirasawa closes with her side B "Roselin". We didn't know exactly what to ask her, so we said to her to sing a song that was more comfortable and suitable for her. When she sat down next to the hotel's swimming pool, Maia started playing the first notes of "Roselin", and with a melancholic and sentimental mood of the song she captivated all of us in this trully magical night.

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Maia Hirasawa's official website

Maia Hirasawa's myspace

VOLUME 11 - HELLO SAFERIDE

2007-11-12T20:42:00.000-08:00

SIDE A - I WONDER WHO IS LIKE THIS ONE
september 2007 - são paulo (sp) - at the elevator

Our shooting day with Annika happened two days after her last concert in Brazil, in Sesc Vila Mariana, with the band Hello Saferide, which Annika is the heart and soul (she has also a solo project, sung in swedish, called Säkert!). In a intimate concert, she captured us with her humor and sweetness from her lyrics and with her amazing stage presence.

In a small elevator, singing the side A "I Wonder Who Is Like This One" (Annika Norlin), Annika showed her perfect timing, making a elevator trip a perfect size to a song and changing the concept of "elevator song" for two passangers that got a ride in this unique, special and safe show.

SIDE B - VI KOMMER ATT DÖ SAMTIDIGT
september 2007 - são paulo (sp) - in a gallery

It was our first time with international artists, so, we wanted some "authenticity" this time, therefore, we asked Annika to sing a song in swedish, from her solo project, "Säkert!". In a really sunny day, she started singing and walking through a small gallery in Augusta St. Slowly she started to invite the people who worked there to get out of their stores and enjoy this small pocket show of a song that is called "Vi kommer att dö samtidigt", that means "We are going to die at the same time". Annika says that this is one of her happy songs, which idea came from a friend's couple of dogs that one die some time after the other.

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Hello Saferide's official website

Hello Saferide's myspace

VOLUME 10 - SUBURBAN KIDS WIITH BIBLICAL NAMES

2007-11-12T20:34:00.000-08:00

SIDE A - MIDDLECLASS LIFE
september 2007 - são paulo (sp) - on the sidewalk

The boys from SKWBN with few and messy explanation from us, understood imediatly the spirit of the project and with a lot of breath and energy they accepted to go walking in the sideways of a middleclass neighbourhood of São Paulo, singing a new song. "Middleclass Life" (Suburban Kids With Biblical Names), our side A, had the exactly duration of one block of Lorena Street, where people were walking their dogs and cars with money had just arrived in the bank, all this, served as backup singers to this quick, dancing and fun urban serenade.

SIDE B - TREES AND SQUIRRELS
september 2007 - são paulo (sp) - in the middle of small trees

For the side B "Trees and Squirrels", the boys from SKWBN, without any hesitation got into a small garden and in the middle of some plants, just like the squirrels in the song, they made a fun and unexpected performance for those who passed by Consolação St. that night.

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SPECIAL: SWEDISH INVASION - SIDE B

2007-10-10T21:41:00.000-07:00

VOLUME 10 - SUBURBAN KIDS WITH BIBLICAL NAMES
SIDE B - TREES AND SQUIRRELS
september 2007 - são paulo (sp) - in the middle of small trees

VOLUME 11 - HELLO SAFERIDE
SIDE B - VI KOMMER ATT DÖ SAMTIDIGT
september 2007 - são paulo (sp) - in a gallery

VOLUME 12 - MAIA HIRASAWA
SIDE B - ROSELIN
september 2007 - são paulo (sp) - at night

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SPECIAL: SWEDISH INVASION - SIDE A

2007-10-01T22:19:00.000-07:00

And it was the spirit of this reunion that we tried to capture from, putting the artists in public places in São Paulo in a fun and spontaneous way. It couldn't be different, because with bands with names like Suburban Kids With Biblical Names and Hello Saferide, the criativity and originality are visible instantly. And as the most fun and gentle people they are, we, as fans, couldn't get more satisfied with the results.

p.s. The reunion of us and the Swedish Invasion generated something different, so the way that we're gonna post the videos will be also. They're gonna be released together and, in this first week, the side A of the three artists will be on the air and, next week, the side B. Afterwards, there will be a separated volume for each one of the artists.

VOLUME 10 - SUBURBAN KIDS WITH BIBLICAL NAMES
SIDE A - MIDDLECLASS LIFE
september 2007 - são paulo (sp) - on the sidewalk

VOLUME 11 - HELLO SAFERIDE
SIDE A - I WONDER WHO IS LIKE THIS ONE
september 2007 - são paulo (sp) - at the elevator

VOLUME 12 - MAIA HIRASAWA
SIDE A - CRACKERS
september 2007 - são paulo (sp) - at the news-stand

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VOLUME 09 - SUPERCORDAS

2007-09-29T14:03:00.000-07:00

"Elementary particles with identity crisis, the naked horizon reflected in the frog's eye, echoes of '67 psychedelia absorbed by seventeenth century sugar kane leaves, cryogenic machines developed by mad alchemists. Those are a few things Supercordas are about."

That's how the band define themselves. And, once again, this encounter between Pocketmusic and Supercordas was because of the great taste and constant incentive of Fernanda Takai.

They are an independent band that's been calling more and more attention from the audience and critic, with a expansive work on the internet, Supercordas is getting recognized by their talent on their new cd "Seres Verdes ao Redor: Música para Samambaias, Animais Rastajantes e Anfíbios Marcianos" (2006). (Green Beings Around: Music for Ferns, Crawling Animals and Martian Anphibious)

SIDE A - NÃO SEI SE VOU CAÇAR RÃ
(i don't know if i'm goona hunt a frog)
august 2007 - são paulo (sp) - on the stairs

And it was around this "crawling animals" that the band wanted to shoot their videos. The side A "Não sei se posso ir caçar rã" (Supercordas) is a never heard before track, that, althogh they play it on shows, it's not on the current album and, according to the band, probably, will not be on the next one.

SIDE B - FROG ROCK
august 2007 - são paulo (sp) - on the snake room

"Frog Rock" (Supercordas), the side B, has the most legimate anphibian atmosphere and putting a sleep snake together, it represents the good humor and creative sound that makes Supercordas a band so special for us. This sounds like a contry folk rock with the fresh and youth of our new generation of brazilian music.

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VOLUME 08 - DADI

2007-09-27T09:13:00.000-07:00

Dadi can be found everywhere in the history of the brazilian music. He was a member of the famous band Novos Baianos, he played in the legendary album "África Brasil" (1976) of Jorge Ben, he was a member of the band A Cor do Som, was a muse for Caetano Veloso's "Leãozinho", is the forth member of Tribalistas and, tireless, he just released his first solo album. And to complete, he has the same face and energy of a 20 year old boy.

As you get to know him is easy to understand why and how Dadi was everywhere at the same time with a lot of different talented people. He is extremely nice and his enthusiasm and good humor are contagious and his musicality totally natural.

SIDE A - SE ASSIM QUISER

(if you want so)

august 2007 - são paulo (sp) - on the roof

We've met him in the hotel where he was staying, where Dadi himself organized the day of shooting. Alongside with the bodyguard of the hotel, we went up to the roof of the building, which gave us a panoramic view of the city. Upthere, Dadi played his side A, "Se assim quiser" (Dadi/Arnaldo Antunes). This song was already recorded by Arnaldo in his cd "Saiba" (2004), but here is a sweeter version of the song that talks about the freedom of the freetime you have to spent your salary.

SIDE B - DOIS PERDIDOS

(two losts)
august 2007 - são paulo (sp) - on the sofa

Some floors down, in the pool, Dadi played "Dois perdidos" (Dadi/Arnaldo Antunes), his side B. This song, was also previously recorded by Arnaldo on his most recent record "Qualquer" (2006). And, here, one more time, Dadi gave his discreet and captivating personality to this song, that talks about two people lost in the same relashionship.

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VOLUME 07 - MARIANA AYDAR

2007-09-27T08:25:00.000-07:00

Before the release of the cd "Kavita 1" (2006), her debut album, and became critic and public acclaimed, Mariana Aydar had already colaborated in a project of one of the components of pockemusic.

Mariana is always trying to reinvent herself, so, she opens her arms to partnerships and influences from artists of her generation or others, from Brazil to abroad.

SIDE A - UN, DEUX, TROIS
(one, two, three)
july 2007 - são paulo (sp) - in the garden

She quickly asked Duani to colaborate with her on the side A "Un, deux, trois" (Camille), a beautiful french song of the singer Camille. Mario Manga, Mariana's father, was also there to support her with the beautiful sound of the cello. This "threesome" in this song was already made in a live concert and here, it could be register in Mariana's backyard.

SIDE B - NA GANGORRA

(in the seesaw)
july 2007 - são paulo (sp) - on the swing

As a side B, we went to playcenter, which is an amusement park, and we made a espontaneous and fun video. Mariana and Duani sang playing and played singing "Na gangorra" (Giana Viscardi/Michael Ruzitschka), it reflects the creative freedom and pure fun for which, sometimes, the music exists.

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VOLUME 06 - ÉRIKA MACHADO

2007-09-07T19:31:00.000-07:00

Érika Machado is a singer/composer from Belo Horizonte, MG. The essencial thing to be said here is that we didn’t know much about Érika and we’ve never talked to her before, but, in less than 24 hours, between a telephone call from SP to BH, trying to explain about the project, and our meeting in a restaurant in BH, a great relashionship between her music and pocket music was sealed.

She was interested in the project, so, simply, she accepted it. Until now, it is a record in pocket music, less than 24 hours between the invitation and the day of shooting. Her participation here was a happy meeting that, although promoted by Pato Fu, it was meant to be. She came shy and quiet to us with her guitar on her back. Her delicate and captivating personality is responsible for the mood in her songs that sounds like a irresistible ordinary life cronics.

SIDE A - SECADOR, MAÇÃ E LENTE
(blowdryer, apple and lens)
june 2007 - belo horizonte (mg) - in the duck

“Secador, maçã e lente” (Érika Machado/ Juliana Mafra), the side A, was made in a carnival, inside a green swimmer duck. It’s a track from her first CD “No cimento” (2006) produced by John Ulhoa. It talks about a boy that is happy living a life that's far from complete.

SIDE B - ROBERTINHA
(little roberta)
june 2007 - belo horizonte (mg) - in the square

As a side B, she gave us the incredibly catchy “Robertinha” (Érika Machado). It talks about a girl called Robertinha that want to buy the world and it’s never satisfied. Warning: We, from pocket music, are 3 months singing this tune. So, you must be careful, it may seem just 1 minute short and harmeless, but it’s addictive!

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VOLUME 05 - ARNALDO ANTUNES

2007-08-30T11:50:00.000-07:00

We're from São Paulo, but, in pocket music, there wasn't any artist from SP... yet. Arnaldo Antunes is from SP, so surely, we did something in a place that was iconic: the old downtown.

He composes with a guitar, but he never plays it on stage, usually he dances and jumps a lot. But, here, he chose to take a chance and play two songs with his guitar to go along with his strong and deep voice.

Arnaldo has an extensive cv, it goes from his participation in a popular brazilian band called Titãs, going to an extensive solo project, which includes soundtracks and music for ballets, to his participation in other super popular brazilian trio called Tribalistas (with Marisa Monte & Carlinhos Brown). So, there was much to choose from.

But we wanted more, so we asked him a never-heard-before-song. And we've had it!

SIDE A - VÁ TRABALHAR
(go to work)
august/2007 - são paulo (sp) - in the vale

"Vá trabalhar" (Arnaldo Antunes) is our never-heard-before-side A-shot in the old downtown of São Paulo. He's in a place called "Vale do Anhangabaú", a wide kind of square. It's a song that, according to Arnaldo, was made years ago when he was part of Titãs, but they never recorded it. It talks about the hole that you can get into, when you start working and forget about your family.

SIDE B - VOLTE PARA O SEU LAR
(go back to your home)
august/2007 - são paulo (sp) - in a place under construction

And in our side B, Arnaldo gets into a hole to play a song that says to a leader to go back home, in its superficial essence, of course. It's a song that has been recorded by Marisa Monte in her album "Mais" (1991) and in Arnaldo's "Um som" (1998). He recovers, here, the first arrangement of the song when he presented to Marisa, 16 years ago.

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VOLUME 04 - CHINA

2007-08-22T10:50:00.000-07:00

China is from Recife and was part of a band called Sheik Tosado in the 90's. Since then, he left his own mark on the stage. You never know where he is, because he's always jumping, running, sliding and dancing, dancing, dancing.

Today, Sheik Tosado does not exist anymore, so, China divides his time between his solo career and the lead vocal for a band called Del Rey. Alone, he's preparing his sophomore album with his own songs. With Del Rey, a project with the boys from Mombojó, he's doing shows all over Brazil singing the amazing songs of Roberto Carlos. And, always, dancing, dancing, dancing.

So, Pocket music presents the opposite of this China. Just voice and guitar, one thing that he claims he never does in public. China sings two songs with a bossa nova style, sitting down and restrained like we've never seen him before.

SIDE A - CANÇÃO QUE NÃO MORRE NO AR
(a song that doesn't die in the air)
may/2007 - são paulo (sp) - in the bathroom

"Canção que não morre no ar" (China/ Bruno Ximarú) is our never heard before side A, but, soon it will be released in China's next album. It was made in a bathroom, because China said that's the place where he likes to compose his songs, because of the acoustic and the intimacy of the place. This song talks about being imortal in a song that could never die in the air, so, we had to recorded it in order to keep it surviving.

SIDE B - ANTI-HERÓI
(anti-hero)
may 2007 - são paulo (sp) - on the stage

"Anti-herói" (China) is our sweet side B. It is a sweet and personal lullaby that he talks a little about him and he dedicated it to his children, Matheus and Tom. He doesn't intend to record it, so this is a unique moment for him and for us, too, in a empty stage of Studio SP, between some instruments and a wide view of the night lights of São Paulo.

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VOLUME 03 - MART'NÁLIA

2007-08-13T01:36:00.000-07:00

Mart'nália is from Rio de Janeiro and is the samba in person. She's spontaneous like few people could dream of being and she can make samba in the stage of Carnegie Hall, just like she would do it in her backyard. She has the hability of transforming a simple and raw song in an amazing experience for those who hear it.

It was a rainy day in São Paulo when we went to shoot Mart'nália. At the night of that day, she would have a show, so, this bad wheather and her manager, Marcia Alvarez's threat "if you take my singer to the cold, i'll kill you all", made us stay inside Mart'nália's hotel room.

SIDE A - PRETINHOSIDADE
("blackousity")
june/2007 - são paulo (sp) - in the hotel

"Pretinhosidade" (Mart'nália/Mombaça), our SIDE A, is a union of the words preciousity and black, something like, blackousity. It's a declaration of love for someone who understands who you are. In Mart'nália's bed, this samba was played with everybody from her band: Alfredo "Doca" Machado, Analimar Ventapane (her sister), Jorge Ailton, Menino Ovídio, Cassiano, Macaco Branco and Junior Crispin.

SIDE B - CHEGA
(enough)
june 2007 - são paulo (sp) - in the hotel

"Chega" (Mart'nália/Mombaça), our SIDE B, is kind of the continuation of our SIDE A: Mart'nália goes away from her bandmates to go on solo outside her room. This song is about the end of a relashionship, when it's just embearable to be with someone. Like the song, she wants to go away to get free, so she goes from her hotel room to the top of the building and the cold light of that day arrives at the same time that the character from the song gets free. It was a beautiful moment when we took the singer out in the cold.... Her manager didn't killed us, Mart'nália did a beautiful show late that night and now we have a beautiful spontaneous video to show.

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VOLUME 02 - THALMA DE FREITAS

2007-08-11T00:06:00.000-07:00

Thalma de Freitas is a carioca singer and actress. She's the daughter of another great brazilian musician, Laércio de Freitas. And she's also a part of a brazilian band called Orquestra Imperial, which is formed by 19 different brazilian musicians that, together, play from samba to cha-cha-cha.

Thalma was the first artist that we filmed. She got on board without knowing exactly what the result of this project would be, but she was as much excited as we. She had the spirit that the first day of shooting needed, a lot of good energy, beautiful songs and an amazing voice. We picked a public square called "Praça do pôr-do-sol" (Sunset Square) that's known for its perfect view of the sun going down in the city of São Paulo, and we managed to be in one of the most sunny days of the year in a city that's well known for its drizzle.

SIDE A - NÃO FOI EM VÃO
(it wasn't in vain)
may/2007 - são paulo (sp) - in the sunset square

Thalma says that nothing like a love disenchantment to tune the instrument in the right way and, in her case, her voice was the instrument to make this song, about a bittersweet end of a love affair, got completly tuned. Just her voice was enough to bring the melancholy that this song, written by her, needed. This version is completely different than the one in the new Orquestra Imperial's cd.

SIDE B - MONSTRO AO PÔR-DO-SOL
(a sunset freestyle)
may/2007 - são paulo (sp) - in the sunset square

Thalma invited Max B.O., a rapper from São Paulo, to make something totally improvised that suited the project's spirit. He arrived in the moment that the sunset was in its most beautiful light. A great orange sky was all over the city and with the beats made by an indian tabla in the background, Thalma made a delightful indian chant to go along with Max's verses. Together, they produced a simple and spontaneous moment that made its register more precious for us.

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VOLUME 01 - PATO FU

2007-08-04T23:14:00.000-07:00

PATO FU is a band from Belo Horizonte (MG) and formed by Fernanda Takai (lead vocal), John Ulhoa (guitar/ programming/ vocals), Ricardo Koctus (bass/ vocals), Xande Tamletti (drums/ percussion) and Lulu Camargo (keyboards/ accordion).

It's a cosmic relashionship between Pato Fu and Pocket Music. The friendship between us (Daniel, Rafael and Tati) began with debates about cinema and music - although it was just an excuse to drink beer and get together. And in one of these debates, the Pato Fu's cd "Toda cura para todo mal" (Every cure to every malady, 2005) had just been released and there weren't any discussion about it, all three really loved the cd. Years later, by coincidence, Pato Fu was the first band that we try to get in touch and present the project, and with a infinite kindness they accepted the invitation and got on board with new songs and open to different experiences. It took some time between the first contact and the day of shooting, but, somehow, it was all perfect. When we're just about to release the website, they were just about to release the new cd "Daqui pro futuro" (From here to the future, 2007) (only for online purchaise). So, it was a great way to start the website, with a lot of good energy going around. We couldn't ask for anything more special than that. And, now, here we go. From here to the future.

SIDE A - MAMÃ PAPÁ
(mammy daddy)
june 2007 - belo horizonte (mg) - in a toy store

"Mamã Papá" (Fernanda Takai/ John Ulhoa/ Rubinho Troll) was shot in a children's toy store, that made a robot doll, Silício, for Pato Fu's concert tour of the CD "Toda cura para todo mal" (Every cure to every malady, 2005). It's a really sweet song that was made for Fernanda & John's daughter. It talks about the good trip of parenthood with a childish language, with a lot of simplicity and poetry, as well. The arrangement of this song was made with a guitar, toys and the sweet voice of Fernanda.

SIDE B - VAGALUME
(firefly)
june 2007 - belo horizonte (mg) - in a backyard

"Vagalume" (Fernanda Takai/ John Ulhoa) was shot in a backyard, with some small lights and candles on the ground to illuminate this nightly serenade that talks about a nice encounter with a firefly. It was one of those few moments of magic that we could witness live. We hope that this gets transmited in such a small player.

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