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"A lista dos 10 melhores (Top 10)"

Embora a combinação de música eletrônica e MPB tenha se tornado um lugar comum , a paulistana Luísa Maita prova em "Lero-Lero" que ainda é possível extrair algo criativo desse casamento. - Revista Veja


"The New Voice of Brazil"

Maita can set a love song to a martial arts rhythm; evoke harsh realities of ghetto life with gentleness and dry-eyed humanity; and most of all, use her fluid versatile voice and a rich musical heritage — from samba to jazz and pop — to make it all feel like one coherent whole. Lero-Lero is a discovery, but if Maita keeps making records this good, she could well be on her way to international stardom. - NPR's All Things Considered


"Brazilliant!"

Maita makes a striking first impression. Confident, crystal clear, and startlingly sensuous even by the seductive standard set by preceding Brazilian stars, her voice conveys the mercurial emotions of youth as she sings about love, the search for identity, and the intoxicating pleasures of hanging out with friends. - Boston Globe


"Slow-Motion Fusion, Direct From São Paulo"

Ms. Maita’s fusion is particularly lean and elegant, both on her album and onstage; she has a deft understatement akin to that of the Canadian songwriter Feist. She performed at S.O.B.’s backed by guitar, bass and drums, with her drummer occasionally adding modest recorded tracks with percussion and electronic effects. - The New York Times


"WORLD MUSIC CHART EUROPE’S TOP 20 OF 2010"

World Music Charts Europe have just released their list of the most-listened to World Music artists of 2010, according to European radio stations that is. There are quite a few latin artists featured here including Choc Quib Connection’s Oro, CéU’s Vagarosa, Afrocubism and Luisa Maita’s Lero-Lero in the top 20. - Sounds and Colors


"Virgínia Rosa record two sambas of Luísa Maita"

The singer from São Paulo Virginia Rosa launches “Samba a Dois” her third CD, featuring songs ranging from recordings of Cartola and Candeia to new composers like Luisa Maita ("Madrugada" and "Amado Samba").

Virginia Rosa puts these experiences and the deep voice (which recalls the best moments of Clara Nunes) in a delicious album. One finding is the choice of repertoire, almost all molded on a new generation of composers. The title track, for example, came from an album of the quartet from Rio Los Hermanos. Another discovery is the composer Luisa Maita. With only 25 years old, Luisa emulates the style of the authors of the old guard in "Madrugada" and "Amado Samba".

Source: http://veja.abril.com.br/201206/veja_recomenda.html
- Revista VEJA


"The voice of Rio 2016 Olympic Games"

At 27, singer Luisa Maita, interpreter of the versions of "Cidade Maravilhosa" and "Aquele Abraço" written to the clips presented in Copenhagen by the Brazilian delegation to the Olympics in 2016, signed with Cumbancha World Music and will have its first CD released in 2010 in the United States, Europe and Japan She is the daughter of musician and composer Amado Maita and producer Myriam Taubkin. - Folha de São Paulo


"Lá vem ela"

Muita gente ficou de boca aberta - e se perguntando: quem é essa menina? - quando a convidada especial de Mariana Aydar subiu ao palco do Sesc Pinheiros, em São Paulo, no show de estreia do CD "Peixes Pássaros Pessoas", que rolou nesse sábado.

Trata-se de Luisa Maita, cantora e compositora - são dela as duas músicas que dividiu com Mari na apresentação -, filha do saudoso compositor Amado Maita e da produtora cultural Miriam Taubkin. Ela já está com seu primeiro disco gravado, mas ainda não fechou o lançamento. Tomara que venha logo.

Mas quem quiser conhecer um pouquinho do trabalho de Luisa pode ouvir as três músicas que ela colocou em seu Myspace. Basta clicar aqui. Para ver - e não só ouvir - sua performance, vale fazer uma visita ao site Música de Bolso. Luisa gravou dois vídeos por lá. - Joyce Pascowitch


"Casal Luisa Maita e Rodrigo Campos consolida parceria musical"

Parceria no sentido tradicional, em que cada cabeça colabora com um pedaço de melodia ou letra e dois pensamentos viram uma única canção, Rodrigo Campos, 32, e Luisa Maita, 27, têm só uma. É "Beleza", lançada por Mariana Aydar em seu recente "Peixes Pássaros Pessoas". Mas nem precisariam dessa para que fossem considerados parceiros legítimos.

Compositores talentosos da nova geração, os dois trabalham a partir de laços mais fortes que simplesmente dividir créditos autorais em canções. E nisso nem está necessariamente incluído o fato de eles serem namorados.
Leonardo Wen/Folha Imagem
Cantora Luisa Maita e o sambista Rodrigo Campos; parceria do casal se consolida
Cantora Luisa Maita e o sambista Rodrigo Campos; parceria do casal se consolida

Rodrigo acaba de lançar "São Mateus Não É um Lugar Assim Tão Longe" (Ambulante Discos, R$ 20), seu álbum de estreia. Foi Luisa quem fez a ponte entre ele e Beto Villares, o principal produtor do disco. E é a voz dela que canta quatro de suas 14 faixas.

Do outro lado, Luisa está prestes a soltar seu primeiro trabalho. Rodrigo é o coprodutor (com Paulo Lepetit), escreveu 3 das 11 canções e toca em todas elas. Ao vivo, um integra a banda do outro.

Os dois se conheceram em 2001, quando faziam parte da Urbanda. Ela cantava, ele tocava violão e cavaquinho, os dois compunham. Como tinham contas a pagar no final do mês, estenderam a parceria a trabalhos paralelos que poderiam render algum dinheiro.

"Só em barzinhos da Vila Madalena, a gente tocou por mais de um ano", lembra Luisa. "Fizemos até shows de casamento, em que eu cantava 'eu sei que eu sou bonita e gostosa' vestida de perua."

Quando a Urbanda se dissolveu, quatro anos mais tarde, os dois seguiram "sozinhos" seus caminhos paralelos. Que agora começam a render frutos.

Periferia

O primeiro a vir à luz, "São Mateus Não É um Lugar Assim Tão Longe" é um álbum conceitual, no sentido mais exato da expressão. Rodrigo transformou em música as histórias que viu acontecer no referido bairro da zona leste paulistana entre o dia em que chegou nele, ainda menino (nasceu em Conchas, interior do Estado), e sua saída, aos quase 24.

Histórias de vida perdida, como em "Sem Estrela": "Desceu rolando essa ladeira, irmão/ Sem o salário da semana/ Foi pra aprender não pagar de gatão/ Nessa quebrada sem estrela". Histórias de vida por ganhar, como em "Mangue e Fogo": "A vida de Marina era no mangue atrás da escola militar/ Cresceu nos arredores do colégio catando caranguejo/ Vendendo no farol/ Chupando oficial por dez real".

Dentro desse mote, calcula ter escrito cerca de 30 canções. "Fui compondo até não ter mais o que dizer sobre o assunto", ele conta. "Agora, quero desenvolver essa linguagem narrando outras coisas, como a infância ou o erotismo."

Ainda assim, o capítulo São Mateus não se encerra no álbum dele. Outras composições da mesma leva serão escoadas no trabalho de Luisa --o segundo produto da parceria, que deve vir à tona nos próximos meses. O disco está pronto há dois anos, mas a cantora ainda negocia com algumas gravadoras o melhor meio de lançá-lo.

Filha do músico Amado Maita (1948-2005) e da produtora musical Myriam Taubkin, Luisa é uma das representantes mais consistentes da tão saturada cena brasileira de novas cantoras/compositoras.

Viveu até os 12 anos num sítio em Grajaú, extrema zona sul de São Paulo, o que lhe dá propriedade para cantar temas ligados à periferia. "Moleque se mandou atrás da rapariga/ Deixou Formiga no controle da favela/ Mas o diabo é que a donzela era do lar/ Já tinha dois barrigudinhos com Anescar." Versos como esses, de "Maria e Moleque", escritos por Rodrigo e que estarão no disco dela, não soam estranhos na voz da moça de Higienópolis.

Mais que isso é melhor não revelar até que o CD chegue às lojas. Ao menos por ora, quem quiser conhecer sua voz pode recorrer ao CD e ao show do namorado (haverá um em 30 de junho, no Sesc Pompeia) ou, ainda, ouvir um pouco em myspace.com/luisamaita.

Source: http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/ilustrada/ult90u564306.shtml - Folha de São Paulo


"Best Songs of 2009"

"Beleza", Luisa Maita's song recorded by Mariana Aydar, is considered one of the 25 best songs of 2009.

To escape the commonplace in national music, the Sao Paulo uses a creative play on words to describe the practices of love, a song full of feminine sensuality and warmth. - Rolling Stone Brasil magazine


"Derek Beres on Luisa Maita"

"Maita may have started with bossa nova, but she has grown considerably, recalling recent singers like Ceu and Cibelle with more experimental and beat-oriented tracks, tempered with by a sweet and soulful voice. "Aí Vem Ele" is hands down one of the best tracks in Portuguese I've heard." - Derek Beres of Huffington Post on Luisa Maita's new album Lero-Lero - Huffington Post


"Luisa Maita – Lero-Lero"

"Maita’s vocals are much like a folk singer: not self-conscious, not indulgent, raw. A return to basics never sounded so good." - BoomBoomChik - Boom Boom Chik


"Q&A Meet Proud Paulista Luísa Taubkin Maita"

A very nice interview with Luisa well before her July 27th album release date. - Latina


"New Brazilian Talent"

Featured here, among so many others: Luisa Maita, DJ Buguinha Dub and Coletivo Rádio Cipó. Click here for more information. Listen to the first episode here ... - Beco Dranoff / Art International Radio


Discography

Lero-Lero (2010/Cumbancha)
Maita Remixed (2010/Cumbancha)

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“Luísa Maita’s fusion is particularly lean and elegant, both on her album and onstage.” - THE NEW YORK TIMES

“(...) her motion was as gentle as the music, a part-cooed, part-whispered update of samba, bossa nova and other easygoing Brazilian styles.” -THE WASHINGTON POST

“Maita makes a striking first impression. Confident, crystal clear, and startlingly sensuous” - BOSTON GLOBE

The new voice of Brazil. (...) If Luisa Maita keeps making records this good, she could well be on her way to international stardom.” - NPR (EUA)

“An infectious and compelling listening experience.” - NAT GEO MUSIC

“My childhood was like a universe of music and creativity, filled with people of great personality” recalls singer Luísa Maita, “That’s my most precious musical treasure.” Sultry, seductive and infused with that inimitable samba swing, Luísa’s music embodies the modern spirit of Brazil. With the release of Lero-Lero , her solo debut album on Cumbancha Discovery, Luísa shares her musical treasures with the world.

Inspired by the bustling urban life of her native São Paulo, Lero-Lero has a contemporary vibe that includes influences from alternative pop and downtempo electronic music layered over an acoustic foundation deeply rooted in samba, bossa nova and Brazilian popular music. Fans of Bebel Gilberto, Céu and Seu Jorge will find much to love in Luísa Maita’s tropical, forward-looking sound, and her sensual yet soulful voice begs comparisons with everyone from Billie Holiday and Sade to Feist, St. Vincent and Cat Power.

Luísa has been surrounded by music since birth. Her father Amado Maita, a singer whose one solo album from the 1970s is coveted by vinyl collectors, named all three of his daughters after songs by bossa nova legend Antonio Carlos Jobim. Luísa's mother Myriam Taubkin has been an important concert producer and cultural advocate for over thirty years. Luísa spent her early childhood in Bexiga, a diverse, working class neighborhood that was home to Italian and Arab immigrants (Luísa is of European, Jewish, and Syrian Muslim heritage) and migrants from Brazil’s musically rich northeast. Famous for its personality, culture, food and music, Bexiga is home to Vai-Vai, São Paulo’s most traditional samba school, the pulsing echoes of which resonate deeply in Luísa's memory.

Luísa started singing her father’s songs and bossa nova standards at a very young age, and began recording advertising jingles professionally at the age of seven. As a teenager, Luísa started singing in São Paulo clubs, and joined the group Urbanda, which released an album in 2003. Luísa's composition "Beleza" (co written by Rodrigo Campos) was selected as one of the best songs of the year by Rolling Stone Brazil. Luísa was also recently featured on a widely-viewed promotional video directed by acclaimed filmmaker Fernando Meirelles (City of God) that was used in Brazil's successful bid for the 2016 Olympics.

Her first album as a solo artist, Lero-Lero, which was co-produced by Paulo Lepetit and Rodrigo Campos, offers songs that encourage her fellow Brazilians to recognize the beauty and deeper meaning of their lives. “Its inspiration comes from the urban life of São Paulo, its ghettos and its people,” notes Luísa, “The lyrics and the aura of the album focus on the peculiarities of Brazilian daily life, culture and human condition.”

The magnetic title track, “Lero-Lero” is a deconstructed samba that shares a portrait of deep friendship in the ghettos of São Paulo. “Fulaninha”, a funky baião crossed with traces of Jamaican dancehall, talks about the fear and desire that comes with choosing which road to follow in life and the struggle to realize your dreams. “Desencabulada”, a traditional samba with a funk beat, is a tribute to Brazilian women and tells of girl from the Rio de Janeiro hills losing herself in the music at a baile funk dance. As a believer in self-knowledge as a guide, Lero-Lero is filled with a relaxed yet energizing spirit that reflects Luísa's personal artistic expression and outlook. “The album travels through themes that encourage Brazilians to wake up to a new life: dreams; passion; labor; the struggle for peace; interior acceptance." In a country overflowing with musical accomplishment, Luísa Maita demonstrates with Lero-Lero that she has the talent to rise above the fray and make a mark as one of Brazil's most engaging young voices.