Brazilian Girls

Brazilian Girls Music Review

Brazilian Girls Don't Stop, Lazy Lover, Dance Till the Morning Sun

Brazilian Girls is the name of the band and the self-titled debut album. Have you ever experienced the transcendental sensation of being in more than one place at a time? Are you in Trinidad or Tokyo? Manhattan or Milan? Brazil or the Bahamas? That is precisely the type of vibrant feeling that animates the twelve tracks of the Brazilian Girl's self-titled debut on Verve Forecast.

The four members of the Brazilian Girls met in 2003, while jamming together at Nublu, a downtown New York club that has served as their spawning ground. Playing together every week (they still do when they're in town) they wrote and recorded the twelve originals of Brazilian Girls over a couple of months, letting the nuances of their songs evolve over time.

"Being able to play consistently at Nublu and jumping into the studio every few months helped keep the vibe organic and fresh," says drummer Aaron Johnston.

"It's a collective," explains Didi of their home base. "A community, in which musicians, DJs, poets, painters, and bon vivants exchange ideas. At Nublu we were able to freely experiment with the music, without restrictions and expectations. That's what made the songs unfold."

One of the Brazilian Girls' songs, Homme, first appeared on the 2003 CD Waxpoetic/Nublu Sessions, while another cut, Lazy Lover is featured on the Ultra compilation Music To Make Love By, and has been remixed by both Matthew Herbert and the Brazilian Girls for release as club singles.

Brazilian Girls Don't Stop…

Coming from different corners of the globe (Sabina was born in Rome, and raised in Munich and Nice; Didi from Buenos Aires, Argentina; Jesse and Aaron from California and Kansas, respectively), each member of Brazilian Girls has an impressive past of prior works. One snagged a Latin Grammy® Award; another has scored several important independent films. They have all performed and collaborated with prominent artists (but we will those details to the music history books).

Brazilian Girls

Brazilian Girls CD track list & Real Audio streams:

Homme
Don't Stop ♬
Lazy Lover ♬
Sirènes de la Fête ♬
Corner Store
Long
Pussy ♬
Die Gedanken Sind Frei (Thoughts Are Free)
All We Have
Dance Till the Morning Sun
Me Gustas Cuando Callas
Ships in the Night

"We're a real band," whispers Aaron emphatically. "Every member is essential, and we share everything equally."

Visually, Sabina pushes the ensemble to a new level. "There's an element of Suspense about how she presents herself," observes Jesse. Like Grace Jones and Björk, she's committed to making a bold visual statement. Sabina: "For me, life is… ." "We like the surrealist approach," interrupts Jesse. Enough said.

Sabina sings in five different languages: German, French, Italian, Spanish and English. Take Die Gedanken Sind Frei (Thoughts Are Free). "We had already recorded the music," recalls Sabina, "but I didn't know what the lyrics would be. So while recording, I just sang syllables, and they all ended on aye. The language that felt closest to that was German. Later I happened to find out that there was a German farmer revolution song from the 13th century with the same title, and the lyrics fit perfectly."

The album's first track unfolds like the opening sequence of a vintage cinema mystery, while the sensual house cut, Don't Stop is punctuated by honest and humorous lyrics. "Sirénes de la Fête layers naughty loops and Sabina's erotic vocal, en Francais, with lush synth sounds-all culminating in a fist-pumping bridge. The dancehall chant Pussy, is all things delirious about summer in the city, condensed into four delicious minutes. The metropolitan adventure Corner Store steps out of the front door with a confident stride, only to turn the corner into a chorus of boisterous gypsy brass. And Dance Till The Morning Sun is exactly that: A percussive, all-night party, pulsating with deep, rolling beats.

"Everybody love the Brazilian Girls!" shout… the Brazilian Girls. That chant is growing louder as their infectious music and energy spread across the globe.

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