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In 1975, Joyce Moreno, who had just wrapped up a tour with legendary Brazilian composer Vinicius de Moraes, found herself in a studio with producer Sergio Bardotti in Rome, Italy. She had been taking a break from writing and she decided to pick up a selection of her favorite compositions from contemporary Brazilian writers whose songs were beacons of hope in times of an ongoing intense military leadership in her home country. Unlike their previous albums, these recordings live from their reductiveness and intimacy. For a long time, Passarinho Urbano was considered a secret masterpiece and was highly sought after by record collectors, now Week-End Records is glad to be making it available internationally on vinyl for the first time ever.
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Alternative Fox present a reissue of Joyce, originally released in 1968. The Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist Joyce Silveira Moreno was born and raised in the middle of Copacabana, a short beach stroll from the epicentre of the bossa nova universe. Her father was a Dane that had settled in Brazil, but she was raised by her mother and step- father in a typical Portuguese-Brazilian household. Since her older brother was friendly with leading lights of the bossa nova movement such as Roberto Menescal and Eumir Deodato, she was steeped in the form at an early age and witnessed its key evolution first-hand. At the age of 16 in 1964, she was taken to the studio by Menescal to contribute to the coveted debut album by the mythical group Sambacana, assembled to record the work of composer Pacífico Mascarenhas when the meagre budget would not allow the vocalists he preferred. Knowing that a full-time career in music was certainly not guaranteed, she began studying journalism in 1967, shortly before her controversial song "Me Disseram" reached the finals of Rio's second International Song Competition. The following year, her self-titled debut album was released by Philips, produced by Armando Pittigliani, with orchestration by Dorival Caymmi and arrangements by Gaya; along with her own compositions, the album also featured songs by her rising-star friends, including Caetano Veloso and Marcos Valle.
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2001 release. Joyce began her career 30 years ago as a young girl armed with a guitar, a crystalline voice and an immense songwriting talent, singing sambas and feminism. Many years on, she has developed a cult reputation and had a major international career since first coming to recognition through the Brazilian festival scene. She was nominated for a Grammy award for her album Astronauta (1998). Joyce's compositions have been recorded by some of Brazil's biggest stars including: Milton Nascimento, Elis Regina, Gal Costa and Astrud Gilberto. The rediscovery, in the '90s, of her seminal album Feminina (1980) won her a new generation of admirers in Europe and Japan. Throughout Joyce's career she has been always been a strong female voice - the sensuality of the music sometimes betrays the seriousness behind her lyrics, but her songwriting is always full of her characteristic humor and playfulness. Joyce's music is a homage and celebration to the forces of the soul and to everyday life, and she composes among the noise and bustle of day to day, never shutting the world out. Gafieira Moderna is a real signature album, with Joyce back to composing and singing her own lyrics and music. The album features the same horn and rhythm section used on her album Hard Bossa (1999), and background vocals are provided by Joyce's daughter, Ana. Another special guest on the album is the electric lady Elza Soares the goddess of Samba - one of Joyce's own early heroines and inspirations. The theme of the album is based around gafieira - Brazilian ballroom/dancehall music, mostly jazz and samba played with lots of horns. For her modern gafieira, Joyce incorporates all the traditional elements, whilst referencing modern club culture in the lyrics. The album contains a mix of styles, and the lyrics cover gossipy girl talk, to advice on broken relationships and rejoicing in the everyday, humanity, and the creative process. The legendary Elza Soares's crazy swing graces "Samba Da Silvia", an earthy and intoxicating samba, Joyce conjures Bahia on Azul Bahia, and speaks of Brazil's African heritage on the powerful Afro-samba "Forcas De Alma". Comes with an exclusive documentary, shot on location in Brazil, which gives an intimate glimpse of the studio recording and captures the heady atmosphere of Rio in the days before carnival when the album was produced.
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LP version. 2001 release. Joyce began her career 30 years ago as a young girl armed with a guitar, a crystalline voice and an immense songwriting talent, singing sambas and feminism. Many years on, she has developed a cult reputation and had a major international career since first coming to recognition through the Brazilian festival scene. She was nominated for a Grammy award for her album Astronauta (1998). Joyce's compositions have been recorded by some of Brazil's biggest stars including: Milton Nascimento, Elis Regina, Gal Costa and Astrud Gilberto. The rediscovery, in the '90s, of her seminal album Feminina (1980) won her a new generation of admirers in Europe and Japan. Throughout Joyce's career she has been always been a strong female voice - the sensuality of the music sometimes betrays the seriousness behind her lyrics, but her songwriting is always full of her characteristic humor and playfulness. Joyce's music is a homage and celebration to the forces of the soul and to everyday life, and she composes among the noise and bustle of day to day, never shutting the world out. Gafieira Moderna is a real signature album, with Joyce back to composing and singing her own lyrics and music. The album features the same horn and rhythm section used on her album Hard Bossa (1999), and background vocals are provided by Joyce's daughter, Ana. Another special guest on the album is the electric lady Elza Soares the goddess of Samba - one of Joyce's own early heroines and inspirations. The theme of the album is based around gafieira - Brazilian ballroom/dancehall music, mostly jazz and samba played with lots of horns. For her modern gafieira, Joyce incorporates all the traditional elements, whilst referencing modern club culture in the lyrics. The album contains a mix of styles, and the lyrics cover gossipy girl talk, to advice on broken relationships and rejoicing in the everyday, humanity, and the creative process. The legendary Elza Soares's crazy swing graces "Samba Da Silvia", an earthy and intoxicating samba, Joyce conjures Bahia on Azul Bahia, and speaks of Brazil's African heritage on the powerful Afro-samba "Forcas De Alma". Comes with an exclusive documentary, shot on location in Brazil, which gives an intimate glimpse of the studio recording and captures the heady atmosphere of Rio in the days before carnival when the album was produced.
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