Max de Castro
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil | Established. Jan 01, 2001 | AFTRA
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A singer's profile and composer Max de Castro was published in "Time" magazine this week. The magazine did a special edition of the best names in music on all continents and Max is considered one of the biggest revelations of Brazilian music in the last 30 years.
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According to the report, Max de Castro "brings a sound that merges with fluidity and intelligence vairados genres - samba, bossanova, drum 'n' bass, hip hop and soul - in a futuristic music that echoes the past."
The text highlights the song "Samba Raro", the eponymous CD, the first singer, released last year, and "For You Remember".
Aspects of Max's life are also commented in the magazine. "For a visionary, he lives modestly," the matter.
The singer also talks about his musical influences and quality of Brazilian musicians. "Most musicians are world-class. I'll be very happy when they get into an American store CDs and find Samba Raro not in the world music section, but next to names that I admire like Prince and Stevie Wonder," said Castro . - Folha de São Paulo
Singers brothers Wilson Simoninha and Max de Castro are leading animation Baile do Simonal to Lisbon. musical attraction of the opening of the cultural center space Brazil, which took place on Friday (16), the Portuguese capital, the children of Simonal (1938-2000) took the opportunity to experience the beauty of the city. In this special show, Baile Simonal also had the special participation of the Portuguese singers Mariza and Aurea.
The Brazil Space was inaugurated by the Minister of Culture, Marta Suplicy, and will become the cultural center of contemporary Brazil in Lisbon, at Lx Factory, in Alcantara, during the cultural activities of the Year of Brazil in Portugal (2012-2013). In programming, visitors will give concerts, exhibitions, lectures, workshops, food and other activities of Brazilian culture.
In addition to the opening show, the Simonal the Ball back to perform at Space Brazil, today and tomorrow, with the participation of Paula Lima. This weekend, the Brazilian ginga is gaining a bit of Portuguese aura for sure! - Jornal do Brasil
If São Paulo never had a chance to witness a performance of Prince, at least the city hosted a worthy tribute and served as farewell (with some delay, as the pop star died in April at age 57) on the night of sexta- Friday, 19, at Cine Joia. The celebration of the stature genius work was led by Max de Castro fan and four musicians who have passed through New Power Generation band that accompanied the US in much of his career. Over two hours and ten minutes show, the combo, reinforced by a suit of blows here, went through 16 compositions Prince, for audience of delight, which featured music personalities like Fernanda Abreu, the soulman Carlos Dafé and jazz pianist Robert Glasper, who performs at the SESC Pompeia this weekend. Mano Brown was also in the room and took the stage to send a rap in the middle of funk "Strange Relationship".
Even with few rehearsals, Cassandra O'Neal (keyboards and vocals), Dominique Taplin (keyboards), Gorden Campbell (drums) and Andrew Gouche (bass) showed perfect connection with Max on the scene. Taking a small flinch at the entrance of the third stanza of the hit "1999", no gap could be observed. The devotion of the Brazilian by the work of Prince told much for the beautiful result. In his youth, Max has even take off a security credential to be able to see their idol near the second Rock in Rio in 1991, the only time Prince performed in Brazil.
With this knowledge of the facts, the youngest of Simonal was tying bands of various stages of the honoree. He opened the set with "Musicology," which gives its name to the disc of the resurrection of the myth, 2004, and then went back to 1979, to remember "I Wanna Be Your Lover". In chronological order, he went to "Head", 1980, and invited the four boys metals to enter funk riffs in the middle of the blockbuster theme - including the "Sossego" by Tim Maia, who married well . Following Max delivered one of his best performances, singing "Little Red Corvette" with great passion.
The arrangements were almost always respectful, except in the proposed "When Doves Cry". The masterpiece has lost its minimalist astral and won funkeados blows, which was close to heresy. But the public did not condemn the diversion and enjoyed the transition to "Erotic City". After her, Max kind of asked permission to sing one of his favorites: "Pop Life" with powerful sax solo tenor Josué dos Santos. And if "Shhh," the first ballad of the night, had not caused commotion, the same can not be said of "Nothing Compares 2 U". Popularized by Sinéad O'Connor, it motivated a duet with Max Cassandra, who took center stage and showed off its privileged booming voice. It was the moment of greatest concentration of mobile phones at the top.
The finish of the presentation was also balladeer, just before Max and NPG chained over a set to burn the track: "Let's Go Crazy," "Take Me with U" and "Kiss". As the band took the stage around 0h30, the match ended before for a portion of those present, who left without seeing the felt interpretation of Max for "Sometimes It Snows in April". And that of course the final number could not be other than "Purple Rain" when the fan has shown that years admiring Prince earned him something by osmosis. Not only the precious plays guitar, Max de Castro also said the master of vocal mannerisms, which led a group in the audience to suspect playback use. Was not. It was idolatry. - Rolling Stone
Discography
- 2000 - Samba Raro
- 2002 - Orchestra Klaxon
- 2005 - Max De Castro
- 2006 - Balanço das Horas
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Popsambalanço and other rhythms. There’s
always place for new trials in harmonies cauldron singer, songwriter,
multi-instrumentalist and producer Max de Castro.
What he does?
Brazilian music.
Born in Rio and with a heart almost from São Paulo, he’s became interested in music in childhood and was influenced by his father, the brilliant Wilson Simonal - the first black pop star in Brazil. In the late 1990s, Max participated in the project Artistas Reunidos, next to his brother - Wilson Simoninha - Jair Oliveira, Luciana Mello, Daniel Carlomagno and Pedro Mariano. This project yielded an album and presentations at international music festivals.
In 2000, Max de Castro released his first solo album, Samba Raro, celebrated by critics and artists already adored by the public as Jorge Ben Jor and Ed Motta. The album, produced, played and arranged by only him, had a modern mix of electronic music, soul, samba and bossa nova. The album give him the Best New Artist award, from Paulista Association of Art Critics - APCA.
That same year, Max was considered by Time magazine - one of the most respected publications in the world - as "the most original musical talent emerged in Brazil in the last three decades."
After the good repercussion of your work, Max has played regularly outside the country.
The following year, Max de Castro produced songs for Frejat, Paula Lima, Bee Gees, Leandro Lehart and Tom Zé and created remixes for Ed Motta, Fernanda Porto and the American group Wax Poetic, with the participation of Norah Jones.
Orchestra Klaxon, his second album, was released in 2002. This album brought a harmonious mix of styles, but not repeated, no music was like the album Samba Raro and this time, he didn’t drive alone. Max had a number of guests and partners like Erasmo Carlos, Marcelo Yuka, Nelson Motta, Fred Zero Quatro, Seu Jorge and others.
In 2005, he released Max de Castro, their third album, and the Paulista Association of Art Critics - APCA - as the Artist of the Year elected it. This album featured new partnerships: Lulu Santos, Nana Vasconcelos, Toninho Horta and Trio Mocotó.
Later that year, he also worked with DJ Suv, the acclaimed British group Roni Size, and released exclusively in England, a single with the song Febrery. In France, he released an EP with DJ Kid Loco.
In Balanço das Horas, released in 2006, Max innovates again. This album has nothing in common with the previous ones, starting with the fact of having a theme. All the songs have a common subject: time. Besides that, he decided to record with a fixed band. The pop mix, samba, hip hop, jazz, post-rock, dub, electronic beats, effects and distortions brought this album to be one of the best releases of the year, highlighting the participation of the great João Donato in the song Program.
In 2008, also produced the Wilson Simoninha’s album: Melhor. Max de Castro was dedicated to the design and direction of special concerts like Os Afrosambas - tribute to the eponymous album of Baden and Vinicius. The songs on this disc were reinterpreted next to the singer Fabiana Cozza. He also signed the direction of As Curvas de Santos - a journey through the work of Roberto Carlos, which saw the participation of Zé Renato, Vania Abreu, Bruno Morais and Pedro Mariano.
In December of the same year and the first half of 2009, Max and the Cuban musician Yaniel Matos had an irresistible mix of Latin rhythms in some stage of São Paulo and Brasilia. The repertoire of the show, classics of Cuban and Brazilian songs, plus two new songs.
In August 2009, next to Wilson Simoninha, Max conceived and led the concert Baile Simonal -which gathered around the songbook of his father singers such as Caetano Veloso, Ed Motta, Seu Jorge, Maria Rita, Samuel Rosa, and others. This presentation, that happened in Rio de Janeiro, was recorded and resulted in DVD / CD released in November by EMI.
Earlier this year, conceived and directed the concert that receives Marcos Valle and Moreno Veloso an unprecedented and historic meeting of generations for a celebration of music with a lot of bossa, swing and soul. The debut was in the theater SESC Santos, packed house and sold out, with intention to run this show in the first half.In late March, Max will be part of the SESC Arts Circuit, within SP, with its show Samba Raro.In the second half, Max de Castro plans to launch its long-awaited new album, "A Fantástica Fábrica de Champignon", which is being finalized at this moment.
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