VOLUME 10 - SUBURBAN KIDS WIITH BIBLICAL NAMES

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.

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.

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.

EXTRAS

• SKWBN's official website
• SKWBN's myspace

VOLUME 09 - SUPERCORDAS

"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.

EXTRAS

• Supercordas' official website
• Supercordas' myspace
• Supercordas' orkut community
• buy the cd "Green Beings Around" (2006)
  

VOLUME 02 - THALMA DE FREITAS

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.

EXTRAS

• photos
• thalma's myspace
• laércio de freitas' myspace
• max b.o.'s myspace
  
• making of: