ARTIST...: Lucas Arruda
TITLE....: Sambadi
YEAR.....: 2013
LABEL....: Favorite Recordings
CAT.NO...: FVR080
GENRE....: Funk
TIME.....: 39:33 min
SIZE.....: 90,70 MB
QUALITY..: 320kbps/44,1kHz/Full Stereo
ENCODER..: FhG
SOURCE...: WEB
RLS.DATE.: 2013/04/15
WEBSITE..: http://www.bagpak.net
TRACKLIST
01) (01:13) Physis
02) (07:08) Tamba Part 1
03) (05:36) Batuque
04) (03:38) Who's That Lady
05) (01:35) Rio Afternoon
06) (01:27) Na Feira
07) (05:16) Sambadi (Album Version)
08) (03:28) Carnival
09) (05:31) Alma Nova
10) (04:41) Tamba Part 2
Lucas ArrudaÆs born in 1983, in a Brazilian state called Espirito Santo, near Rio de
Janeiro. Coming from a musical family (his dad and older brother are musicians) he
started playing and listening to music very young. At the age of 13, he was also
playing professionally already.
After studying electric guitar and playing in various bands, Lucas passion quickly
turned into Rhodes and keyboards, expanding his musical range of skills. At the same
time he started a project called Du Black, with his older brother Thiago, quickly
receiving various local support from people like Ed Motta, William Magalhπes (Banda
Black Rio), Robert Lamm (Chicago) or Hyldon (Brazilian soul legend).
From the growing notoriety obtained, the band began to work with various other
artists and singers such as Tamy Macedo, or Bossa NovaÆs legend, Leila Pinheiro,
leading Lucas to build a recording studio with Thiago in 2011. Now 2 years after he
launched this home-studio, here comes ôSambadiö, first solo album by Lucas Arruda!
On this recording he also started to team up with Fabricio di Monaco (Modo Solar),
who clearly became a fundamental piece, as Lucas relates: ôFabricio introduced me to
Pascal Rioux at Favorite Recordings, as they released his EP few years ago. HeÆs a
brilliant musician and a great human being.ö
In LucasÆ words, Sambadi is highly inspired by Rio de Janeiro. As for the musical
side, the album almost sounds like a tribute to his longtime heroes like Stevie
Wonder, Curtis Mayfield, Marcos Valle, Azymuth, or Robson Jorge & Lincoln Olivetti.
And Lucas also humbly concludes: ôI really hope to honor all the guys who influenced
me.ö
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