vanguart

Genre: Folk
Secondary Genre: Rock São Paulo, Not Applicable Brazil Contact

Self taught composers, that began making music, literally, in the middle of South America. From the town of Cuiaba, down the rivers to the coast, they now want to cross the borders and cross the oceans to achieve through music something, that as individuals alone, they'd only dream of.

Artist Information

Biography

Vanguart emerged from the distant and unthinkable rock scene of Cuiaba, Mato Grosso, to go on presenting itself all around Brazil.
In a short period of time Vanguart caught the eye of diverse sectors specialized in Rock and Roll media and boosted it's fan base, formed mostly by world wide web users in Brazil.

Significant increase in the band's foto-log access numbers and increase of members in the band's online community, are due to the various appearances on Brazil's MTV programing and on other Television appearances, such as, Som Brasil.

Live performances are crucial for comprehending the power of songs such as "Semaforo", "Cachaca" (nominated by MTV Brazil VMB awards as best independent music video) and "Last Express Blues", among others...

Want to see some pics? check out www.fotolog.com/vanguart

Instrumentation

Helio Flanders (lead vocals and acoustic guitars), David Dafre (electric guitar and vocals), Reginaldo Lincoln (Bass and vocals), Luiz Lazarotto (electric piano and vocals) and Douglas Godoy (drums).

Discography

2003 - The noon moon (EP)

2005 - Before Vallegrand (EP)

2006 - semaforo (single)

2007 - Hey Yo Silver (single)

2007 - Vanguart (LP)

All songs, except for Vanguart-LP are available for streaming. All you have to do is access www.tramavirtual.uol.com.br and in the search bar (Busca) type, vanguart.
Streaming is also available at www.myspace.com/vanguart

Audio

Lyrics

Video

Photo Gallery

  • vanguart, Som Brasil

  • vanguart, auditorio Ibirapuera

  • vanguart, Sound check at Studio SP

  • vanguart, performance in Brasilia

  • vanguart, Sesc Pompei­a

  • vanguart, Sesi São Paulo

  • vanguart, magazine review

  • vanguart, Flyer

  • vanguart, PrtSc of www.showlivre.com

Press

  • Revista Bizz (+ Barulho) [+ Show ]

    "Acho que essa coisa de uma certa angustia ao cantar é muito antiga. Judy Galard, Elis Regina, não...

  • (site) Terra Magazine [+ Show ]

    "(...) Uma vem de Cuiaba e se chama Vanguart (o nome não ajuda em nada, é verdade, mas pré-julgam...

  • Revista Capricho [+ Show ]

    "A banda de rock de Cuiaba esta gravando o primeiro disco. Apenas uma questao de tempo para Eu acred...

  • Jornal Amazonia Hoje (Belem/PA) [+ Show ]

    "Um dos momentos mais emocionantes da primeira edição do festival Se Rasgum no Rock, que ocorreu n...

Setlist

Our set list is basically our whole LP. Fourteen songs, one sung in spanish, 6 in portuguese and 7 in english.
1-Hey Yo Silver
2-Semaforo
3-Antes que eu me esqueca
4-Beloved
5-Cachaca
6-Cosmonauta
7-Christmas Crack
8-Miss Universe
9-Para abrir os olhos
10-Dream About your Love
11-Enquanto isso no lanchonete
12-Just to see your blue eyes see
13-Los Chicos de Ayer
14-The Last time i saw you

occasionally we do covers of The Beatles and Tom Jobim in samba/rock.

Our sets usually last between 50 to 60 minutes.

Basic Requirements

Calendar

There are no upcoming dates at this time.