Hermeto Pascoal

"A self-taught musician, Hermeto Pascoal ascended from his humble upcountry origins to an international acknowledgment still unfair to his musical stature. Developing his ears from an early age at his grandfather's blacksmith shop, Pascoal used to pick up pieces of iron and hit them, trying to create music (not to emulate the harmonics of his father's eight-bass button accordion, as has been spread). This led to an unusual approach to music, where the tones themselves give a stronger conducting motif than chord connection, scales, or modes. His understanding of music as a vital force, emanating organically from everything in Earth, is reminiscent of Kepler's music of the spheres and conducted to eccentric performances and recordings with pigs, kettles, and anything at hand. He has also developed the Sound of the Aura concept, in which music is developed out of people's speech, traffic noise, and out of every possible source of sound. That didn't impede him from conquering the admiration of world-class musicians such as Miles Davis, for whom he recorded as instrumentalist and composer."
(www.allmusic.com)

In my opinion, Hermeto is one of the most ingenious artists the world have ever seen. His songs are a bit crazy, but incredible.

listen to Hermeto's "Suite norte, sul, leste, oeste"

Enjoy!

Marcadores: Music

posted by Leonardo
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Circus

“Teatro Mágico” (Magic Theatre) is one of my favourite Brazilian bands. They mix theatre, poetry, circus art and contemporary music in a wonderful way.

Listen to Teatro Mágico’s “Separô” song.

Access Teatro Mágico’s website.

I was talking with a friend and I found out that circus has a bad meaning in some European countries, often associated with animal abuse. We have a different circus in Brazil. There are some few bad circuses, of course, but the word ‘circus’ refers to jugglers, clowns, ludic activities and a magic atmosphere. There are many circus artists in the streets of Rio and they are quite more presents in northeast region.