Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Arrigo Barnabe - Facanhas (1992)

If you are in the mood to listen and get thrilled with something unique and very different from the music usually released at Loronix, this is the album you were looking for, courtesy of AdHoc, a great zecalouro's friend that really rocks with surprising releases. It seems AdHoc reads my mind sometimes, I have been considering to show something from Arrigo Barnabe for months. There is a lot to explain about Arrigo Barnabe, a very important artist to my background as amateur musician since 1980 when I got paralyzed with Arrigo Barnabe first LP, Clara Crocodilo, a revolutionary album that according with feedback on Facanhas should be released very soon at Loronix. Let's see.

This is Arrigo Barnabe - Facanhas (1992), for Camerati, featuring Arrigo Barnabe, the founder and most influential artist from Vanguarda Paulistana movement, a group of classically educated musicians from the city of Sao Paulo who blends classical influences to popular music. I spoke about the influence of Clara Crocodilo, a sort of opera rock album with lots of instruments in the set and Facanhas is just the opposite with Arrigo Barnabe at the piano, backed by a small group. AdHoc wisely defines Facanhas as an UFO, traveling across several periods of Brazilian music, from Jovem Guarda to Samba, modinhas, MPB, etc. I would be pleased if Loronixers use comments section to feedback this release. Tracks include:

Personnel

Arrigo Barnabe
(piano, voice)
Paulo Braga
(keyboards)
Mane Silveira
(alto, soprano sax)
Claudio Lucci
(violao)
Formiga
(percussion)
Pericles Cavalcanti
(violao, voice at 10 - Bom Sujeito)

Track List

01 - Imagem (Arrigo Barnabé / Roberto Riberti)
02 - Façanhas (Luis Pinheiro)
03 - Lama (Paulo Marques / Aylce Chaves)
04 - Deuses da Voz (Arrigo Barnabé)
05 - Conflito de Geração (Arrigo Barnabé / Hermelino Neder)
06 - Canto I do Inferno (Dante Alighieri / Augusto de Campos / Arrigo Barnabé / Mané Silveira / Paulo Braga)
07 - Sinhazinha Em Chamas (Arrigo Barnabé)
08 - Eu Não Sabia Que Você Existia (Renato Barros / Tony)
09 - Espelho (Arrigo Barnabé)
10 - Bom Sujeito (Péricles Cavalcanti)
11 - Suspeito (Arrigo Barnabé / Hermelino Neder)
12 - Mal Menor (Itamar Assumpção)
13 - Mal Menor (Itamar Assumpção) Vinheta
14 - Pterodáctilo Contemporaneus (Arrigo Barnabé)