ARTIST...: Ninos Du Brasil
TITLE....: Vida Eterna
YEAR.....: 2017
LABEL....: Hospital Productions / La Tempesta International
CAT.NO...: HOS-490 / LTI038-17
GENRE....: Techno-Industrial
TIME.....: 38:54
SIZE.....: 89,18 MB
QUALITY..: 320kbps/44,1kHz/Joint Stereo
ENCODER..: LAME
SOURCE...: WEB
RLS.DATE.: 2017/09
WEBSITE..: https://play.google.com
TRACKLIST
01) (03:35) O Vento Chama Seu Nome
02) (04:17) No Meio Da Noite
03) (04:05) Condenado Por Un Idioma Desconhecido
04) (06:15) Algo Ou Alguem Entre As arvores
05) (04:17) O Som De Ossos
06) (05:01) A Magia Do Rei II
07) (05:23) Em Que O Rio Do Mar Se Torna
08) (06:01) Vagalumes Piralampos (Feat Arto Lindsay)
Ninos Du Brasil's visceral sound shows the Italian duo's roots in punk and hardcore
bands. Nico Vascellari and Nicol≥ Fortuni conceived their batucada-infused techno
project ten years ago as a warm-up act for their band, With Love. The idea was to
test the audience to see who would stick around to watch the headliner. Punk scenes,
after all, are natural incubators for confrontational ideas. Now on their third album
as Ninos Du Brasil, Vascellari and Fortuni clearly recognised they were onto
something deeper than a crowd filter.
The Dominick Fernow-run Hospital Productions is the perfect home for Ninos Du Brasil,
who at times call to mind Fernow's Vatican Shadow project. Both engage in live
performances that demand attention, making techno seem less faceless and abstract by
establishing a direct relationship between audience and performer. Listening to Vida
Eterna, it's easy to imagine the duo pounding drums and yelling lyrics inches away
from your face.
This is most apparent on "Condenado Por Un Idioma Desconhecido," where percussion and
vocals surge in a flurry of intensity, with only streaks of upper-register noise for
relief. It's one of the most instantly striking moments on the album, and shows the
pair at their most furious. It's not all blistering sonic violence, as is made
evident by the measured tribal roll of the next track, "Algo Ou Alguem Entre As
arvores." But physicality, shown by chants and heavy drum cycles, is still the key.
There's an ebb and flow to these tracks that suggests they were built to be danced
to.
The tension doesn't let up. Steely textures and pounding rhythms abound, but there is
variation and inventiveness to match the monochromatic palette. The percussion is
always interesting, while the sparing use of synthesis significantly shifts track's
tones wherever it appears. Ninos Du Brasil's energy can seem unstoppable. It's only
on the album closer, "Vagalumes Piralampos," that the pressure eases, as Arto
Lindsay's vocals emerge through a thicket of melodic scrapes and smudges.
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